For Immediate Release: January 31, 2014 Press release by: Maui County Council Chair Gladys Baisa Kauai County Council Chair Jay Furfaro Honolulu City Council Chair Ernie Martin Hawaii County Council Chair J Yoshimoto Council chairs seek return of projected $72 million hotel tax revenue to counties HONOLULU– Council chairs from all four Hawaii counties today […]
Published in The Maui News January 19, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News The 2014 state legislative session began Wednesday, with me and several of my Maui County Council colleagues in attendance, and is scheduled to adjourn May 1. Our state representatives and senators have started introducing and reviewing hundreds of new […]
Published in The Maui News December 1, 2013 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News As elected officials, it’s our job to find out how people in our community feel about issues, to become educated on those issues and to enact legislation addressing them when feasible. We ask our constituents to become involved and […]
For Immediate Release: Nov. 1, 2013 Press release by: Office of Councilmember Mike White White to represent councils, selected to serve on Employer-Union Health Benefits Task Force WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Hawaii State Association of Counties Executive Committee on Oct. 22 selected Maui County Councilmember Mike White to serve on the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits […]
HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Hawaii State Association of Counties held a meeting of the general membership yesterday to continue discussion on the 2014 HSAC Legislative Package. Hawaii mayors and/or their representative, and council members from the four counties attended the meeting at Honolulu Hale. The mayors and council members discussed their legislative priorities and strategies […]
WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII – Exchange students from Miyakojima City, Japan visited the Maui County Council Chamber today for a crash course on policy-making and poi pounding. The Maui County Council’s presiding officer uses a pohaku ku’i, or “poi pounder,” in place of the traditional gavel. Council Vice-Chair Robert Carroll welcomed the group and entertained several […]
The council chairs of Hawaii’s four counties met Aug. 9 in Honolulu to discuss matters of common interest, and we pledged to continue to regularly meet. As administrators of municipal legislative bodies, the chairs face common issues. The ongoing discussions will allow for the chairs to consult with each other while sharing stories of success […]
WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII – Twenty five students from the 2013 Goyang Global Youth Leadership Program on Maui visited the Council Chamber today. Resolution 12-16 (2012) established Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea as a Sister City of Maui County. A ceremonial MOU signing was held in the Council Chamber last February, 2012. “This is what […]
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Maui County Councilmember Riki Hokama has been installed as First Vice President of the National Association of Counties during the organization’s 78th Annual Conference and Exposition. The four-day NACo Legislative Conference and Exposition, which concludes today, provides a venue for county leaders and staff to learn and network. It also is […]
