USenator Angus McKelvey (iSithili seSenate 6, iWest Maui, Mā'alaea, Waikapū, South Maui) kunye nommeli u-Elle Cochran (iNdlu yeSithili se-14, i-Kahakuloa, i-Waihe'e, iinxalenye ze-Wai'ehu kunye ne-Mā'alaea, i-Olowalu, i-Lahaina, i-Lahainaluna , Kā'anapali, Māhinahina Camp, Kahana, Honokahua) uthumele ileta ku Irhuluneli uJosh Green bembongoza ukuba awuyeke umhla onzima we-8 ka-Okthobha ukuze kuvulwe kwakhona ukhenketho eNtshona Maui.
Le leta ithi imvumelwano phakathi kwaba bawisi-mthetho babini kunye nabavoti babo kukuba ukuvulwa kwakhona kweWest Maui kukhenketho "kuninzi kakhulu, kwakamsinya." Le leta iphinda icele iRhuluneli uGreen ukuba aphulaphule uluntu lwaseLahaina malunga neqhinga lokuvula kwakhona, njengoko iRhuluneli iphinde yatsho ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba iya kuphulaphula uluntu xa ifika ekwakhiweni kwakhona.
“Ukuphinda kuvulwe iindwendwe zaseWest Maui akufuneki kwenziwe ngokubeka imihla enzima kunye nokuvula amasango ezikhukula ngexesha elinye. Endaweni yoko, kufuneka ibe yinkqubo elinganisiweyo ehamba ngezigaba, ”utshilo uSenator McKelvey. “Ngokuvavanya amanqanaba okuvulwa kwakhona njengoko kusenzeka, sinokuhamba ngokuguquguquka kunye novakalelo olufunwa luluntu lwethu. Ngelixa siqonda ukuba uqoqosho lwesithili sethu luqhutywa lukhenketho, uninzi lwethu lusazama ukulungisa umonakalo owenziwe ngulo mlilo. Kufuneka siqaphele ukuguquguquka kwemeko apha eNtshona. Ngempilo kunye nempilo yabahlobo kunye neentsapho zethu, kufuneka silibazise ukuvula kwakhona kubakhenkethi. Masibangenise ngokupheleleyo abantu bethu kwizindlu ezizinzileyo phambi kokuba sivule iingcango zethu ngobuninzi kwabanye.”
“Ndimele ukuxhasa indlela yokubuyiselwa kokhenketho,” utshilo uMmeli uCochran. “Ndibona kwangaphambili uhlobo olutsha loKhenketho olusekwe kuluvo lokhenketho. Ndiza kutyhala i Aloha UAina, uqoqosho oluxhasa inkcubeko eyahlukeneyo luqhubela phambili kwikamva lethu. ”
Ngaphandle kokukhuthaza iRhuluneli ukuba ilibazise umhla wokuvulwa kwakhona, abaqulunqi bomthetho baphinde basebenzise ileta ukuba bakhuthaze iRhuluneli uGreen ukuba: asebenzise i-200 yezigidi zeerandi zeemali eziqhelekileyo ezibonelelwe yiNdlu yoWiso-mthetho ukwandisa uncedo oluthe ngqo lokungasebenzi kubasebenzi kunye nezibonelelo kumashishini amancinci achaphazelekayo; lithethelele ukumiswa kweminyaka emithathu kothimbo eLahaina; kunye nokwandisa isithintelo sokugxotha kumashishini amancinci ngokubandakanya iipropati zorhwebo.
