Rob Weltman

Testify for funds to buy Peahi open space area

NORTHSHORE OPEN SPACE ALERT Don’t let A&B sell this land for development.  Testify in favor of buying the 267 acre Hamakualoa Coast open space-  from Kuiaha to Peahi  Need more funding! What: Mayor’s 2017 Budget Meeting When/Where: two opportunities to speak up • Tuesday Sept 29 Ha’iku Community Center, Hana Hwy Ha’iku  5:30 pm • Wed Sept 30  Tavares Center in Pukalani   5:30 pm Why: the 2016 budget only has $3 million to purchase the 266 acres (over $10 million needed!)  2017 … Read more

Sierra Club stops injection wells in West Maui

Sierra Club Maui Group, EarthJustice, Hawai?i Wildlife Fund, Surfrider Foundation, and West Maui Preservation Association have reached a settlement with the County of Maui to treat, divert and reuse the waste water which the County currently injects into wells. Earlier in the year, a court ruled that the County of Maui was acting illegally by injecting R2 water into sewage injection wells. A dye study revealed the sewage was seeping into the ocean near the … Read more

Farmers Union: Protecting Ag Lands

From the Farmers Union: I would like to invite you all to attend the Mauna Kahalawai Chapter, Maui Farmers Union Meeting (At the Maui Tropical Plantation) onAugust 20th from 7:00 -8:30 p.m.– where we have put together a Community Educational Seminar on: PROTECTING AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN PERPETUITY. This type of information in invaluable to all of us in Maui County that care about protecting the land and preserving it for our future generations. It is … Read more