#Mayoral Election

Yuki Lei Sugimura, a five-term council member, said her decision was spurred by the recent passage of the bill to phase out thousands of vacation rentals, which she says will negatively impact the local economy.

(Posted by Wendy Osher) The 13,000 member United Public Workers Union announced the endorsement of Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares on Tuesday in her bid for re-election. The endorsement is the second from a union after the mayor secured support from the ILWU on March 3, 2010. UPW State Director Dayton Nakanelua called Tavares’ leadership “smart […]