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Councilmember Victorino Again Tries to Repeal “Show Me the Water”
Councilmember Mike Victorino is again trying to repeal “Show Me the Water”. Show up at the County Council 9am on Tuesday Morning, January 3 and testify.
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Crossroads Show on Channel 53
Popular Akaku Community Television show “Crossroads,” hosted by Lucienne de Naie, will be moving from Oceanic Time-Warner Cable Channel 52 to Channel 53 beginning in January of 2012. The show, which features “community conversations” among a wide variety of guests, will continue to be broadcast on Akaku each Tuesday evening from 7 to 8 pm. […]
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Draft EIS Out for Kihei High School
http://oeqc.doh.hawaii.gov/Shared%20Documents/EA_and_EIS_Online_Library/Maui/2010s/2011-12-23-DEIS-Kihei-High-School.pdf TMK: 2-2-2-002:081; 2-2-2-002:083 Permits Needed: Final EIS Acceptance, State Land Use District Boundary Amendment, County Change in Zone, Community Plan Amendment, Subdivision, Various Site, Grading, Building, and Infrastructure Approvals for Construction Proposing Agency: State of Hawaiʻi, Department of Education,Facilities Development Branch, P.O. Box 2360,Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96804.Contact: Robert Purdie, Jr., (808) 586-0448 Accepting Authority: Governor, […]
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MauiTime News Article on Development
Maui’s Dirty Dozen Land Development Projects Submitted by Anthony Pignataro on December 23, 2011 Land development has been big on Maui for many years, but we couldn’t help but notice that with the economy sluggish and tourism weak, it’s really big now. Back in August we gave you the barest outline of the 12 biggest […]
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Letter to Editor on Proposed Water Bills
From the Maui News A Dec. 13 letter writer urged that the county be in charge of developing water sources, then supported proposed amendments to the water availability bill under review by the council. Is the letter writer aware that several of those proposed amendments would have changed the existing ordinance in ways that did […]
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County Environmental Coordinator Lists Top Citizen Concerns
Cane Burning, Wastewater & Axis Deer by Ariel Stephens , The Maui Weekly Last month, Rob Parsons, environmental coordinator for the office of Mayor Alan Arakawa, discussed the mayor’s environmental initiatives at a public meeting in Pukalani hosted by Upcountry Sustainability. “Mayor Arakawa has made good on a campaign promise to focus on agriculture and […]
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Be a Water Quality Measurement Person
Is the ocean water near you brown from runoff and sedimentation? Would you like to help document what’s going on via citizen science efforts? The community-based Turbidity Task Force on Maui is a way to do so… It’s really simple… grab a sample of water, collect some information, and bring it to the Killa Wiffa […]
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Victorino’s Repeal of Show Me the Water Tabled
Excerpted from Maui News A move to amend and perhaps sunset the Show Me the Water ordinance stalled in a Maui County Council committee on a 3-3 vote Tuesday. Water Resources Committee Chairman Mike Victorino at first said he would file the measure, but Council Member Mike White asked him to hold off, since the […]
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Council to Limit Citizen Testimony?
Wednesday December 14, 9am the Maui County Council Policy Committee will discuss allowing its chair to cut off public testimony. You may want to testify since this could be the last time you can 🙂
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