The bill was created to address inequities between homesites that receive agricultural use assessments, and parcels that do not, despite comparable character, size and use.

Maui Council Chair Danny Mateo is being honored as one of 20 Outstanding Filipinos Abroad in 2009 by the national Filipino Image Magazine.  Mateo is recognized as the first person of Filipino descent to be elected as chair of the Maui County Council. Mateo is the eighth born of nine children and was raised in... Read more »

The Maui County Councilmen are set to chair different committees. Joseph Pontanilla of Kahului will continue as the chair of the Budget and Finance Committee. Gladys C. Baisa of Upcountry Maui will chair the Land Use Committee. Michael P. Victorino of Wailuku, Waihe’e, and Waiehu will chair the Water Resources Committee and Bill Kauakea Medeiros... Read more »