They say they don't trust state leaders to preserve the natural resources they've been fighting for generations to protect against development.
last month, but residents are already angry and frustrated with recent moves by Gov. Josh Green that are making them question initial recovery efforts.
The first proclamation, signed several weeks before the wildfire, declared a state of emergency over the state's housing shortage and suspended environmental and cultural reviews of proposed development projects. Lifting the regulations allowed more water to be diverted from farmland to a reservoir owned by the West Maui Land Co., a large developer on the island, during fires.
“It’s sad the attacks that she has been exposed to, but it doesn’t change anything,” Townsend said last week., Kaleo Manual, was removed from his post after Glenn Tremble, an executive with West Maui Land Co.,Supporters said Manuel was the victim of an effort by state officials and developers to secure more control over Maui’s water rights, which have been fraught for decades with fighting among native Hawaiian farmers, wealthy residents and the tourism industry.
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