“Hāloa represents all of our environmental resources and our ability to take care of them, by recognizing that the āina is what feeds us and keeps us alive.” --- Walter Ritte, Moloka`i, Hawai`i.

1. MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL – GENERAL ELECTION – 2014
Home Is Where My Heart Is Born in Paia, Maui, Territory of Hawai`i, raised in
Hali`imaile, Maui, State of Hawai`i, now residing in Wahiawa, City & County of
Honolulu, Hawai`i, my heart is where I left it, in Maui.
“The Maui County Council is a nine-member legislative body of officials who
are elected on at-large basis (i.e., all County voters can cast votes for all nine
seats), one each from nine residency areas.” [Emphasis Supplied]
Reference: Maui County Elections.
Your vote counts. Each registered voter on Maui (East Maui, West
Maui, Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu, Kahului, South Maui, Makawao-Haiku-
Paia, Upcountry, Lanai and Molokai) will determine the nine-member Maui
County Council as the legislative body for Maui County, 2014 – 2016.
Incumbency is a privilege of elected office that is reaffirmed and confirmed by
reelection and return to public office. The advantage of incumbency is name
recognition. Election of incumbents are deserving to those who have
demonstrated the virtues of good government, who have advocated and
advanced issues for the betterment and well being of the people. The
transparency of incumbency are those individuals who have challenged the
status quo, advanced cutting-edge issues, often, cross-grained to long standing
issues that many believed were immune and exempt from change.
Challengers are those individuals who have demonstrated the courage to take a
firm stand, are willing to take responsibility, who believe they are capable to
make changes, walk-the-talk on honesty, integrity, respect for all people, stand
firm for transparency in government, and who will represent the views of the
people irrespective of their personal beliefs. They are the voices of change.
New comer Challengers seeking to serve on the Maui County Council have
demonstrated their commitment to better the lives of the people, the
communities they seek to represent, with the willingness and courage to share
their knowledge-based, innovative solutions for environmental sustainability
and transparency in government..

2. Other Challengers have long experience in public service, have left their public
office for a time to gain more knowledge and experience, and seek return to
public office as the place where they can make a difference by advancing
legislation to implement forward-looking measures for a better Maui.
The Environment, Conservation and Water for Maui are high priority issues.
Maui Department of Water Supply:
“Water conservation is something we all should practice. Except for the air we
breathe, water is the single most important element in our lives. It's too precious
to waste.”
“There's as much water in the world today as there was thousands of years ago.
Actually, it's the same water. The water from your faucet could contain
molecules that dinosaurs drank. Perhaps Columbus sailed across it.” [Emphasis
Supplied] Reference: Maui County Department of Water Supply.
QUESTION: Where has all the water gone?
The Maui Watershed is comprised of the Wailuku Sector - Waikapu-Wailuku-
Waihee-Waiehu-Kahakoloa -- Lahaina Sector - Honokohau-Honolua-Honokawi-
Launuipoko-Olowalu-Ukemehame -- Central Sector - Kamaole-Makawao-Paia --
East Maui Sector -- Northeast Maui Sector. The Maui Watershed is fed and
replenished from Pu`u Kukui (the Wailuku Basalt) and Pu`u `Ula`ula
(Haleakala).
The petition on Instream Flow (Surface Water) brought and heard by the State of
Hawai`i Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) was issue
specific and only addressed a partial snapshot of the entire Maui Watershed.
The connectivity and networked available water of neighboring Sectors were not
considered and decided on. The CWRM decision failed to address groundwater,
water flowing and transported through tunnels, pipes, flumes and ditches, and
known water sources within the Sectors.
The County of Maui, the Maui County Council and the Maui Department of
Water Supply has been and is involved in projects, completed and in progress,
diverting available water from the watersheds.

3. The availability of water is not to diminish, minimize or abandon the significance
and importance of water conservation.
The availability of water is to challenge the high cost of water or consumption by
the public, businesses and agricultural usage by Maui farmers, the imposition
of water restrictions, and the wait list for and high cost of water meters.
Consumer education and the principles and virtues of conservation and
sustainability have been and are a relentless and continuing struggle for State of
Hawai`i Commission on Water Resource Management, County Governments,
Environmental and Conservation groups, organizations and advocates.
Hawai`i has made leaps and bounds to minimize its footprint on global
warming and lessening reliance on fossil fuel. High cost of gasoline, diesel and
other fuel, high taxes on gasoline, diesel and other fuel, and the high cost of
electricity are attempts to impose conservation and have made inroads.
Consumer education by the utilities, fuel producers and consumer advocacy
groups are in the forefront. Much more is needed.
The stewardship of each and every individual to make a firm commitment is
required.
Water conservation is no different. Water conservation measures and water
conservation education, similarly, are ongoing.
Mayor Alan Arakawa’s message to developers “find your own water source” is
environmentally sound and a firm, necessary advocacy for Maui, the Maui
ecosystem and the people of Maui.
Unrestricted development is an unencumbered drain on the Maui watersheds
and is a rejection of sound environmental and conservation principles and
standards to maintain the stability and sustainability of available water and
watersheds in Maui County.
Home Is Where The Heart Is Maui is home
Cherish Maui, Love Maui, Embrace Maui and Protect Maui
There is no place like Home, Maui No Ka Oi - Maui Is The Best

4. On November 4, 2014, exercise your voting rights. Your vote counts.
COUNCILMEMBER EAST MAUI
(Challenger) NIKHILANANDA, Nick
(Incumbent) CARROLL, Bob
COUNCILMEMBER WEST MAUI
(Challenger) BUENCONSEJO, Ka'ala
(Incumbent) COCHRAN, Elle
COUNCILMEMBER WAILUKU-WAIHEE-WAIKAPU
(Challenger) BLACKBURN, Joseph G., II
(Incumbent) VICTORINO, Michael (Mike)
COUNCILMEMBER KAHULUI
(Challenger) PONTANILLA, Joe
(Incumbent) GUZMAN, Don S.
COUNCILMEMBER SOUTH MAUI
(Challenger) FITZPATRICK, John M.
(Incumbent) COUCH, Don
COUNCILMEMBER MAKAWAO-HAIKU-PAIA
(Challenger) MOLINA, Mike J.
(Incumbent) WHITE, Mike
COUNCILMEMBER UPCOUNTRY
(Challenger) BRUCH, Courtney A.
(Incumbent) BAISA, Gladys Coelho
COUNCILMEMBER LANAI
(Incumbent) HOKAMA, Riki
COUNCILMEMBER MOLOKAI
(Incumbent) CRIVELLO, Stacy Helm