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November 2007

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Rally for Maui guidelines

The Maui Police Department, DLNR, Maui Tomorrow, and Save Kahului Harbor have met to determine areas where Dec. 8th’s Rally for Maui can be held in a safe and legal manner. MPD emphasized their job is to insure both legal behavior toward Hawaii Superferry and its passengers and protect the First Amendment rights of Maui citizens wishing to participate in this event.

Rally participants must stay 6' back from the edge of the motorway pavement and 50 feet back from traffic signals while sign waving.  MPD will mark these 50' lines. Most sidewalks are set back 6 feet with the exception of a few areas where the sidewalk is next to the road. In those cases, rally participants must stay on the back half of sidewalks.

It is illegal and unsafe to stand on the median, in the road or on traffic islands.

On the parts of North Pu'unene Ave. (across from First Hawaiian Bank) without sidewalks, the yellow barriers mark the 6 foot setback. Pedestrians should not step into the road and cross only at crosswalks. The beach area of Kahului Harbor will also be open to the public.

We ask rally participants to please not impact the area’s businesses (First Hawaiian Bank, Century 21 and the Hideaway) and not park cars in their lots or block their driveways, entrances or interfere with pedestrian traffic.
 
We remind everyone that this is to be a safe and lawful event and encourage participants to engage only in legal and peaceful activities on behalf of Maui Nui.
 
Irene Bowie
Executive Director
Maui Tomorrow Foundation, Inc.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 30th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Reef woes, injuries tied to fish feeding

Until only recently, it was not uncommon for snorkelers or scuba divers to bring a can of Easy Cheese, pizza crust or peas with them on an underwater adventure. The fish would come in swarms to eat out of the swimmers' hands. But after decades of hand-feeding fish, environmentalists and charter operators said something went wrong: The fish became habituated or addicted to getting the food. Sometimes the fish were so well fed that they refused to graze off of the reefs' natural algae and seaweed.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Security for ferry upsets protesters

Hawaii Superferry opponents are crying foul over the Coast Guard's security plans for the ferry's return to Maui next week. Maui Tomorrow Executive Director Irene Bowie said the security zone around the Superferry is broader than she expected and appears to be overkill given the absence of civil disobedience on the Valley Isle.
"I'm stunned by the heavy-handedness of this," she said. "I think with this there's going to be a lot more people alienated."
Vessels and surfboards could be confiscated and violators arrested on a felony charge if a security zone is breached around the Superferry as it completes its Oahu-Maui transit into Kahului Harbor starting Dec. 6, the Coast Guard warned yesterday in announcing security plans for the ferry's return.
A protest at the harbor is scheduled for Dec. 8. Gov. Linda Lingle said she does not have concerns about protests on Maui. "Generally speaking, I think people will respect the law," she said.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 28th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Rally for Maui – Let Your Voice Be Heard

Rally for Maui – Let Your Voice Be Heard has been rescheduled to Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. Due to an operations delay Hawaii Superferry announced today that damage to their barge in Kahului  Harbor is greater than previously thought and the ferry’s start date has been moved back to Thursday, Dec. 6.   Because of widespread public interest in turning out for this rally it has been decided to hold the event on Saturday, 12/8 rather than Thursday, 12/6, so that more people may attend.  Updated information on Rally for Maui will be available at www.maui-tomorrow.org and at www.savekahuluiharbor.com

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 27th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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At Waihe’e beach, healing begins at the bottom of the food chain

The Waihe'e Limu Restoration Project is the story of a dedicated Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) inspiring her community to restore a reef she came to know through the stories of her tutu wahine. Not a native of Maui herself, Barrows raised her children at Waihe'e Beach and saw what happens to the herbivorous fish population when a major food source-limu-becomes scarce. Opportunistic fish in the food chain, including sharks, fill the niche that the herbivores once occupied.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 24th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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AG Lands and the ‘M’ Word

Jo Anne Johnson, West Maui's County Council representative, has seen enough. "We've lost sight of our community plan," she said recently before boldly going where few have ventured before-to proposing a moratorium on agricultural subdivisions in her district until traffic impact fees are adopted. "There's no planning going on," Johnson said. "Just sprawl."
Johnson is quick to note that her proposed bill is not a "takings" and wouldn't prevent owners from farming their property. She knows this is just a temporary step-and probably an unpopular one with many-to stimulate discussion and begin to address existing problems.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 24th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Honua’ula wins committee OK

With a 6-2 vote, the Maui County Council Land Use Committee ended months of deliberation Tuesday and recommended approval of the Honua'ula housing development. Listed on the Kihei-Makena Community Plan as the Wailea 670 project, the Honua'ula revision has drawn hundreds of residents to committee meetings to speak for and against the development plans. The Land Use Committee report, with its recommendation for approval of the zoning bills, probably will go to the full council for action by the second council meeting in December, according to Land Use Chairman Mike Molina. The meeting is scheduled for Dec. 21.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 24th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Bad reviews sink Molokai EIS

Those critical of Molokai Ranch's proposed luxury development at Laau cheered yesterday after the large landowner withdrew its environmental impact study during a state Land Use Commission hearing. Ranch representatives said they are still committed to developing the project but wanted to revise the 3,000-page study because of public criticisms. The commission's pending staff report, usually read at the end of the hearing, would have been unfavorable, according to one of the commissioners.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 19th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Superferry’s Kahului barge breaks loose

Just after a Maui judge said the ferry Alakai could soon resume operating in Kahului Harbor on Wednesday, the docking barge that serves the ferry snapped a mooring cable and began pounding the end of Pier 2. Only minor damage was inflicted before harbor tugs were able to first stabilize the barge and then move it up against the side of Pier 2, away from the end of the dock where an early-winter swell apparently was more than it could handle.
The incident opened a question about the viability of the ferry operations at Kahului, which is subject to severe north swells during the winter months. The occasions were reckoned to be few. But the huge barge got in trouble in the first north swell it encountered, and it wasn't a big swell.

Written by Maui Tomorrow News on November 19th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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