Published in The Maui News, November 1, 2015 By MIKE VICTORINO, for The Maui News Should the County of Maui consider the county manager form of governance? It’s a big question. The basic concept is to unify all governing authority in the County Council, with an appointed county manager supplanting the mayor as the day-to-day […]
Published in The Maui News, Oct. 25, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Did you know Maui County is the only municipality in Hawaii with a planting plan? The planting plan serves as a landscaping guide for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, removal and disposition of planted material in public areas. The council […]
Published in The Maui News, October 18, 2015 By MIKE VICTORINO, for The Maui News The County Council’s Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee has endorsed a proposal to amend state law by prohibiting smoking in vehicles when minors are present. If the council agrees with the committee’s recommendation on Nov. 6, the proposal will become […]
Published in The Maui News, October 4, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News The Maui County Council has approved an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and Earthjustice over the use of injection wells in West Maui that will allow the county to contest liability before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals while […]
Published in The Maui News, September 27, 2015 By STACY CRIVELLO, for The Maui News It’s safe to say at this time Maui County’s social landscape doesn’t mirror Oahu’s. Here, for example, we don’t see major homeless encampments encroaching resort destinations or residential neighborhoods – yet. But Maui is not isolated from the struggles and […]
Published in The Maui News, September 20, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News Affordable housing continues to be a priority for the Maui County Council. The council has established the following priority in the General Plan: “Maui will have safe, decent, appropriate and affordable housing for all residents developed in a way that […]
Published in The Maui News, September 13, 2015 By BOB CARROLL, for The Maui News The Maui County Council’s Land Use Committee has scheduled a site inspection for Tuesday at 9 a.m. on Kenolio Road makai of Piilani Highway in Kihei to view the proposed Kenolio Apartments affordable housing project. A meeting will be held […]
Published in The Maui News, September 6, 2015 By MIKE WHITE, for The Maui News As constituents have requested, I continue to explore the possibility of having the County of Maui adopt a county manager form of governance, a subject I first addressed in this space nearly two months ago. The Maui County General Plan […]
Published in The Maui News, August 30, 2015 By DON GUZMAN, for The Maui News The Maui County Council passed a bill on first reading Tuesday to readily allow commercial agricultural structures in the county agricultural district. Bill 60 (2015) proposes accessory uses, subject to certain restrictions, for roadside agriculture stands, farmers markets, agricultural retail […]
