Petition drive launched to get ordinance on ballot

March 30, 2008

Brian Murphy

In what could be the first successful use of the initiative process in Hawaii, Maui County Citizens For Democracy In Action has launched their petition drive to place the 2008 Maui County Family Farmer Regulation and Revenue Ordinance (MCFFRRO) on this November’s ballot.

As we anticipate with trepidation the economic fallout from the Molokai Ranch closure, the 2008 MCFFRRO offers a refreshing opportunity for the people of the Friendly Isle.

The state of Hawaii currently has over 4,000 licensed patients in the medical marijuana program, 1,000 of them living in Maui County. One possible implementation of the MCFFRRO would place farms on Molokai. Maui patients alone could support between five and 25 farms, creating jobs on Molokai.

Bolstered by a provision that all Hawaii Blue Card holders acquire their medicine from specifically zoned sites, the Molokai community could experience an unparalleled economic...

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Akaku Board Rubber Stamps CEO But April Still May March

Akaku: Maui Community Television Board of Directors violates by-laws, appoints Akaku Lobbyist "Jay" April, (registered with the State of Hawaii as "John" April,) as CEO of the State of Hawaii Public Access Cable Television Organization for the County of Maui.

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Not "Activist" but "Advocates"

31 March, 2008, The Molokai Dispatch

It's time those who really are responsible for the closure of MPL stand up and take the jerk. MPL is closing because of financial failures. MPL couldn't provide water to proposed La'au Pt. millionaire community and couldn't adequately provide protection for endangered monk seals, plants and Moloka'i's very limited resources. MPL couldn't get the EIS approved. The previous EIS was almost denied by the LUC until MPL withdrew the EIS by the prompting of a LUC member.

The "lengthy consultation with the community" concluded Moloka'i community was against the development of La'au Pt. because it would kill our lifestyle, deplete our natural resources, ...

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Another Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest!

31 March, 2008, The Molokai Dispatch

Del Monte & Libby Pineapple, Sheraton, Louisiana Land, Colony, Tokyo Kosan, and the over 10,000 so called TB cattle was, at one time, Molokai’s economy and they all left. Their employees got hurt; some left and some stayed. Molokai survived.

To the MPL employees, the people of Molokai have empathy for you as you go...

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