Five candidates are running for the seat held by Council Chair Alice Lee, who is stepping down.

While the job itself doesn’t amount to much, it helped elevate four politicians who later became governors, and two others who eventually became U.S. senators.

Three candidates are running in the primary for the council seat covering Mauiʻs largest commercial center.

Itʻs a rematch for the two candidates running in the November general election.

The president and his minions are doing everything they can to limit voting nationally. So far, they are failing “bigly.”

New Federal Election Commission filings show that both candidates raised and spent about the same amount in the last quarter, but Case has more money left over for the final run.

“Upcountry speed-hump boom needs a full audit: who requested them, what data justified them, how contracts were awarded, what they cost and who profited.”

“Bill 9 was passed with good intentions, but the process was rushed and created uncertainty for families, homeowners and workers.”

“Our people have been learning through observation for generations. Now climate change is accelerating and we need to keep up.”

“I would expand the number of affordable homes by funding the expansion of local housing community land trusts.”