Quiet Title – The Scourge of Hawaiian Land Ownership

It is unfortunate that the quiet title process of forcing families to sell their ancestral lands continues in Hawaii in this day and age, however that is the result of legal action taken by Maui Land & Pineapple Co. over the last five years to quiet the title of a

Gov. Waivering on Michael Champley for Next PUC Term

Maui resident, Michael Champley was appointed to serve out a term but rumors are that Gov. Abercrombie is debating whether to appoint him to the next term.   Here’s what Blue Planet says about Champley: Champley has shared his expertise as a policy consultant for Blue Planet Foundation for more than

Maui Island Plan must go forward

By Dick Mayer Our Maui County Council has been working for the past two years to complete our first comprehensive Maui Island Plan. Council members have worked hard and are now set to finalize a most important part of the plan – the directed growth chapter which will describe the

OPINION: Giganta Mall – Son of Superferry

Susan Halas writing for Maui Now has a round up of pros and cons on Kihei’s soon to be outlet mall.  Interesting take here.

Planning Dept “Simplifying” Maui Island Plan

Planning Director Will Spence said Thursday that the changes he’s proposing to the Maui Island Plan would simplify [it]… …A number of community advocates questioned Spence’s proposed changes, saying he was overriding years of work by groups like the General Plan Advisory Committee and Maui Planning Commission in creating the

Lucienne De Naie Explains Maui Island Plan

…The council elected in 2008 took up the Maui Island Plan, but only got as far as Chapter 7 before their terms expired. Incoming General Plan Committee Chairwoman Gladys Baisa (her predecessor, Sol Kaho‘ohalahala, was turned out of office in 2010) decided to start over. As a result, the council’s

Friends of Lana’i Opposes Interisland Cable

As part of Maui Tomorrow’s mission to facilitate discussion and air all sides of the debate over Big Wind and the Interisland power cable, today we reprint a Viewpoint from Friends of Lana’i, a group opposed to the Big Wind project.  This does not necessarily reflect the views of Maui

Maui Island Plan must go forward

By DICK MAYER Our Maui County Council has been working for the past two years to complete our first comprehensive Maui Island Plan. Council members have worked hard and are now set to finalize a most important part of the plan – the directed growth chapter which will describe the

Looting of the Seas

Looting the Seas is an award-winning project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists looking at forces that are rapidly emptying oceans of fish. In its first installment ICIJ documented the massive black market in threatened bluefin tuna. In the second, it revealed that billions of dollars in subsidies flow

Testimony on Interisland Electric Cable Due

SB 2785 (proposed undersea high voltage transmission cable) has a hearing on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 2:55 p.m. at the Capitol in Room 225. Easy to file Internet comments can be submitted at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx Testimony can be uploaded at the same site. Hearing Notice SB 2785 The Committee on