The Maui Examiner

9th Life Hawai‘i
Kitty Of The Week

LEO

This is Leo. He is our good-will ambassador. All the other kitties love him. He's been known to stop quarrels. Leo really is an incredible intermediary and peace maker.  A very loving, beautiful boy who has waited a long time for his own home.

9th Life Hawai‘i is a non-profit, non-kill 501C3 organization dedicated to the protection of homeless cats on Maui. To adopt a cat, donate, or volunteer please call Phyllis Tavares at 572-3499 or visit online at www.9thlifehawaii.org.

Mahalo
 
Much mahalos for a paper that gets to the meat of a story. From the hassles between the Wackenhut guards and the Pacific Wing management, to the Upcountry Water issues, and to the Abandoned Vehicles, and Kahului Harbor Homeless – you all at The Maui Examiner did great. It's time that the real stories be told without the gossip, the political agendas, and without the fear of being "too controversial." Keep speaking the truth and we look forward to next year!
 
Kekoa,
Kula

I want to take a minute to thank you all for everything you have done this past year. And for making my job so easy for me.  You are all the best. Because of your publications, many of our animals are adopted. The exposure they get in the papers is amazing and a week never goes by that someone hasn't called because of a picture in one of your papers. Most of the animals you print are adopted. So pat yourselves on the back, I sure the dogs, cats, rabbits, rats, pigs would if they could!

Lorraine Askam,
Maui Humane Society, Kahului

More Mahalos

Congratulations on a job well done. Your bi-monthly publication is informative and is a niche that Maui sorely needed. We have been dumbed down by other newspapers (I broadly use the term) and it is refreshing to see a new and improved version of The Maui Examiner. I wish you success and hopefully in the near future I can get ink on my hands in the morning when I open the Examiner and have a cup of tea....A big Mahalo, Mele Kalikimaka and Ha‘ole Makahiki Hou.

Leilani Cameron-Lee,
Pukalani

We live a democracy, a form of government that is based on the will of the people. In Maui County, we make great efforts to get out citizens to participate in our public debates about the future of our three islands. For citizens to know what is going on, they need information. But most of us barely have time to read the newspapers or watch the TV news. For those of us who want to know, one of the chief ways a citizen can learn about the state of this most local form of government is to attend the Mayor's annual State of the County Address.
This year Mayor Alan Arakawa will give his State of the County Address at Baldwin High School Auditorium, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12. This is a public event, and there will be plenty of room. You are invited.
I like to think of citizens as stockholders of the largest corporate entity in Maui County. Our government has more than 2,200 employees and a budget in excess of $400 million. It has the power to tax your home and business and affect yours and your family's lives in a variety of ways. As a stockholder of such a corporate entity, doesn't it behoove you to know what it is doing, and, more importantly what its chief executive officer, its mayor, has worked on and is planning to do in the future?
The State of the County Address will give you that opportunity. E Komo Mai.

Keith A. Regan, Managing Director, County of Maui