22 AUG 2023 - Lahaina Maui Fire, President Trump Skips First GOP Debate, Is Budweiser for Sale?, California Professors Sue over DEI

We begin with stories about the Lahaina Maui Fire, based on both news reports and conversations that I have had with Maui residents. President Trump sticks it to FOX News, by skipping the 1st GOP Presidential Debate in Milwaukee. . . and Billy Busch, the Anheuser-Busch heir, offers to buy back Bud Light, from InBev, a European company located in Brussels Belgium. Finally, there is a new lawsuit in California. Six University professors are suing California Community colleges because they oppose new regulations, as of March 2023, which require the teaching of: “politicized conceptions of ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion.’ "

ʻOhana o Lele calls on Gov. Green to meet demands for Lahaina recovery, rebuilding Nā Maui Now / Aug 18, 2023

Nā ʻOhana o Lele, a coalition of community members in Lahaina, today called on Governor Josh Green to meet three demands for the recovery of the community.

https://mauinow.com/2023/08/18/na-%CA%BBohana-o-lele-calls-on-gov-green-to-meet-demands-for-lahaina-recovery-rebuilding/

The realities of the scene on Front Street in Lahaina KHON2 News / Aug 13, 2023 Walking through Front Street showed the realities of the dangers and effects the brush fire had on Lahaina.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQIoWu19O5w

Suspension of Laws Chapter 92, HRS, Public Agency Meetings and Records, to the extent that any notice requirements or any other provisions of Chapter 92 may delay the expeditious action, decision, or approval of any agency.

https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2307073.pdf

Maui County Knew Of Lahaina’s Fire Risk For Years Honolulu Civil Beat / Aug 13, 2023 But the investment required to properly mitigate fire risk across Hawaii has been slow to come.

https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/08/maui-county-knew-of-lahainas-fire-risk-for-years/   Hawaiʻi wildfires strongly linked to human activity University of Hawaii News / Jan 22, 2016 https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2016/01/22/hawaii-wildfires-linked-to-human-activity/ Trump to skip GOP debate in favor of Tucker Carlson interview CNN / Aug 21, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8TrWUfhTSs Trump to release taped interview with Tucker Carlson, skipping GOP debate The Washington Post / Aug 19, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/19/trump-gop-debate-tucker-carlson/ 

Anheuser-Busch heir would buy back Bud Light if sold News Nation / Aug 16, 2023

Billy Busch, heir to the Anheuser-Busch dynasty, joins “On Balance With Leland Vittert” to discuss why Bud Light owners InBev should sell the ailing brand back to his family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykJw_XFiupk 

Anheuser-Busch heir offers to buy back Bud Light: ‘We’ll make that brand great again’ Washington Examiner / Aug 16, 2023 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/anheuser-busch-heir-offers-buy-back-bud-light

FIRE sues to halt California Community College DEI mandates Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Aug 17, 2023 A group called Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of six California community college professors to halt new, systemwide re