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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST MAYORAL CANDIDATE: Alan Arakawa #BOM2013
Best Mayoral Candidate Alan Arakawa It’s always fun to ask this question a couple years before the next election, both to gauge the popularity of the incumbent and to see just how many of you even...
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE: Neil Abercrombie #BOM2013
Best Gubernatorial Candidate Neil Abercrombie There are political leaders who seem born for their jobs. They exude confidence, inspire those around them and generally get stuff done. They are strong...
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST COUNTY BLUNDER: Department of Liquor Control #BOM2013
Best County Blunder Maui County Department of Liquor Control Even before former Liquor Control Investigator Justin Dobbs filed his lawsuit against the County of Maui in October 2012, alleging all...
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST STATE BLUNDER: Monsanto #BOM2013
Best State Blunder Monsanto We’re assuming that our readers defined blunder as allowing Monsanto to come to Hawaii, buy up huge tracts of land and start growing genetically modified crops. Well, given...
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE: Cane Burning #BOM2013
Best Environmental Issue Cane Burning Forgive the pun, but the controversy over Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s insistence that the only way they can process sugar is by first burning the cane in...
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT: Maui Food Bank #BOM2013
Best Community Non-Profit Maui Food Bank Our readers gave the nod to Maui Food Bank last year, and apparently saw no reason to change their minds this year. And why not? The place serves food to about...
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST SCARY PUBLIC FIGURE: Keith Taguma #BOM2013
Best Scary Public Figure Keith Taguma Frankly, I’d be shocked if anyone else won this category. Maui Police Officer Keith Taguma is a Legend on Maui. You guys saw how that Taguma Watch Facebook Page...
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST TOWN TO LIVE IN: Kihei #BOM2013
Best Town to Live in Kihei Kihei (and South Maui in general) gets a bad rap from people on Maui, but for our readers, there’s no better place on the island to live. Kihei is poorly planned, they say,...
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MauiTime Best of Maui BEST TOWN TO VISIT: Paia #BOM2013
Best Town to Visit Paia What is it with our readers and Paia? The North Shore town itself is cramped, with considerable parking and traffic issues. Sure, it’s quaint and walkable and features lots of...
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CORRECTED: Best of Maui Politics And Environment
Politics and Environment Best County Official Alan Arakawa Going into an election in which five other people would like to replace him, we’re sure that Mayor Arakawa will appreciate the fact that our...
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