It is said the inspiration for singer, songwriter Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi,  containing those lyrics, “pave paradise, put up a parking lot,” came to her as she was flying into Honolulu decades ago, and saw the heavy construction below. Are we experiencing this today on Maui at Ulua Beach Park, as decades old trees are removed from the County parking area to make more parking places, in conjunction with commercial development next door?

 


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