Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - February 21, 2008

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS

SACKED - AT LEAST FOR NOW. THE COUNTY COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE DEFERRED ACTION OF MIKE MOLINA’S BILL TO BAN THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS WHEN IT LOST ITS QUORUM AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF TESTIMONY YESTERDAY MORNING. RETAILERS TESTIFIED THAT ELIMINATING THE BAGS WILL WIND UP COSTING CONSUMERS MORE. THEY SAY BIODEGRADABLE BAGS WILL COST 10 TIMES MORE THAN PLASTIC BAGS.

MANY ARE STILL BUZZING ABOUT TUESDAY'S HISTORIC DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. MAUI COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN LANCE HOLTER SAYS HE RECEIVED A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT “CHAOS” AT CAUCUS LOCATIONS. HOLTER SAYS THE PARTY HAD TOO FEW VOLUNTEERS TO HANDLE THE UNEXPECTEDLY HIGH TURNOUT. THE KIHEI CAUCUS RANT OUT OF BALLOTS WITH PEOPLE WRITING THEIR VOTES ON PIECES OF PAPER..IN ALL, MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED VOTERS TURNED OUT TUESDAY ON MAUI.

FOR DETAILS ON THESE STORIES, AND FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUI TV NEWS DOT COM AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS

NAVY MISSILES SCORED A PINPOINT HIT ON THAT DISABLED SPY SATELLITE LAST NIGHT AND IT SAYS DEBRIS APPEARS TOO SMALL TO CAUSE ANY DAMAGE ON EARTH. THE SATELLITE WITH AN ALMOST FULL FUEL TANK BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE SHORTLY AFTER IT REACHED ITS INITIAL ORBIT IN DECEMBER 2006. FOR A TIME THERE WAS A BIT OF INTERNATIONAL TENSION AS THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT BRIEFLY ACCUSED THE U.S. OF DETONATING THE OBJECT AT A POINT IN SPACE THAT COULD RAIN DOWN DESTRUCTIVE MATTER ON THAT NATION. U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN, CLEAR AND FAIR TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.

MAUI COUNTY WEATHER - Mostly clear nights and mornings. Partly cloudy afternoons and evenings with isolated showers. Lows MID 60S, HIGHS AROUND 80. Variable sea breezes.

YOULL FIND MORE OF TODAY'S HEADLINES ON THE BREAKING NEWS PAGE AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM. AND LOOK FOR A BRAND NEW EDITION OF MAUI TV NEWS LATER TONIGHT AT WWW.MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

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