Published in The Maui News, Nov. 2, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA , for The Maui News On Friday, the County Council will consider approving two state bills for inclusion in the 2015 Maui County Legislative Package, as recommended by the Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. The first bill would authorize expanded industrial hemp research […]
Published in The Maui News, Oct. 26, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA , For The Maui News If you’ve recently visited the Council Chambers on the eighth floor of the county building or watched a meeting on Akaku, you may have noticed a new big-screen TV monitor mounted on the left wall of the chamber. […]
Published in The Maui News on October 19, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News I received an email from a good friend saying I’d won a large amount of money in a sweepstakes. The email asked for personal and bank information in order to wire the money to my account. Before I […]
Published in The Maui News, Oct. 12, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA , for The Maui News Business owners and operators no longer have to identify their businesses by posting a sign on the entrance side of their establishments. The County Council voted 9-0 on Sept. 19 to pass a bill allowing businesses to post […]
Published in The Maui News, October 5, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA , for The Maui News During a recent public forum organized by the Maui Disability Alliance, several Maui County Council members stood up and left. They weren’t being disrespectful. They didn’t want to leave. But they were concerned about being accused of violating […]
Published in The Maui News, September 28, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA for The Maui News The Maui County Council will consider a fast-track affordable-housing application on Friday at 9 a.m., while a council committee continues to work on overall housing strategy. The council also will begin to consider whether the unregulated, online market in […]
Published in The Maui News, September 21, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA for The Maui News The state Department of Health has proposed an amendment to the Hawaii Administrative Rules that would prohibit new cesspools and gradually phase out existing ones through a mandatory upgrade to a septic system upon sale of property, as recently […]
Published in The Maui News, September 14, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA for The Maui News On Friday at 9 a.m., the County Council is taking up several bills intended to improve county ordinances for second and final reading. Bill 63 would revise the county’s sign law by allowing business managers to determine where to […]
Published in The Maui News, September 7, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News Starting Wednesday, planners and community leaders will convene at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa in Kaanapali for the 2014 Hawaii Congress of Planning Officials, hosted by Maui County’s Planning Department. This year’s conference theme is “Shaping Hawaii for […]
Published in The Maui News August 31, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News Continuing an important theme of the 2013-2015 term, this week’s County Council agendas include consideration of two projects to increase the supply of affordable housing in Maui County. On Wednesday at 10 a.m., the Land Use Committee, chaired by […]
