West Maui residents call on county council to put tourism second in Lahaina’s future

Hundreds of West Maui residents jammed into a hotel ballroom in Kaanapali on Wednesday to share their vision for rebuilding Lahaina with the Maui County Council

[cherylsibson]

Get your land back, your culture back, stay strong!

[birgenschwendinger]

LandBack CultureBack stay strong with you 🙏

[LarsFredrickson]

Green doesn't care about your visions...You haven't been paying attention.

[lindakscully]

Tourism is great IN MODERATION! We are far beyond moderation here, thanks to our county council and planning commission. Get rid of the short term rentals. Keep the tourists in the hotel area. We’ve already lost kaanapali beach to tourists and we’re listing more every day.

[mariateixeira]

STAY STRONG and 💪🏻! It’s YOUR LANDS!! DON’T SIGN any PAPER 📝 ! FIRE Mr 🤢!!

[kate]

The residents need to run for offices. Those bureaucrats don’t care at all.

[mya]

GLAD THEY DEMANDED
MORE SHOULD BAND TOGETHER ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[wiseup]

Short term rentals should be stopped absolutely.

[violetphoenix]

RESTORE the No more Too much traffic and development is not safe with one road out of town.

[scott-gyfe]

Why does the council seem like the wizard from Oz? All powerful and controlling

[fayepotts]

Don’t let the evil sharks take your land AGAIN!!!

[KentoLeoDragon]

If tourism is your main source of income, you need to get it back. Plus, you'll make tons extra in sympathy money.

[danielapilando]

Tourism should be at the bottom of the list of what Maui needs…

[davewil]

A lot of non owners want to dictate what Lahaina property owners can do with their property.

[kathylarson]

Short term rentals are a problem which makes housing too high but i believe they need tourists unless all on ss or ssi

[hr]

Seems like the explosions did not come from propane tanks tho from EV and power walls. Because of that this will most likely happen again with the same concoctions.

[RossellaPerry]

Sadly must think with our heads and think of the entire population .Tourists come for the beaches, shopping and restaurants. They are not coming to talk story .Usually people in mourning stay indoors not running around . Tourists have supported many families . Do not bite the hand that feeds you .

[julieanderson]

Where are the Hawaiian homelands people? The US needs to back off and stop trying to force the Hawaiian people back onto the plantation, you're acting like overseers of all the illiterate brown people! Locals of all colors shapes and sizes need to stand up now and say this is our country and you will play by our rules or the US will get out. If you don't stand up for Maui next it will be the big island and then Kauai Molokai will fall as well as Lanai and finally Oahu to the greedy plantation owners that want to turn the islands into the first AI smart Islands, Maui was to be there first Island. Greed has let us all to this! My whole family has left the islands because it's too expensive to live where we were born and raised, they have priced us out of our homes and land! Anyone still think this isn't deliberate is sticking their head in the sand. Where is the Ohana!