Vimeo link below for the WMTA Annual Meeting & Presentations video. 

Mahalo to Akakū Maui Community Media, and to everyone who showed up for our community at the WMTA Annual Meeting 2019!

A'ohe Hana Nui Ke Alu 'ia (No task is too large when we work together)

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
December 28, 2018
 
Lahaina, HI – IMPORTANT MEETING JANUARY 17, 2019 AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND:
 
The West Maui Taxpayers Association (WMTA) will hold its Annual Members Meeting on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Lahaina Civic Center – 1840 Honoapiilani Hwy, Lahaina, HI 96761.  The public is invited to this always informative event. AKAKU Community TV will tape the event for later re-broadcast.
 
There is complimentary food service which will begin at 5:00 PM, followed by a short business meeting at 5:30 PM with Official WMTA business, including the Election of its Board of Directors.  Slate of Directors include Lee Chamberlain, Richard Jarman, Gregg Nelson, Jess “Joe” Park, Joseph Pluta, John Seebart and Fereshteh Tali.  Members – you should have already received a Proxy via the Dec Newsletter mailed to you the week of December 10, 2018.  It is also posted on our website. 
 
Immediately following this short business meeting will be presentations important to the West Maui community. Last year nearly 300 attendees enjoyed the very interesting community presentations on WMTA top issues. Invited guest speakers for the Special Presentations 2019 Annual Meeting are:

• Message from Governor’s Office
• Senator Rosalyn Baker – 6th Senate District
• Representative Angus McKelvey – 10th House District
• Mayor Mike Victorino, County of MauiCouncil Member Tamara Paltin – West Maui
• Kaloa Robinson, Project Manager, Stanford Carr Development, LLC, with an update on Kahoma Village Affordable Housing
• Director, Housing and Human Concerns, County of Maui
• Pamela Eaton, Planning Program Administrator, Long Range Division, Department of Planning, County of Maui, speaking about the West Maui Community Plan update processBrian Hoyle, West Maui Hospital Foundation, Inc. for a West Maui Hospital Update
• Colin Yamamoto, Retired Chief of Ocean Safety, Maui County, updating us on the rescue tube project to mitigate the number of drownings in ocean in West Maui
• Tom Yamachika, President, Tax Foundation of Hawaii

 
The major purpose of the meeting is to have elected officials address issues of interest to the West Maui community, and to have special presentations on major project impacting the Isolated West Maui Community as illustrated above.
 
For more information on the Annual Meeting or WMTA, please visit www.westmaui.org or call President Joseph Pluta at 808-661-7990.