Maui politics

Backing off the pawn reporting law

This is something we haven't noticed before. Across the country, there has been a wave of local ordinances requiring collection…

10 years ago

Boulevard of Broken Promises

Among the smaller items in the Maui County budget -- which will far exceed half a BILLION dollars, we are…

12 years ago

Fair’s fair

You may not realize it, but Hawaii law requires second-hand dealers to follow the same rules as pawnbrokers -- keep…

13 years ago

Your personal info and us

OK, this is a little bit inside baseball,  but in the age of digital promiscuity, everybody should be interested in…

13 years ago

The TAT kabuki

Every year for the past two decades, the state Legislature considers whether to appropriate all or part of the counties's…

13 years ago

Why we should welcome water rate increase

Alan Arakawa has got religion when it  comes to water rates. When he was on the County Council, he, along…

13 years ago

Maui clout

Twenty-five years ago, Maui County was riding high in the state Legislature. Mamoru Yamasaki was chairman of the Ways and…

13 years ago

The beginning of the end for Mount Trashmore?

According to The Maui News. the county is issuing a request for trash-to-power proposals in order to divert a lot…

13 years ago

Are you too slow to vote?

At the very least, you should vote because that other guy who's for all the wrong things is voting this…

13 years ago

A bad recipe for our reefs

The Maui News http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/565706/Task-force-s-plan-in-place-to-save--mend-coral-reefs.html?nav=10reports that after a lot of work, a local group in alliance with NOAA has come up…

13 years ago