Maui Discussion

Mayor Alan Arakawa answers some of the most-asked questions submitted to his office staff, including who picks up roadkill, and how to file a complaint against someone building an illegal structure.

Today the state Land Use Commission, by a vote of 6-3, found Pi’ilani Promenade and related developments in violation of the LUC’s 1995 order.

We highlight our top five favorite laws-out-of-left-field from this year’s legislative session.

Mayor Alan Arakawa answers some of the most-asked questions submitted to his office staff.

Who could smoke it, where you’d buy it, and more under Hawaii’s House Bill 150, introduced by Maui’s Joe Souki.

“The wastewater plant in Kahului is degrading the ocean in Kahului with its huge nightly discharges stinking of methane. Yet the turtles love the stuff that stinks. Sharks flock to them.”

“I wonder how that will play in the national press when the travel writers finally get around to noticing that the costs for wheels here are way out of line.”

“That’s just the way the merchants and residents of Wailuku Town feel about the proposed Iao Square.”

The HMSA plan selected by Abercrombie stipulates that an individual will not be required to pay more than $2,500 per year in medical co-payments.

“This needs to be looked into as it is not encouraging tourism on Maui…”

The Sandy Hook massacre had many on Maui wondering if that could happen here. But Hawaii may already have the right idea when it comes to maintaining its very low rate of gun-related fatalities.

Hawaii stares down the prospect of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal spending that the late senator typically secured.

Is it more dangerous to enter Maui waters right now? Recent findings reveal some interesting answers. WARNING: graphic image.

The average Hawaii middle-class family will pay $2,200 more in taxes in 2013, while many crucial programs will be cut.

A recent study found almost no nutritional benefits to eating foods classified as “organic.” But it’s a growing industry and Oprah’s organic farm plans on Maui may bring home the bacon for Hawaii.

Construction trucks are chronically using residential streets as transport routes and disturbing a once quiet neighborhood, says one Wailuku resident.

“Peggy is having the below knee amputation this week. Her family is heart broken, but also full of hope for a better outcome, a brighter future and a true and wonderful quality of life for Peggy after this is done.”

Maui’s health officer has grown impatient with some administrators in the health care system, who he complains are preventing his team from finishing what could be a definitive look at the health effects of cane smoke on the island.

Some Hawaii residents fondly recall when the turtles provided meat for their tables – and would like to be allowed to hunt them again.

“Unless you were in the building and checking your smart phone during the two-hour period preceding this hearing you had no way of knowing it was even on the agenda.”