South Maui Community Plan Update

Calling from Kahului, he said he speaks for poor South Maui residents, echoed Vernon Kalanikau's point that Hawaiian input should come first in the plan, and complained that access to participation feels limited to the wealthy.

He discussed his personal audit of money flows related to wildfire and the South Maui Plan, alleging white-collar crime connections running from Upcountry to Kīhei.

A testifier identifying with the Royal Patented Kingdom of Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina opposed all development in South Maui, claiming defective land title and that heirs of royal patented lands were never notified.

Pushed back on Mayer's fiscal critique, arguing a plan isn't a budget, that vacant housing complicates unit-to-population math, and that recycled R-1/R-2 water and living near Wailea jobs could ease water and traffic pressures.