WAILUKU - After two straight days of meetings filled with emotional testimony, the Maui County Council Land Use Committee voted 7-2 Thursday to give Makena Resort the agreements it needs for the controversial luxury development to move forward.
WAILUKU - It was a long day Wednesday of impassioned pleas to the Maui County Council - for and against the gigantic Makena Resort proposal. The debate boiled down to a classic dilemma of development: jobs and dollars versus environmental and cultural impacts.