Today the Senate Ways and Means Committee (with our own Sen Gil Keith-Agaran) voted to strip the HB1133 (Repeal the PLDC) of the unnecessary amendments added by Sen Solomon (which would have required it go to conference committee) and pass a clean repeal of the PLDC identical to that which the House passed. This means […]
Arakawa to Close County Recycling Sites
Mayor Proposes Closure of County Recycling CentersMauiNow.com March 25, 2013 According to Maui Now, Mayor Arakawa will close the County recycling centers to save $750,000 in the 2014 budget and because he says the County shouldn’t be competing with private recyclers. Sherri Pell, Manager of Aloha Recycling, located at 75 Amala Place in Kahului wrote […]
Hawaiian Homelands for Energy Projects?
Here are the 26 Maui alternative energy applications for use of 3 large Department of Hawaiian Home Land parcels: Kahikinui (about 6 miles East of Ulupalakua) Honokawai (between Kaanapali and Kapalua) Pulehunui (just south of the Maui Humane Society on Mokulele Hwy.) Land Use Requests Please send comment by the stated deadline to the […]
Kahoma Project OK’d By LUC
State Land Use Commission members reversed themselves Thursday, unanimously approving a state land-use reclassification from agricultural to urban for the 68-lot Kahoma affordable housing project. The commission members’ action came after they agreed last month to reconsider their Dec. 5 vote. In that vote, developer West Maui Land Co. received four votes in favor of […]
Enforcing Planning Rules
Fighting for sensible development
Awahi Wind Farm: 40 More Turbines?
PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS Mar 18, 2013 Sempra could boost power by nearly six times at Auwahi wind farm on Maui http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2013/03/18/sempra-could-boost-power-by-nearly-six.html Duane Shimogawa , Reporter- Pacific Business News Sempra U.S. Gas & Power plans to significantly expand its 21-megawatt Auwahi Wind project at Ulupalakua Ranch on Maui by adding some 40 more wind turbines, which […]