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Letter: Time for county to address lack of accountability

Have you ever had a problem and called the Maui agency, mayor or council member and were told they don’t have control of that issue and refer you to a new place and number. You try one and get the same answer and a new referred agency or number. Sometimes you get an answering machine but never a call back. That happened to me again this week calling about the piles of tree trunks and limbs on Pi‘iholo road and the surrounding sides after Hurricane Lala. Nothing has been removed a week after the storm. I did finally get hold of the Maui Emergency Management Agency and was informed ...

Letter: Newspaper ownership change welcome news

With so many small communities becoming news deserts, it was welcome news finding out The Maui News will not just continue, but will also be making some much-needed improvements during the next couple of months.  Mahalo to Nui Media and Creativity Collaborative. Can’t wait to see what you have in store.   Lana OuraWailuku

Letter: Do some candidates care about construction workers

Because the Hawaii Carpenter’s union is cover for the developer-funded super Pac For a Better Tomorrow, some voters may think their backed candidates care about construction workers. However, when Councilmember Michelle Anderson asked Maui representative William Kamai if they wanted a condition to require the developer of Wailea 670 to hire Hawaii union labor, the Carpenters Union rep said “no” (3/18/2008 archives). The recent round of giveaways to the German Helaba Bank owner reduced affordable housing requirements and passed the cost of widening the Piilani Highway from the ...

Letter: Dogs purposefully left out in storm?

Why can hunters neglect their animals? I called about these dogs being left out in the hurricane and the lady that came by said there wasn’t anything wrong being done. The storm is only going to get worse and they are just going to let them suffer. Alec HalaifonuaMakawao

Letter: Scholarship for design of Waiohuli Makai plan

On behalf of the Waiohuli Makai Homelands Advocacy Group, I thank a Honolulu philanthropist for an Aug. 2 contribution of $3,000. The donor, a prominent isle developer, designated the sum toward a scholarship in order for a University of Hawaiʻi senior or master’s-degree candidate in architecture, community planning or engineering to create a Waiohuli Makai site plan.  Waiohuli Makai is the project name of a proposed 1,200-lot Hawaiian Homes development on 4,780 acres in Upcountry Maui. Ten years ago, Maui Hawaiian homestead leaders had proposed this vision for a Waiohuli Makai ...

Letter: Conscious, virtuous, vital members of community

In 1984, I arrived in Maui. I was startled to notice that members of various Hongwanjis seemed long-lived and retained faces and auras, respectively, vital and bright. Over time, I have had personal relationships with many members of this branch of Buddhism. Members of any religion or other organization will tell a keen observer a lot about their institution or teaching. Members of this form of Buddhism have stood out throughout the years as remarkably conscious, virtuous and vital members of this community. I don't know many particulars of this form of Buddhism, but the people have ...