Maui Mayor Wants To ‘Restore The Balance’ Between Local Residents And Tourists …In his State of the County address, Mayor Michael Victorino outlined plans to tackle the county’s most critical challenges.
Maui Mayor Michael Victorino vowed to tackle a number of the county’s most pressing challenges during the final year of his first term, promising Wednesday evening in his State of the County address that he’d focus on economic diversification, protecting the county against climate change and ramping up the construction of housing for working families.
Victorino outlined his priorities for the next year in a virtual address that included a mix of pre-recorded videos and speeches from himself and other county leaders. He discussed how the county could look ahead after the pandemic and move beyond the economic devastation that ensued, when Maui’s unemployment rate soared to 35% — one of the highest rates in the U.S.
