By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer
The Maui News: June 15, 2008
WAILUKU — The rhetoric among Maui County, Molokai Properties Ltd. and the state Public Utilities Commission last week rose to the level of probable litigation — and is moving on to scorn.
At issue is who is going to take over the utilities that serve 1,200 Molokai west side households and businesses, including Molokai Properties’ own, with fresh water and sewers. The county, state and Molokai Properties have been saying since April that they don’t want the decrepit and (mostly) money-losing systems, which would take a so-far undetermined amount of cash to whip back into shape.
In the meantime, commissioners warned the county that substantial but temporary rate increases are on the way for Molokai residents to keep the utilities afloat until a solution can be found.
In order just to continue to deliver water from its source on the other side of the island, Molokai Properties faces...
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