I have a family member who works at a local business with hundreds of employees. It saddens her to no end that more than half the employees work 40- to 48-hour shifts and then go to their nighttime jobs and also have a weekend job just to make ends meet. The same employees then go home to ...
Thank you for your Sept. 18 article highlighting the shortage of medical providers on Maui (Is there a doctor in the house on Maui?). Advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), including nurse practitioners (N.P.), are the fastest growing provider group in the medical field, and as your ...
As you may have read in this space last week, my mother and I have been enjoying a weeklong cruise of Alaska’s Inside Passage aboard the Ruby Princess. Veteran travelers and even the Princess Cruises website had warned us to expect inclement weather, given the time of year. So we were ...
The news recently mentioned a lawsuit that the City and County of Honolulu, now joined by the other three counties, has leveled against our state government regarding the HSTA-sponsored constitutional amendment. The counties, obviously not overjoyed at the prospect of the state slapping a ...
“Voters inclined to loathe and fear elite Ivy League schools rarely make fine distinctions between Yale and Harvard. All they know is that both are full of rich, fancy, stuck-up and possibly dangerous intellectuals who never sit down to supper in their undershirt no matter how hot the weather ...
Traveling behind the wheel of a motorized conveyance, not for commercial purpose, has been declared by lower courts and the Supreme Court to be a fundamental right granted by the Privileges and Immunities clause of the U.S. Constitution. In the famous Miranda v. Arizona case, the Supreme ...
Remember when due process was a thing? Remember when innocent until proven guilty was a thing? Democrats obviously don’t, a new statement from our do-nothing Senator Hirono, she says and I quote, “Guess who’s perpetuating all of these kinds of actions? It’s the men in this country. I ...
Ever since a women lost the presidential race, women’s lib is on the rise. Sexual misconduct is on the rise. This can destroy a person’s life, family and future and could be their job. Some of it goes back to before they were in office; high school days. The past 20 years ago dirt comes up ...
That was a great tribute to Dr. Seuss’s marvelous children’s books in the editorial for Tuesday (Sept. 18). Refreshing is another adjective that comes to mind. Although he was successful with his cartoons and wit in the advertising world, his first Dr. Seuss book was rejected by ...
Senator Mazie Hirono’s recent comments about America’s men are an embarrassment to our great state. Included in her blanket condemnation were all the honest, good men of Hawaii. “Guess who’s perpetuating all these kinds of actions? It’s the men of this country. And I just want to ...
Seasons change subtly, here in the islands. Tourists can be excused for thinking we don’t even have seasons. They assume Guy Hagi comes in once a month to do his forecast, then the station puts it on a tape loop. The weather’s always perfect in paradise, some might say, but longtime ...
Maui County policymakers have typically decried short-term rentals that are unpermitted. But rather than erect significant barriers to their operation — including a limit on their numbers — the county should make it easier for them to become legal, so as to benefit not only the short-term ...
If one had to choose one word to describe today’s American politics, an almost universal choice would be the word “anger.” Last year, Alabama Republicans nominated a man for Jeff Sessions’ open United States Senate seat who showed his “commitment” to the Second Amendment by ...
Something came to my attention recently regarding the proposed amendment to tax “investment properties” that really worries me and others. There has been no defining of the term “investment” in this rule. Therefore, all properties could be taxed by the state. Example: We invested in ...
Perennial candidate for mayor Ori Kopelman has been touting his “Mauitopia” for several years. He should initiate a meeting with the mayor or the chair of the County Council for him to present specific ideas in his “Mauitopia” that are worth immediate implementation. I am sure these two ...
“Apres moi le deluge!” (After me the deluge!), he exclaimed, and rightly so. His instant gratification, base-pleasing policies will come to fruition. Economic chaos shall ensue. The economy-is-booming-claiming herd will become silent and so their famous slogans. The hypocrite’s quick ...
I had to use a public restroom at Keopuolani Park in Kahului today. The restroom was disgusting. I wasn’t surprised by the disrepair, the lack of toilet tissue, hand soap or hand towels, because unfortunately none of this is new. What was new, however, was all of the black spray-painted ...
Q: The parking lot across from Kamaole Beach Park III, owned by the county, was turned over for management to Diamond Parking Service, becoming LOT HM 21 for them. Since its management, the parking lot, which is badly needed on weekends when the Kamaole Beach parking lot is overfilled, has ...
Zoning designations are a vital function of our county government. Residents are supposed to have a say in the characteristics of their community by determining and limiting allowable uses through community plan reviews and updates to zoning. Zoning can be complex and challenging for the ...
Thursday we heard some politically active folks suggesting there would be a push in the next legislative session to legalize personal, recreational use of marijuana. When we hear stories like this, we think back to an editorial we wrote a couple of years ago: Just as drinking by pregnant ...