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The state and county are under much scrutiny now. However, the current emergency proclamation can be used quietly to allow decisions to be made which can undermine the wishes of the community in Lahaina.
If there isn't already, there should be a multicultural oversight committee of Lahaina residents to help keep everyone honest and informed, with strong representation by the Lahaina Hawaiian community.
Many government officials will simply act like everyone is in good faith, because doubting the established order is not a positive attitude.
However, it's been this kind of misleading pretense of aloha that is responsible for the egregious gross negligence which victimized an entire community; an unnecessary, preventable holocaust. A tiger doesn't often change their stripes.
Stay awake Maui. Trust, but verify.
Christopher P. Fishkin
Kihei