Alan M. Arakawa
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Alan Arakawa, a member of the Republican Party, has been mayor of Maui County since November 2002 and was reelected in 2004. Arakawa lost to Charmaine Tavares in the 2006 Maui Mayoral election. The Maui mayoral election is non-partisan. Arakawa has, in the past, been elected to the Maui County Council in 1994, 1996 and 2000.
Arakawa was born in Wailuku, Maui in 1951. He graduated from Maui High School and attended the University of Hawai'i at Manoa as a business major. He rose to the post of supervisor in the wastewater division of the Department of Public Works and he was both a United Public Workers Chief Steward and a Hawai'i Government Employees Association Union Representative.
Mayor Arakawa is married to Ann Arakawa - an Assistant Professor CC of Mathematics at Maui Community College - and they are the parents of two grown daughters, Jan and Jodi.
External Links
- Mayor Profile: Alan M. Arakawa (Maui County)
- Mayor Alan Arakawa's Legislative Package for 2005 (Office of Mayor, Maui County)
- Hurley, Timothy. Maui mayor rivals trade accusations Honolulu Advertiser, 10-25-02.
- Torres-Kitamura, Maria. Water For Life -- As Maui‘s economy surges ahead, Mayor Alan Arakawa has big plans to resolve its water supply issues for future generations Hawaii Business Magazine, March 2005.
- Arakawa, Alan. COMMENTARY: Preserving unique Maui identity Honolulu Advertiser, September 10, 2006.
- Arakawa praised in farewell for work in ’making Maui the best’ Maui News, January 06, 2007.
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