I did want to make a mention of a sad milestone I wish we didn’t have to come to, the passing of Maui’s irreplaceable land use lawyer B. Martin Luna. Here’s the report from the Maui News.
Having dealt with Martin over the years, he was a true gentleman, and everything that you conjure up when you think about “old school” lawyer: smart, cordial, well-armed with facts, generous, courtly. And something that is a rarity today — a lawyer whom I never heard utter a bad word about anyone, even his opponents.
Maui and the rest of our state are not going to be the same without Martin. I’m going to miss him.