Maui County Council Support Repeal of Act 55
I applaud our County Council's unanimous vote in support of a resolution seeking a repeal of Act 55 by the state Legislature.
View ArticleHC&S Must Stop Burning Cane
Dear HC&S employees, this letter is for you! Your profit-making employers should be aware of both the effectiveness and the morality of converting to clean, green harvest alternatives to burning.
View ArticleMega-Mall Myths
The veracity of the state Land Use Commission (LUC) has been challenged by the effort to build two side-by-side Southern California-style mega-malls adjacent to affordable homes and the planned new...
View ArticleMyths About Pi'ilani Promenade
A recent commentary in the Maui Weekly (Dec. 6-12) described a number of "myths" concerning the Pi'ilani Promenade Outlet and Retail Centers. Let's take a look at them one by one: Myth No. 1: The...
View ArticleTis the Season for Thanks
I send my thanks to Mark Hyde, Maui-Tomorrow Executive Director Irene Bowie, and Kihei resident Daniel Kanahele, who have received the name of "Interveners," and rightly so.
View ArticleInouye Touched Many Lives
Sen. Daniel Inouye came home for his final rest. Audrey and I joined our fellow citizens at our State Capitol that evening to pay our respects and bid Sen. Inouye aloha.
View ArticleHow's it Working, America?
Well, we've passed the supposed Mayan-predicted apocalypse. The astute observer might wonder what possibly could have prompted the prophets from an ancient civilization to foretell the end of time.
View ArticleKihei Fourth Friday Town Party a Huge Success
We had a fantastic turnout at the first Kihei Fourth Friday Town Party on Dec. 28, 2012.
View ArticleToo Busy to Care
In the past two to three weeks, I've noticed inexcusable behavior among the Realtors and apartment managers of Maui. It's a small disease; but one that modern medicine has not found a cure for. This...
View ArticleDreams of Maui Crash on the Shores of Harsh Reality
After a lifetime dreaming of visiting the Hawaiian Islands, that dream finally came true recently or so I thought. Unfortunately, skepticism arose soon after leaving the airport in Kahului.
View ArticleIn Order To Have a Reliable Water System, We Must Invest In It
Those of us who own our homes know that it pays to maintain them. We know that if we defer needed repairs for too long, we will only have to pay even more in the future to fix them. Leaky roofs will...
View ArticleDj Vu for Maui Recycling Advocates
Maui's longtime recycling advocates are feeling like they have seen it all before. And they have. Mayor Alan Arakawa's plan to deal with Maui's solid waste issues is a dead ringer for a plan we first...
View ArticleGive the Post Office a Break
The Postal Service says it's going to stop delivering mail on Saturdays. This won't happen until August, but the overseers of our postal workers in Congress are already swooning. "Outrageous" is the...
View ArticleGreen Party Candidates Must Be Treated Fairly
On Saturday, April 27, on the Big Island, the Green Party of Hawai'i (GPH) will hold its Annual State Convention at Hawaiian Acres Community Center beginning at 2 p.m.
View ArticleDuring Armed Forces Memorial Month, Remember
Armed Forces of wars past and present are honored with monuments and memorials. They are symbols to remind us freedom is not free--it is paid for in bloo.
View ArticleSafety a Priority at Canoe Beach
Whale season is coming to a close, canoe season is under way and school will be out soon. Hanakao'o Beach Park, also known as Canoe Beach, will be the gathering place for 'ohana, canoe clubs, visitors...
View ArticleCaptain Offers Clarification on Jet Ski Safety
As the owner-operator of Pacific Jet Sports Inc., a personal watercraft rental business on Maui, I'd like an opportunity to respond to some recent letters, and some misconceptions about our business....
View ArticleVoters, Where is Your Outrage?
Has the state Department of Transportation, the governor or any of our representatives really considered the best interest of Maui by allowing the new airport access road to intersect Hana Highway at...
View ArticleWe Can Do Better
This letter is in response to the articles covering the reduction of food stamps. With all the debate recently for amending the U.S.
View ArticleWe never recommend used electronic parts--ever. We diagnosed a bad control...
Why are we building a railway in areas where our best scientific evidence shows that all of the roads and access points near the stations (at least five or six downtown station alone) will likely be...
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