Political Vendetta Against Alika Atay Shifts into Overdrive for Election Investigation of Queen’s Celebration Part of Relentless Campaign to Discredit Native Hawaiian Reformer

Posted by Faith Ewbank - October 24, 2018

Almost weekly leading up to the November election on Maui we have seen front page…

Hokama’s $76 Million Wailuku Parking Boondoggle Council Member Squanders Taxpayer Money for Unnecessary Structure While Homelessness Soars

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - October 22, 2018

For a politician supposedly serving the island of Lanai, Maui County Council Member Riki Hokama…

Out of State Real Estate Donors Back Incumbent Stacey Crivello to Expand Mokoka’i Short Term Rentals Challenger Keani Rawlins-Fernandez Thinks It's Time For A Change on Moloka’i on Election Day

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - October 18, 2018

For many years Maui County Council Member, Stacey Crivello, who is running for reelection next…

Can Elle Cochran Win Maui’s Mayoral Race and Send the Good Old Boys Packing? Q&A With the Most Outspoken Populist Reformer in County History

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - October 12, 2018

Council Member Elle Cochran, who was the top vote-getter in the 2016 Maui Council election,…

Will Maui’s Corporate Donor Swamp Buy This Election for Victorino and the Old Guard? Flood of Campaign Cash from Recipients of County Contracts Tries to Stop Maui Ohana Candidates from Advancing Public Interest Government

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - October 11, 2018

This November’s mayoral and Council election finds Maui at a critical crossroads. Voters could allow…

Maui’s People-Powered Candidates Poised to Take Majority in 2018 County’s Monsanto-Boosting Old Guard Establishment May Lose its Majority Stranglehold in Historic Election

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - July 26, 2018

The upcoming 2018 Maui election offers an extraordinary, historic opportunity to change the power structure…

Maui’s Sign Wars No Billboards Allowed But Political Campaign Signs Abound

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - May 26, 2018

Due to the diligent perseverance of a group of female environmentalists back in the 1920s,…

Maui Council Chair Mike White Seeks New Dictatorial Powers Friday 9 a.m. Hearing to Vote on New Law Empowering the Ruling Gang of Five to Fire Staffers Hired by Independent Council Members

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - November 29, 2017

Ever since a new wave of progressive politicians was elected to the Maui County Council…

Will A&B’s Leases for GMO Farming Poison Maui’s Agricultural Future? Tuesday Sept 5 Council Meeting Gives Public Chance to Express Whether A&B Should Receive Public Water with Market Value of $250,000 for Just $750

Posted by Jon Woodhouse - September 4, 2017

A&B is set to increase GMO crop growing on Maui against the wishes of a…

Maui County Council’s Proposed 2018 Budget Supports Tourism, Stiffs Locals Testify This Week or Call Budget Chair Hokama at 270-7768 to Express Yourself

Posted by Mark Sheehan - April 26, 2017

There was a character in a William Faulkner novel who learned early in life “that…