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For years, a local businessman paid off officials in exchange for lucrative contracts. The system he exploited has been left largely unchanged.

For years, a local businessman paid off officials in exchange for lucrative contracts. The system he exploited has been left largely unchanged.

Honolulu businessman Milton Choy was sentenced in court with his connection to a Maui County bribery case.

Choy was involved in several bribery cases but was only charged in one after cooperating with federal prosecutors.

East Maui Council member Sinenci said the passage of this charter amendment returns the stewardship of the East Maui watersheds toward local residents of East Maui, “residents who have often sacrificed their lives maintaining this system, and who had to idly watch as their life suffered from a lack of water.”