“With millions in dark money flooding into Maui County to support pro tourism and luxury development candidates, we have to band together to generate the movement and the mana necessary to prevail and maintain a progressive majority on council,” reported Jordan Hocker, who is running against the Maui Hotel & Lodging Association’s entrenched Upcountry candidate Yuki Lei Sugimura. “Big money is counting on apathy.”

Political hui, ‘Onipa’a 2022, announced the launch of their district tour, with a first public event set for Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 in Kīhei. The hui includes Maui County Council candidates Noelani Ahia, Nara Boone, Jordan Hocker, Gabe Johnson, Robin Knox, Tamara Paltin, Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, and Shane Sinenci.

The same group funded by the construction industry that has made headlines across Hawaii for political attack ads in past elections is throwing its weight behind a few Maui County races — putting tens of thousands of dollars behind one candidate in particular…

Be Change Now is throwing its support behind three people running for the Maui County Council who, if elected, could take control away from progressives who have made up the council majority over the last four years.