Problems need answers
And so it begins. The candidates have filed their papers. making them official entrants in this year’s races for the Maui County Council and the state Legislature. Not surprisingly, three incumbents don’t have to run at all. Council Members Danny Mateo and Mike Victorino and state House Rep. Mele Carroll have no opposition. For them the election is a formality — unless they decide to go to work for some candidate running for another Maui office. The others face some sort of opposition. Primary elections will determine the Democrat and Republican candidates in the November election for state Senate and House. County elections are nonpartisan so there are no primary elections, per se. The so-called First Special Election will winnow the field for the County Council down to two for each residency seat in the General Election. At this point, there is only one election that will clearly hinge on a specific issue. Incumbent Sen. Roz Baker has a primary election challenger, Bart Mulvihill.
» Full StoryThe answer is yes, but
Concerned about roadside litter, a reader suggests making refuse collection fees a part of the property tax. The assumption is that roadside litter is created by householders who don’t want to pay the refuse-collection fee.
Yes, making re
Council works in committee
Each Sunday, The Maui News publishes “Council Meets,” a listing of agendas posted by the various Maui County Council committees. Although written in austere semi-legalese, the column should be must reading for every concerned citizen in the county.
State makes breakthrough
During a nearly one-hour interview with The Maui News last week, Laura Thielen made a statement that should gladden the hearts of everyone who has thought the state Department of Land and Natural Resources should make protecting the natural environme
» Full StoryProficiency tests no substitute for parents
Parents shouldn’t jump to conclusions when the school attended by their children fails to meet proficiency standards. Those standards measure only one thing — test results.
The No Child Left Behind Act is aimed at having every school in t
Water, water nowhere
Maui’s in a drought and everyone should be doing what they can to conserve water. They’d better, or the county might be forced to follow the lead of Las Vegas and environs.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has put police on the road to
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