Hawaii official blasted online and blamed for delayed response to Maui fires

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One Hawaii official became viral online as people pointed the finger at him for the response to the four fires in Maui.

M. Kaleo Manuel is the Department of Land and Natural Resource's deputy director for water resource management. When the Honolulu Civil Beat published a story citing sources that alleged Manuel procrastinated in sending water to the affected island, people took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to put Manuel on blast even more. ---More...

Meet M. Kaleo Manuel, the official who refused to release water in Maui, contributing to up to 106 deaths.

A Hawaiian Studies major, Kaleo prefers a traditional, holistic "One Water" approach where water is revered, not used.

Water requires "true conversations about equity" pic.twitter.com/4AzVZNwkHk

— Jeremy Kauffman ???? (@jeremykauffman)August 16, 2023