Letters to the Editors

The Maui News on-line edition has been conducting a poll regarding The Recall effort.
At the moment, approximately 59% of those polled are against Tavares.

The Poll only accepts one vote from every computer. Once a vote has been received from a computer your screen changes and all you can see is the vote totals. Some people have contacted us thinking that their screen changed because the polling was over, this is not correct. So please vote and encourage others to vote. It has been claimed that 'any fool' knows you can vote over and over again, thus distorting the outcome - that is not the case.

It is not clear whether the Maui News will publish the results so letters to the editor mentioning the vote total will be helpful.

Please write a Letter to the Editor to support the Recall of Mayor Tavares. Your letter could highlight your opinion and/or personal experience of this administrations policies.

The letters so far in favor of Tavares follow talking points such as ;

1.Mayor Tavares has been good for the environment look at her support of the conference regarding the reefs.

Another perspective is; we do not need a conference, we know the reefs are being destroyed by run off of fertilizer herbicides and pesticides and most importantly by nitrogen and phosphates leaking into the ocean from Maui's injection well/sewerage treatment system.
In 2 years Mayor Tavares has actually done nothing about the reefs

2. We are blaming Tavares for the worldwide economic problems.

Untrue. we are blaming her for not having any plan to mitigate the bad effects of the worldwide crisis.

3.Maui is the most desirable Island vacation spot therefore everything is still great .

No, all tourism numbers for Maui are diving off a cliff. Maui's great but we are in competition with Mexico and the Caribbean. The meaningful question is; are we the best deal in light of the high transportation costs. If we are the best value we will prosper. We need to become super competitive, not just desireable. Ferrari makes incredibly desired cars but at 300k they don't sell very many.

4. We shouldn't expect the Mayor not to enforce the law.

The Mayor has done nothing in two years to enforce laws against home based businesses. There are many more home based businesses than there ever were vacation rentals. We should expect the mayor to enforce laws based on logical priorities and as well as a sense of fairness and in times of economic crisis and a sense of practicality designed to minimize bankruptcy and foreclosure.

Time is of the essence! In order to educate people about why this recall is so important and should be supported we must tell our stories to the other members of the public who think it does not affect them.

Here is the contact information for letters to the editors:
The Maui News:
letters@mauinews.com
(Letters must include the writer's name, address and a telephone number where the writer can be reached. Letters will be edited for clarity, accuracy and length. Shorter letters are given priority.)
The Maui Weekly: editor@mauiweekly.com
(Submissions must include name, town name and a phone number.)
The Lahaina News: lahnews@maui.net
(Include full name)
The Maui Times: letters@mauitime.com - to respond to their editorial coverage
(All correspondence must include your full name, hometown and a phone number)

Thank you. If you would like additional information or have any questions, please contact recalltavares@gmail.com.