The Maui Examiner

I just thought we should all pause for a moment today to remember the simple act of courage, defiance and dignity committed by Rosa Parks when she refused to move to the back of the bus because the law said she had the wrong skin color.
The greatest moments in history, the ones that have truly mattered and have taken us to a better place, are made up of scores of these singular acts by ordinary, everyday people who could no longer tolerate the crap and the nonsense of those in charge.
Today, whether it is a student who holds a sit-in to get the army recruiters off his campus, or the mother of a dead soldier who refuses to leave the front gate of the president's ranch, we continue to be saved by brave people who risk ridicule and rejection but end up turning huge tides of public opinion in the direction of righteousness. We owe them enormous debts of gratitude. It is not easy to stand up for what is right, especially when everyone else is afraid to leave the comfortable path of conformity.
Rosa Parks may have been alone on that bus at the moment of her arrest but she wasn't alone for long. The old order was shaken, the world was upended and, as a people, we were given a chance for a bit of redemption.
Perhaps the best way to celebrate this most important day in American history is to ask yourself what it is that you can do today to make a difference. What risk can you take to move the ball forward? What is that one thing you've been wanting to say to your co-workers or classmates that you've been afraid to say, but in your heart of hearts you know needs to be said? Why wait another day to say it or do it?
There is probably no better way to honor Rosa Parks – and yourself – than for you to put a stop to an injustice you see, not allowing it to continue for one more second.
Do something. Then send me an email (contributions@michaelmoore.com) and tell all of us what you did (I'll post as many as I can).
Fifty years later, the bus we're on could use a few more people simply saying, "No. I'm sorry. I've had enough. I'm not going to take it anymore."

Administration Officials Talk Story At MCBRC

As part of the county administration's continuing community outreach efforts, Mayor Alan Arakawa and members of his administration will be available from time to time at the Maui County Store and Business Resource Center to take questions from the community and discuss issues relating to the County of Maui.
The Maui County Store, located across from IHOP in the Maui Mall, is operated as an educational partnership between the County Office of Economic Development and Maui Community College to provide retail training opportunities within MCC's entrepreneurship program. A portion of the proceeds from store purchases help fund Maui County's professional associations of police, fire and lifeguard services, all of who have contributed logo wear products that are available for sale at the store. Revenues also help defray some of the operational costs of the Maui County Business Resource Center located behind the County Store.