Tag archive for Alexander & Baldwin
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Mismanagement And Malfeasance Allegations Are Consuming the 26-year-old Wailuku Main Street Association. This Will Change Maui’s Small Towns But That’s A Good Thing
By Anthony Pignataro There’s a firestorm of controversy engulfing the Wailuku Main Street Association these days. The nonprofit organization may have lasted 26 years–over the last decade alone it’s consumed more than $2 million of
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Candidate Kyle Yamashita
Running for: State Representative, District 12 (Kula, Makawao, Olinda, Pukalani, Pulehu, Ulupalakua) Running against: Ekolu Kalama Birthplace: Honolulu, HI Profession: Incumbent (Superstop II General Manager) Electoral Win/Loss Record: 4/1 First electoral victory: 2004 Supports: Organized labor, health care reform, increasing
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State of Hawaii Representative Candidate Joseph Pontanilla
JOSEPH PONTANILLA Running for: State House District 9 (Kahului, Wailuku, Paia, Spreckelsville) Running against: Gilbert Keith-Agaran Birthplace: Puunene, HI Profession: Maui County Council member Electoral Win/Loss Record: 5/0 First electoral victory: Maui County Council (2002) Supports: Land development, organized labor, county
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE: Sugar Cane Burning #BOM2012
Are there other environmental issues these days? Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S), which operates the last mill on Maui, grows sugar on 37,000 acres. For much of the year, company workers burn the fields
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Reception for Edventure program and A&B Donation at Class Act June 7
The Edventure program at UH Maui College has been offering non-credit course training and skill building to more than 12,000 Maui students annually. For those of us who lack deep pockets, A&B Foundation is
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Alexander & Baldwin And Matson Navigation Go Their Separate Ways
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but the news around the state is all buzzing with the same big story: Alexander & Baldwin’s announcement yesterday to split into two publicly traded corporations–A & B, Inc.,
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Maui’s Dirty Dozen Land Development Projects
By Anthony Pignataro Here are 12 proposed projects that residents should be watching. Of course, some are worse than others, but on the whole, these developments will alter Maui radically over the next decade. Piilani
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County To License Paia Bypass From A&B, Keep It Open 24/7
UPDATE: Yesterday Antone informed me that the opening has been delayed while A&B looks into “liability issues,” but said it’s still on track for “later this month.” Just spoke to Maui County Communications Director Rod
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Environmental Group Sues Alexander and Baldwin Over Proposed Maui Treatment Plant
On the heels of the controversial ruling in the Na Wai Eha waters contested case, environmental Group Eathjustice announced today that it has filed suit against Alexander & Baldwin, parent company of Hawaiian Commercial
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Alexander & Baldwin offers “forward-looking statements.” Or: corporate press releases are worthless, part 10 million…
While perusing a release from Alexander & Baldwin about incoming CEO Stanley Kuriyama, I came across an interesting paragraph down at the bottom in those light-colored italics that imply “don’t read me, I’m not
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