We were very sorry to hear that Napili Tavern, formerly known as Fish and Poi just closed their doors. This restaurant has been opened for many years, on the premises of Napili Shores.
All I can say is thank you for treating me, my family and my friends with such an amazing food, pleasant atmosphere and great views, for the past few years.
I loved your Blackened Mahimahi with papaya salsa, the spicy chicken rolls and the HAMBURGERS!
This was world class dining at very affordable prices. Appetizers were under $8, while entrees were priced between $14-$20.
I hope you will be back one day!
The concept proposed by Maui developer Everett Dowling covers aproximately 603 acres in Makena and is heavily opposed by individuals that fear environmental consequences, as well as endangering cultural sites. Maui Prince Hotel employees, along with other individuals worried about the state of teh economy, support this project as a strong source of much needed jobs.
To read the whole story, please click on
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/511374.html?nav=10
The president of Save Honolua Coalition, Kahu David Kapaku and Richard Moon, the president of the Honolua Advisory Council, plead for initiation of negotiations between Maui County Council and Maui Land and Pineapple in regards to preserving Honolua Bay and surrounding areas.
There are only two developments in Honolua, both zoned agricul;tural and both regarded as luxurious real estate: The Plantation Estates and Honolua Ridge. There are no developments oceanfront, but there are a few private homes.
Maui Land and Pineapple's initial plans proposed developing another luxurious subdivision, along with a golf course which may have restricted access to Lipoa Point. The local community had a very strong reaction to these plans and two organizations were created: Save Honolua Coalition and Honolua Advisory Council. For the past year and a half these two organizations gathered ideas from the public and presented them to Maui Land and Pineapple, who created a new concept for developing the area around Honolua Bay. In this last plan, Maui Land and Pineapple offers significant acrage in the area, to conservation and preservation, cancels all development plans and requests permission to build a boutique hotel as part of another project, that is still only in books, called Kapalua Mauka.
Please read the letter from the leaders of the two community based organizations to Maui News, explaining their intentions.
http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/510847.html?nav=18
I love the West Side!
There were two races in particulat that draw a lot of attention from West Maui Residents.
One was the race between Jo Anne Johnson and Alan Fukuyama for West Maui seat on the Council. Jo Anne Johnson, is a veteran with a Council and also quite famous/notorious for her opposition towards any new developments on West Maui, as well as for the moratorium on developing agricultural zoned land. Alan Fukuyama was newcomer to politics, but with a reputable past running a business on Maui, managed to gather 16,884 votes, that is 40% of the total number of votes that were casted! Surprising, I would say, given the fact that we hardly get to know Alan, while we got to know Jo Anne quite well...
The second most controversial race, that involved significant funds spent to entice the voters, was for the State Senate, between incumbent Roz Baker and Jen Shields. Roz Baker, a democrat with a long history and many accomplishments in politics faced the highly energized Jen Shields, very famous for her efforts to abolish the Certifciate of Need process for hospitals to be built on Maui. The hospital issue, in particular the lack of one on WEst Maui deserves a few books to be written about. In the end, people chose Roz, despite Jen's aligations that Roz could do, but did not do enough for our health. I am a big supporter of Roz Baker, who I have personally met at many voluteer events. Thus, I know my opinions may be considered biased and I will stop at just presenting the results.
To see full election results on West Maui as well throughout Hawaii, please check http://www.kitv.com/politics/feature.html
And in case you wonder, yes, more than 70% of us voted for Obama!
This program was coordinated by Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Designated people walked along the coast line in pre-assigned zones to look and monitor Hawaiian Monk Seal.
The island was divided into 37 zones, with a team being assigned to each zone.
Equipped with binoculars and cameras, my friend Lori and I monitored the area/beaches between Kapalua Bay and Pohaku Park ( S Turns Park), between 10 am and 1pm.
We were not fortunate to see any monk seals, but we did see several turtles.
We dont know what the results of the whole event are, but this was a fun day.
I will post pictures of monk seals if any will become available, meanwhile, please enjoy these beautiful shots.
For more information about this program, please contact Nicole Davis, Maui Marine Mammal Response Program Coordinator, at nicole.davis@noaa.gov
Aloha!
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