Kahului Park is not under utilized, it’s poorly maintained but many of us residents from upcountry to Kihei use the park and thank you for the new work out facility in the park.
Our kūpuna deserve dignity, safety, and care—not manipulation and monetization.
Public land is sacred and finite. Do not give it away in trust to an organization that has not earned the community’s trust.
Multiple reports of residents sitting in their own waste for hours, waiting to be fed, or falling unattended must trigger investigations, not incentives.
The County has a duty to protect vulnerable populations, not ignore red flags. Giving land without addressing these conditions is negligence in public office.
Hale Makua’s real estate ambitions serve its executive class — not the kūpuna, not the staff, and not the community.
If this were about patient care, the money would go into staffing, not construction. The County must not hand over land to a facility that can’t prove ethical use of its current resources.
Another dirty deal amongst friends. Why not work on creating a hale Makua on lanai and Molokai before this? Also, find out why Honolulu residents are ending up in hale Makua in Maui
After nine years as CEO, the only measurable improvement at Hale Makua under Wes Lo’s leadership is his own salary — while kūpuna continue to suffer from understaffing, neglect, and unaffordable care that ranks among the highest in the nation.
Allen Lane, Wailea Resident
Son of a former Hale Makua resident that contracted herpes from a bed at Hale Makua
Hale Makua is charging more than nearly every high-end private facility on the mainland, while providing lower care quality, worse staffing, and no transparency — all under the guise of nonprofit status.
It is functionally the most expensive, least humane hotel on Maui, and the County of Maui wants to give it more land, more power, and more taxpayer-funded opportunity?
Defer or Deny, but do not move this forward. Instead, audit, investigate and hold this CEO accountable.
The CEO is smoking, his pants must be on fire
Kahului Park is not under utilized, it’s poorly maintained but many of us residents from upcountry to Kihei use the park and thank you for the new work out facility in the park.
Our kūpuna deserve dignity, safety, and care—not manipulation and monetization.
Public land is sacred and finite. Do not give it away in trust to an organization that has not earned the community’s trust.
Mahalo for your attention and your kuleana.
Don McDonald
Kihei Resident
Senior Citizen
Multiple reports of residents sitting in their own waste for hours, waiting to be fed, or falling unattended must trigger investigations, not incentives.
The County has a duty to protect vulnerable populations, not ignore red flags. Giving land without addressing these conditions is negligence in public office.
Mena Cabantu
Maui Resident
Hale Makua’s real estate ambitions serve its executive class — not the kūpuna, not the staff, and not the community.
If this were about patient care, the money would go into staffing, not construction. The County must not hand over land to a facility that can’t prove ethical use of its current resources.
Another dirty deal amongst friends. Why not work on creating a hale Makua on lanai and Molokai before this? Also, find out why Honolulu residents are ending up in hale Makua in Maui
After nine years as CEO, the only measurable improvement at Hale Makua under Wes Lo’s leadership is his own salary — while kūpuna continue to suffer from understaffing, neglect, and unaffordable care that ranks among the highest in the nation.
Allen Lane, Wailea Resident
Son of a former Hale Makua resident that contracted herpes from a bed at Hale Makua
Hale Makua is charging more than nearly every high-end private facility on the mainland, while providing lower care quality, worse staffing, and no transparency — all under the guise of nonprofit status.
It is functionally the most expensive, least humane hotel on Maui, and the County of Maui wants to give it more land, more power, and more taxpayer-funded opportunity?
Defer or Deny, but do not move this forward. Instead, audit, investigate and hold this CEO accountable.
Brianna Albert
Kahului Resident