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Monday, May 13, 2024 |
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Black Sand, Kobayashi First to benefit from DEP 'Affordable Housing' Scheme
By News Release @ 9:07 PM :: 2720 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development
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... involves sharing a percentage of net appreciation with HHFDC ....
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Friday, May 10, 2024 |
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After Nine Months of Toxic Lies, DoH Finally Admits: "We do not expect to find health impacts caused by toxins in the wildfire ash"
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 2229 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Development, Tourism
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... “Economic pressures will cause ‘toxic’ hysteria to be hyped up until locals sell out. Then the hysteria will evaporate and be forgotten as Lahaina is rebuilt as Wailea v2 surrounding the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature.” -- HFP, Nov 2023 ....
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Sunday, May 5, 2024 |
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How Did it Happen? Legislature passes historic bills on taxation, housing and healthcare
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:31 PM :: 2802 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... Get inside scoop at upcoming events on how good bills managed to prevail ....
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 |
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Maui County to (attempt to) Outlaw 'Minatoya List' Condotels
By News Release @ 5:30 PM :: 15251 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Greenmail, Drugs
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... "Too bad Maui didn’t learn from the City getting spanked for unconstitutionally attempting to legislatively phase out vested property rights to STRs" ....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024 |
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Nine Months Later: State Finally Begins Building Housing for Lahaina Survivors
By News Release @ 2:36 AM :: 2006 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... 450 temporary studios and one-, two-, and three-bedroom housing units across 54 acres ....
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Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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Maui County's new Recovery Permitting Center Opens in Kahului
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 3301 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... to assist residents with the process of applying for Disaster Recovery Building Permits for alterations, repairs, reconstruction and new construction of structures in areas affected by the August 2023 Maui wildfires ....
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Monday, April 29, 2024 |
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Corps of Engineers Maui wildfires recovery update
By News Release @ 5:54 PM :: 1612 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... 300 residential lots have been returned to the county of Maui allowing homeowners to begin the rebuilding process ....
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Saturday, April 27, 2024 |
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Legislature on Brink of Advancing Brighter Future
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 11:24 PM :: 2016 Views :: Development, Health Care, Taxes
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... at least five bills strongly supported by my colleagues and I at the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii were passed out of conference committees and now will go for final votes at the House and Senate floor sessions ....
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Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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Bill allowing counties more authority over short-term rentals on Green's desk
By Selected News Articles @ 1:07 PM :: 1940 Views :: Development, Small Business, Tourism
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... A conference committee agreed to pass Senate Bill 2919, which would allow counties to create zoning laws regulating short-term rentals ....
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Friday, April 26, 2024 |
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Bill 152 pre-approved multi-family designs would speed up Hawaii Island housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:25 AM :: 1494 Views :: Hawaii County , Development
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... allow the Hawaii County Department of Public Works to issue pre-approved model plans for multi-family housing — as it already does for single-family dwellings ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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E Maui Water Diversion: Sierra Club Loses at ICA
By News Release @ 10:50 PM :: 2046 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Sierra Club requested a contested case hearing on the issuance of any revocable permits for calendar year 2021. The BLNR denied the request and voted to continue the permits ....
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Saturday, April 13, 2024 |
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Affordable Housing? HB2328 Bethel Block Bill Secretly a Sweet Deal for Fullard-Leo Family
By Andrew Walden @ 3:37 AM :: 3166 Views :: Ethics, Development
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... secretly to give $8,480,800 over the tax assessment to one specific family at the request of Neil Abercrombie ....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2024 |
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Case: FEMA should build housing on Maui
By Ed Case @ 6:58 PM :: 1801 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Case said relying only on rehousing is extremely difficult given the severe shortage of homes on Maui ....
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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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Hours extended for re-entry access into Lahaina Wildfire Disaster Area
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 1522 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Re-entry activities, such as sifting, may be restricted ....
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Monday, April 8, 2024 |
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Marconi Point Project Connected to DPP Bribery Scandal
By Selected News Articles @ 6:14 PM :: 3818 Views :: Honolulu County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... City Seeks to Dismiss Marconi Claims, Supports Move to Depose Bribery Convicts ....
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Sunday, April 7, 2024 |
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Road to rebuilding Lahaina paved with obstructions
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:40 PM :: 2204 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... regulations and objections by various special interests ....
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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Lahaina: 500 Properties Cleared, Zero Building Permits Issued
By News Release @ 3:18 PM :: 2149 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... No Lahaina burn zone property owners have been given building permits ....
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Thursday, April 4, 2024 |
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How to revive Hawaii’s downtown centers
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:59 AM :: 1940 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... The developer requested a waiver for the project, but a year later, the permit is still pending ....
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Sunday, March 31, 2024 |
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Crucial housing, healthcare bills still very much alive at Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:08 PM :: 2053 Views :: Development, Cost of Living
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... The bills would enable starter homes, widen mixed-use housing, attract nurses to Hawaii and exempt doctors from the state GET ....
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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Council resolution exemplifies why we still have housing crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2296 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Twenty years later, we are still having the same conversations ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:10 PM :: 2164 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... bills that could significantly ease Hawaii's emergency-status housing crisis ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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Cost of NIMBYism way too high
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:58 PM :: 2550 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Resolution 24-65 contains most of the usual anti-housing rhetoric, and even claims that making it easier to create smaller, more affordable homes would somehow result in more so-called monster homes ....
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 |
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Maui, land of infernal regulations
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:10 PM :: 2631 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Development
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... the harsh limits on the allowable number of water fixtures per property could render density-increasing measures essentially meaningless ....
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii has the Most Long-Tenured Homeowners in the US
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 2156 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... 36% of Hawaii’s homeowner population has lived in its current residence for at least 24 years ....
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
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Allowing smaller lots and homes would benefit families, promote affordability
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:02 PM :: 2440 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... These two measures would increase our housing supply not only on Oahu but throughout all of Hawaii by allowing smaller homes on smaller lots....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 |
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Roadblocks to Re-Building on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:33 PM :: 2408 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Zoning Code, Permitting and Water Rules ....
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Sunday, March 17, 2024 |
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‘CPR king’ Abe Lee enables homeownership despite complicated legal framework
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 2519 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... state law allows homeowners to divide their ownership rights into separate “lots of record” for ownership purposes, but the County Department of Planning and Permitting will still only recognize the property as one lot ....
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Sunday, March 17, 2024 |
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Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 AM :: 2301 Views :: Development, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... 2024 Legislature resumes session and Grassroot Institute is on the case ....
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Saturday, March 16, 2024 |
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HHFDC Selects Insiders to Develop Kapolei Parcel
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 2431 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... to award developers Ikenakea Development LLC and The Michaels Organization a long-term lease for the 19.4-acre property at Farrington Highway and Fort Barrette Road ....
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Friday, March 15, 2024 |
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SB3381 Lahaina Landgrab Bill: Akaku Hosts Community Forum
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 2808 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... at Akakū Maui Community Media on Saturday, March 16th from 9:30am - 1pm ....
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Thursday, March 14, 2024 |
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“Smaller homes on smaller lots”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:47 PM :: 2487 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... HB1630 and SB3202 would allow homeowners to subdivide their lots and build additional homes ....
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Monday, March 11, 2024 |
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Lahaina: Purposefully Making Rebuilding Slow, Expensive, and Frustrating
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:04 PM :: 3174 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... Federal aid money is pouring in, but “no one seems to know where it’s going” ....
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Water agency ID’d as major Lahaina recovery roadblock
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:09 PM :: 2482 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... “We’ve got this long line of developers who have been trying for decades to get a permit at the Water Commission” ....
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Bill 21: Reform emergency permitting to quicken Lahaina recovery
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:01 PM :: 2058 Views :: Maui County, Development
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“...amend the County’s emergency permitting statute to speed up approval times, waive building permit fees and expand the types of structures to which the statute applies....”
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Listening to naysayers in the housing debate
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:51 AM :: 2685 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... monsters lurk behind every corner ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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Ways to Maximize Hawaii's Current Zoning Laws
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:09 AM :: 1935 Views :: Development
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... CPRs and accessory dwellings units, and how the state’s housing regulations have evolved ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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Rebuilding Nonconforming Structures After Lahaina Fire
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:11 PM :: 2370 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... After Hurricane Iniki struck Kauai in 1992, the Kauai County Council adopted an ordinance similar to this bill to foster the reconstruction of old, nonconforming structures ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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Waive permitting fees to help Maui residents rebuild faster
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:53 PM :: 2013 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... reform the County’s emergency housing permitting policies to help facilitate a quicker recovery for the residents of Lahaina ....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024 |
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Not so Smart: Affordable Housing Loss Study Debunked
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 2307 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... the study from Washington, D.C.-based Smart Growth America commissioned by AARP Hawai‘i didn’t account for numerous affordable-housing projects ....
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Saturday, February 24, 2024 |
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Green Kills off 'Affordable' Housing Group, Hands Authority to HHFDC
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 2291 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Green assigns the BBB’s duties to the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), which will review developer applications for eligibility and process fee waiver exemptions ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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SB3381: Stop Lahaina Property Owners from Rebuilding
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 6613 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Labor
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... will Lahaina literally be handed over to the HCDA and an appointed ‘Community Board’ comprised of Josh Green’s hand-picked Carpenters Union representatives? ....
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Monday, February 19, 2024 |
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True housing reform seems a strong possibility
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:32 PM :: 1810 Views :: Development
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... many small tweaks to Hawaii’s zoning and permitting rules that together could make a big dent ....
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Sunday, February 18, 2024 |
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Sunday, February 11, 2024 |
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Hoarding School Impact Fees
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 2408 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes
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... since 2007, not one thin dime has been spent out of the school impact fees collected ....
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 |
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Kula Fire Recovery: "No one is coming to save you"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 2604 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business
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“For a long time, people looked to government like it was their job to take care of everything. But the best course of action is not to go through elected officials, it’s to stand up and do it."
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