Maui mayor continues to face questions on emergency response
LAHAINA >> Maui Mayor Richard Bissen ended his visit Friday to the various relief hubs in West Maui that are assisting those affected by last week’s deadly Lahaina wildlife by once again facing questions about the county’s handling of the disaster as it unfolded.
Bissen’s visit to express gratitude to the hundreds of volunteers who have been helping out since the Aug. 8 tragedy followed a week that witnessed the sudden resignation of embattled Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya on Thursday and increasing pressure from the public and news media to provide more details on the wind-whipped inferno that laid waste to Lahaina, destroying at least 2,200 structures and claiming 114 lives so far, with many more fatalities expected.
