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Mayor Richard Bissen and the entire Maui County Council should hang their heads in shame.
Today, the Washington Post reported that the tiny homes erected in Kahului months ago by the Family Life Center to provide two years of rent-free housing for 350 fire victims are sitting empty, because of county red tape.
That is an outrage. Our political leaders should have acted immediately after the fires to cut this kind of red tape.
Their failure to do so is not only cruel and heartless to the fire victims, it's completely incompetent and a dereliction of duty.
Shame on the mayor and Maui County Council members who have allowed this to happen. They don't deserve to be in office if, in the aftermath of an emergency like the fires, they can't fix something this simple.
Safe, clean and free homes sit waiting for 350 fire victims thanks to the initiative of Family Life Center CEO Maude Cumming.
For the sake of decency, mayor, do something immediately.
Lorri L. Jean
Wailea