Why Hawaii continues to be corrupt

https://www.kitv.com/news/lahaina-organizer-appointed-to-maui-county-board-of-water-supply/article_5ed004f1-1d84-4f41-8183-8a8a223d5f2c.html

Advocating for water rights flows through Lahaina-native Paele Kiakona's blood.

"I do come from a family that has been fighting this water fight for about 20 years," Kiakona said, while explaining his family's decades-long push for public control over West Maui waters, which he plans to further as a newly-appointed member of the Board of Water Supply.

https://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/41465/Meet-the-Meth-Gang-Behind-Lahaina-Strong

State registration for Super PAC “Our Hawaii Action” lobbyists reveals the same names and their pay:

Paele Kiakona --$6,000.00
Jordan Ruidas --$6,000.00
Lauryn Rego --$7,200.00
Courtney-Lee Lazo --$6,000.00

https://archives.starbulletin.com/2004/10/02/news/story1.html#:~:text=The%20investigation%20found%20that%20the,Glenn%20Fernandez%2C%20according%20to%20prosecutors.

"Operation Tap Out" began in January 2003 after a confidential informant told Maui police that Valley Isle resident Moses Kiakona was "involved in the importation of a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine."

According to federal documents, Kiakona obtained his ice from both "Mexican and Tongan suppliers" and was slowing down his drug business because he had already "made his millions."

The investigation found that the Mexican suppliers Kiakona referred to were identified as Davidson-Cervantes and Tirado, who supplied the drugs to Kiakona and another Maui man, named Glenn Fernandez, according to prosecutors. From there the drugs were allegedly supplied to a Sham Vierra, who according to the complaint distributed five pounds of a monthly 20-pound shipment that came from the "Mexican suppliers."

Although federal prosecutors said their investigation covers this drug-trafficking operation since October 2002, the criminal complaint states that, according to Vierra, the 20-pound shipments have been coming to Maui since November 2000.

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