“We’re looking for equitable, humane care for residents and visitors to West Maui, where more than 50% of the county and state income on Maui is derived from taxes,” said Joseph Pluta, president of the West Maui Taxpayers Association. Maui Now’s Gary Kubota interviewed Pluta, who is working to ensure West Maui gets its fair share of improvements.
This version of Maui Nowʻs letters includes discussion about drainage for repeat flooding areas, lack of effort to find Mauiʻs missing persons, Villages of Lealiʻi development, discrimination by TSA at Kahuli Airport pre-check, Makawao fire, longtime visitors upset about recent lack of “Aloha Spirt,” radical idea to get rid of Axis deer and more.
LAHAINA LahainaTown Action Committee and the Rotary Clubs of Lahaina are excited to announce the return of the 43rd annual Halloween Keiki Parade on Front S
WEST MAUI The community effort to establish a Maui Fire Department substation in Olowalu is surging forward, with a fundraiser scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 23