Aalto Moves Closer To Replacing Uno On HART Board - Honolulu Civil Beat
Aalto Moves Closer To Replacing Uno On HART Board
The journalist and filmmaker said he would provide an inquisitiveness that’s been sorely lacking on the board. Reading time: 6 minutes.
Anthony Aalto easily cleared his first hurdle toward joining the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board on Tuesday after a Honolulu City Council committee unanimously advanced his nomination.
If the full City Council approves it at a later meeting, Aalto, an Oahu-based investigative journalist, documentarian and former Sierra Club Oahu Group chair will replace Joe Uno, a construction-cost estimator who’s called for a pause to rail construction at Middle Street.
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Updated 1/5/21, 2:40 p.m.
A Maui County employee, who works in the Office of the Mayor, has tested positive for COVID-19. Mayor Michael Victorino says the employee is asymptomatic and last worked in the County Building on December 31.
The manager of the Department of Health s District Health Office notified Victorino that close contacts with the employee have been notified by DOH contact tracers. Victorino says it is very unlikely that anyone not contacted by the DOH has been affected.
Victorino says the County Building will remain open, and has been professionally disinfected and will be sanitized again. Residents are urged to conduct business with the county either online, or by using the drop box in front of the building.
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Kirk Caldwell s Legacy As Honolulu Mayor Is Marred By Rail And Homelessness - Honolulu Civil Beat
Kirk Caldwell’s Legacy As Honolulu Mayor Is Marred By Rail And Homelessness
As the city’s top official leaves office, we look back at the ups and downs of the Caldwell era. Reading time: 16 minutes.
When Mayor Kirk Caldwell was running for mayor in 2012, he promised to help the homeless, “build rail better” and be a dependable leader for Honolulu.
Eight years later, as the mayor eyes a run for governor, the island is in much the same place as it was when Caldwell took office, political observers say.
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