Honolulu Civil Beat | Maui County Official Oversaw Grants Benefitting Family @civilbeat | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Two nonprofits with family ties to a Maui economic development director have taken home $1 million in county grants overseen by her since she was appointed.
Luana Mahi’s husband, Kalani Mahi, was paid directly under a county grant for a watershed project and her son, Keokoa Mahi, was hired to manage that grant.
One of her son’s nonprofits got a grant for the infamous “Maui Wall of Fame” in Kahului Airport, and an employee in Mahi’s office got a gig as an administrative assistant for one of the nonprofits tied to her.
Mahi hasn’t returned our inquiries, but the Maui Board of Ethics is calling this a conflict of interest.
Blaze Lovell has the scoop: civilbeat.org/2024/08/a-maui-county-appointee-oversaw-grants-to-nonprofits-tied-to-her-family-members
Two nonprofits with family ties to a Maui economic development director have taken home $1 million in county grants overseen by her since she was appointed.
Luana Mahi’s husband, Kalani Mahi, was paid directly under a county grant for a watershed project and her son, Keokoa Mahi, was hired to manage that grant.
One of her son’s nonprofits got a grant for the infamous “Maui Wall of Fame” in Kahului Airport, and an employee in Mahi’s office got a gig as an administrative assistant for one of the nonprofits tied to her.
Mahi hasn’t returned our inquiries, but the Maui Board of Ethics is calling this a conflict of interest.
Blaze Lovell has the scoop: civilbeat.org/2024/08/a-maui-county-appointee-oversaw-grants-to-nonprofits-tied-to-her-family-members
