Mayor Arakawa has nominated Oliver “DeGray” Vanderbilt to fill the one empty seat on the Moloka’i Planning Commission. Although DeGray has many supporters who have written in favor of his nomination, two Moloka’i residents have made charges that he is not friendly enough to business and developers. One of the complainants is Dr. John Corboy, […]
Legislature Abandons Its Responsibilities
For the past few days, the House and the Senate have been engaged in a game of chicken over a tax bill on pensions. This bill was a relatively small income producer; as proposed, it would have raised roughly 17 million. But the House really, really wanted the tax for some reason. The House Finance […]
Instant Run-off Elections Bill Still Alive
HB 638 HD1 has crossed over from the House and is now up for a hearing in Senate JDL on Monday This bill would establish instant runoff voting for certain county elections. In some recent elections, we saw candidates win with far less than 50% of the vote. Instant runoff voting would prevent that by […]
Charter Commission Members Approved
Council approved the appointments of members to the county Charter Commission. Linda Kay Okamoto Stephanie Stacy Crivello Artemio Baxa David DeLeon, Wayne Hedani Yuki Lei Sugimura Flo Wiger Clifford Hashimoto Frank De Rego Jr. Susan Moikeha Joshua Stone
Mayor Submits Budget
March 23, 2011 Maui Time “This is not a budget of fluff and extravagance but one of necessity,” Mayor Arakawa announced as he presented his plan for the 2012 fiscal year to the County Council last week. Arakawa said he got the draft budget to the Council a week early in an effort to “help […]
Maui County Board Nominees
The County Council Policy Committee recommended approval of the following appointments. The Maui County Council will vote on these 9 a.m. Tuesday March 29 * Affirmative Action Advisory Council. Lilah Inaba. * Board of Code Appeals. Thomas Behnke. * Board of Ethics. Sydney Kikuchi. * Board of Water Supply. William Kamai. * Civil Service Commission. […]