From The Maui News:

Maui County Council‘s Policy and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee advanced a resolution Monday to formally investigate possible misuse of public funds by Mayor Alan Arakawa‘s administration over the demolition of the Old Wailuku Post Office.

The resolution, introduced by committee Chairman Riki Hokama, called for the committee to perform the investigation. Another resolution introduced earlier by budget committee Chairman Mike White called for the hiring of special counsel to look into the matter.

Even as County Managing Director Keith Regan apologized to the committee for any “misunderstanding” over the demolition of the building and provided a stack of more than 200 documents on the project, the committee voted 6 to 3 in favor of further examination of the matter.

The resolution now will be forwarded to the full council for review July 5. Read the full story.

And here’s the latest in other neighbor isle gov’t and politics:

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Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea arrives in Maalaea

Photo of Wailuku courtesy daveynin.

—Chad Blair