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Will Hawaii Become The World’s Pot Dealer?
If state Representatives Joe Souki, D-Wailuku, and Angus McKelvey, D-Lahaina, get their way, Hawaii will become a pot dealer to the world. Or at least, those select portions of the world that look...
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Hawaii Legislature Considering Adding Gift Shop To State Capitol
This new Honolulu Civil Beat post tells us of HB 1122, a bill proposed by Maui’s own Representative Angus McKelvey, D–West Maui, that would add an official gift shop to the Hawaii state Capitol. “The...
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Talking Story with Jiva Jive about his long battle to loosen the County of...
Over the last decade or so, I’ve attended more than my fair share of hearings of both the Maui County Liquor Commission and the Liquor Control Board of Adjudication. In that time, a lot of...
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UPDATED: Does The May 1 Pi’iholo Zipline Fatality Signal Future Industry...
[NOTE: This post was updated on May 6 to include new details from the Maui PD] It was a tragic death. Shortly before 10am on Thursday, May 1, Patricia Rabellizsa (29) of Kihei fell about 150 feet to...
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Apples, Donuts & Airfare: We Look At Maui Legislators’ 2014 Gift Disclosure...
So the other day the Hawaii State Ethics Commission posted the new 2014 Gift Disclosure Statements–the annual forms that state legislators and top government officials have to fill out if they accept...
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Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie To Sign Bill Into Law That Removes Brewery...
If you happen to see Governor Neil Abercrombie in Kihei on Saturday–specifically, in or near the cavernous new Maui Brewing Co. facility being built on Lipoa Parkway–here’s why: at noon, Abercrombie...
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Hawaii Democratic Party’s GLBT Caucus Hands Out Primary Endorsements
With the Hawaii Primary Election just a couple weeks away, we’re neck-deep in political endorsements. Here’s a batch from the Hawaii Democratic Party’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT)...
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Lahaina Arts Society Honors George Allan as Living Treasure
On June 25, the Lahaina Arts Society (LAS) held their annual meeting and celebration at Lahaina’s Pioneer Inn. Each year, LAS honors one of their members with a Living Treasure Award to recognize that...
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Don’t Know How To Vote In The Upcoming Election? We Can Help!
Oh, joy, it’s time for another General Election. In Hawaii, this is a special kind of treat. Voters only got to see a new campaign finance report this week, after what seemed like months of candidate...
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Maui GMO Initiative Aside, County Voters Embrace Status Quo
Given the strong mobilization of voters for the GMO Initiative, you’d expect more of an impact on the rest of the couple dozen local races on the ballot. But no. In fact, no Maui County incumbent lost...
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Maui News Reports Lahaina Will Soon Lose The Dolfijn, the Wrecked Sailboat...
The Dolfijn, as she appeared in 2005 Perhaps this week or maybe next, an era will come to an end. Life as we know it in historic Lahaina Town will change, hopefully for the better, but I’m not so sure....
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MauiTime’s 2012 Hawaii Primary Election Endorsements
When you don’t vote, you have no voice. There’s no truer statement in a democracy. Sure, we can bitch and moan about the influence of money in political elections, or the stranglehold “special...
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CORRECTED: MauiTime’s 2012 General Election Candidate and Amendment Endorsements
It’s that time again. Time to take stock of America, think about the challenges facing this great nation, look deep into our hearts and decide which person who probably didn’t get enough parental...
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Hawaii Marijuana Bills Going Up in Smoke Is More Than a Pothead Issue
This Saturday will mark a sad 4/20 for tokers and hemp fans across Hawaii. Well, sad probably isn’t the word (tears won’t be the reason eyes are red), but the recent failure of our state Legislature...
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An Open Letter To Maui’s State Legislators Asking Them To Stop Exempting Bad...
Dear Senators Roz Baker, J. Kalani English and Gil Keith-Agaran and Representatives Mele Carroll, Kaniela Ing, Angus McKelvey, Joe Souki, Justin Woodson and Kyle Yamashita: Wow, Opening Day comes...
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As cannabis co-op owner Brian Murphy languishes in prison, the Hawaii...
The modern American drug war is now deep into its 43rd year. Every year, the federal government spends between $20 billion and $25 billion on measures designed to combat the sale of illegal drugs like...
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West Maui Rep. Angus McKelvey in hot water over 2014 campaign contributions
State Representative Angus McKelvey, D-West Maui, is in hot water over irregularities with his 2014 campaign spending, according to complaint filed last week by the state Attorney General’s office...
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Hawaii AG: West Maui Rep. Angus McKelvey pleads no contest to campaign...
Last month we reported that state Representative Angus McKelvey, D–West Maui, was in hot water over some alleged campaign reporting violations. Well, today McKelvey has apparently settled the matter...
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2015 MauiTime Year In Review
Well, another year’s in the books. On the whole, 2015 wasn’t any more disastrous or violent than any other recent year, I suppose (we did get a new Star Wars film out of it), though at times it...
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Hawaii Legislature passes HB 2501 ‘water rights’ bill that helps Alexander...
Well, they did it. Yesterday, the Hawaii state Senate voted to approve House Bill 2501, which permits Alexander & Baldwin (A&B) to keep diverting East Maui streams for another three years....
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QuizUnderstood: How well do you know Maui Rep. Angus McKelvey’s legislative...
1. In a recent newsletter sent out to constituents, state Rep. Angus McKelvey, D–West Maui, North Kihei, touted various legislative accomplishments, including the bill SB 2439, which passed both...
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Why US Senator Brian Schatz’s plan to expand the Papahanaumokuakea Monument...
The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument is over a thousand miles long. The reserve encompasses the atolls and formations that make up the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It’s one of the largest...
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Republican 10th District Candidate Chayne Marten arrested on sex assault charges
The 10th District state House race (which spans from West Maui to North Kihei) got a whole lot more complicated with the Oct. 11 arrest of Republican Chayne Marten, who is once again challenging...
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MauiTime’s 2016 General Election Endorsements
Ideally, an election is more than simply filling in the square next to a party affiliation. It should be about more than simply articulating a person’s privileges or bigotries. It should achieve more...
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UPDATED: Trump Wins, America Loses: How the 2016 Election looks from Maui
Though more people ended up voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton, it is Republican Donald Trump who will be the next President of the United States. For those of us who believe in civil rights, the...
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Maui Rep. Angus McKelvey criticizes U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for not...
Angered by multiple news reports that U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D–Hawaii, didn’t sign a letter with 169 of her Congressional colleagues denouncing President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of white...
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Activists stopped a bad seawall project in Olowalu, but their work isn’t done...
Protect our coastline,” “Move the road,” and “For our keiki,” are just some of the messages displayed along the Olowalu coastline by activist group Malama Olowalu. Months after the organization helped...
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Maui Rep. Angus McKelvey wants Gov. David Ige to stop all this Keawe...
Maui Rep. Angus McKelvey is mad as hell at the nonsense going on with the Keawe Street intersection with Honoapii`lani Highway in Lahaina, and he wants Governor David Ige to knock it off. Like, now....
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LahainaTown Action Committee honors Robin Vega and MegaVega Properties
MegaVega Properties and Robin Vega were honored by the LahainaTown Action Committee at their annual meeting on January 22. LAC Board President Snehal Patel presented the 2017 LAC Volunteer of the Year...
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HB 2126, which preserves Affordable Care Act provisions for Hawaii residents,...
It’s certainly nice to see huge support out there for House Bill 2126, which ensures that key Affordable Care Act provisions will continue for Hawaii residents, even if the federal government finally...
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What do Maui’s legislators think of the NRA?
In the weeks following Florida’s Parkland high school massacre, a new fervor has set in when it comes to challenging the formerly bulletproof National Rifle Association (NRA)–and the organization is...
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Environmental progress made with Hawai‘i state bills signed into law
A glimpse of the future? If I had to guess, I’d put environmental catastrophe at the top of the list of potential causes for civilization collapse. True, there’s a lot of doom to choose from nowadays,...
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Funding Our Keiki’s Future: Is a constitutional amendment the answer?
This election, voters will have the chance to amend the state constitution. The ballot question, “Shall the legislature be authorized to establish, as provided by law, a surcharge on investment real...
View ArticleMauiTime Walk Story: 2018 Candidate for State Rep. District 10 Angus McKelvey
Watch MauiTime Walk Story with Maui County candidate for State Rep. District 10 (West Maui, Ma‘alaea, North Kihei) Angus McKelvey and Editor Axel Beers on Market Street in Wailuku, Hawai‘i The post...
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Get Out and Vote! Our 2018 General Election Endorsement Guide
Maybe you’ve seen it on social media, on a car bumper, or stuck to some roadside guardrail, but wherever you saw it first, the words are everywhere this election season: huli. Huli means to turn or...
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Stand Aside and Let the Big Dog Slurp: ‘Corporate Water Theft’ bill sailing...
Even though Mahi Pono hasn’t announced any kind of crop plans or water needs, it still wants every drop of water formerly guzzled by A&B [MauiTime first broke the story of the sale of Alexander...
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