Bill 26 (2014), to enable the Council to establish exemptions to Water System Development Fees in the annual budget, will be considered for second and final reading at the April 22 Council meeting. Agenda: http://www.mauicounty.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/18968 Also up for second and final reading are Bill 24, which would ban tobacco use in parks and beaches, and […]
For Immediate Release: April 4, 2014 Press release by: Councilmember Mike White Council urges state legislators to increase TAT revenue to counties WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Maui County Council today adopted Resolution 14-45, urging the state legislature to pass House Bill 1671 to increase transient accommodations tax revenue to the counties, Councilmember Mike White announced. […]
Published in The Maui News March 30, 2014 By MIKE WHITE The counties need a voice. Pending before the state Legislature is a measure to remove the dollar limitation on transient accommodations tax revenues and return the counties to the percentage share to which they were entitled for more than 20 years – no more […]
Published in The Maui News February 9, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News I’ve asked the state Legislature to consider a set of bills to allow council members to be more accessible and responsive. House Bill 2139, introduced by Rep. Kyle Yamashita, and Senate Bill 2962, introduced by Sen. Gilbert Keith-Agaran, would […]
For Immediate Release: January 31, 2014 Press release by: Maui County Council Chair Gladys Baisa Kauai County Council Chair Jay Furfaro Honolulu City Council Chair Ernie Martin Hawaii County Council Chair J Yoshimoto Council chairs seek return of projected $72 million hotel tax revenue to counties HONOLULU– Council chairs from all four Hawaii counties today […]
Published in The Maui News January 19, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News The 2014 state legislative session began Wednesday, with me and several of my Maui County Council colleagues in attendance, and is scheduled to adjourn May 1. Our state representatives and senators have started introducing and reviewing hundreds of new […]
Published in The Maui News Dec. 29, 2013 By ROBERT CARROLL, for The Maui News As we reach the midway point of the 2013-2015 term, now is an appropriate time to review the County Council’s activities over the last year and preview some of what’s ahead. On Dec. 20, the council unanimously authorized the purchase […]
Published in The Maui News December 1, 2013 By GLADYS C. BAISA, for The Maui News As elected officials, it’s our job to find out how people in our community feel about issues, to become educated on those issues and to enact legislation addressing them when feasible. We ask our constituents to become involved and […]
Honolulu, Hawaii – The Hawaii State Public Access Room (PAR) will conduct a series of free workshops on Maui entitled “We the Powerful!” between Dec. 3 to Dec. 6. The workshops are intended to help demystify the State lawmaking process, and demonstrate ways the public can participate at the Hawaii State Legislature without leaving the […]
For Immediate Release: Nov. 1, 2013 Press release by: Office of Councilmember Mike White White to represent councils, selected to serve on Employer-Union Health Benefits Task Force WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Hawaii State Association of Counties Executive Committee on Oct. 22 selected Maui County Councilmember Mike White to serve on the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits […]
