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Maui County Councilmembers Danny Mateo, Joseph Pontanilla, Bob Carroll and...
Let’s talk for a moment about HB 2742. It’s a very short bill that would exempt “legislative bodies of the counties of this State” from the Hawaii Sunshine Law, which mandates certain rules governing...
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New County of Maui Budget Rejected Budget Request by Hana Arts
By Megan Hazen For the past two decades, Hana Arts has been providing arts and cultural programs to the remote, rural Hana and East Maui community. Due to a decision in a recent County Council budget...
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Is The Maui County Council Nuts For Wanting An Investigation Into The Arakawa...
From their eighth floor offices in the Kalana O Maui building in Wailuku, the Maui County Council members had one of the best vantage points on the island to watch the demolition of the old Post...
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Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa Formally Apologizes For Old Wailuku Post Office Mess
This morning, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa walked up to a lectern in his office’s ninth room conference room–where two County Councilmembers Bob Carroll and Don Couch, numerous staffers and a few members...
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For Sunshine Week, we shed light on the Maui County Council’s eternal war...
This is a story about power. Since 1975, the State of Hawaii has lived under something called Chapter 92 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Sometimes called the state’s “ppen meetings law” or more...
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2014 Hawaii Primary Election Endorsements
For us political junkies, the late summer of an even-numbered year is a magical time. Our airwaves, email and inboxes get jammed with misleading, often shameless propaganda. Battalions of volunteers...
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Don’t Know How To Vote In The Upcoming Election? We Can Help!
Oh, joy, it’s time for another General Election. In Hawaii, this is a special kind of treat. Voters only got to see a new campaign finance report this week, after what seemed like months of candidate...
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Maui GMO Initiative Aside, County Voters Embrace Status Quo
Given the strong mobilization of voters for the GMO Initiative, you’d expect more of an impact on the rest of the couple dozen local races on the ballot. But no. In fact, no Maui County incumbent lost...
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Maui County Council votes to approve Prosecutor J.D. Kim after bizarre hearing
Four years ago, when I was investigating various salacious lawsuits filed against the County of Maui, alleging all manner of mismanagement at the county Prosecuting Attorney’s office, I asked a number...
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