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.Meet M. Kaleo Manuel, the official who refused to release water in Maui, contributing to up to 106 deaths.
"Meet M. Kaleo Manuel, the official who refused to release water in Maui, contributing to up to 106 deaths," Jeremy Kauffman wrote on X, citing the original article."A Hawaiian Studies major, Kaleo prefers a traditional, holistic 'One Water' approach where water is revered, not used. Water requires 'true conversations about equity.'"
"Native Hawaiians treated water as one of the earthly manifestations of a god," Manuel said in the video."We've become used to looking at water as something that we use and not something that we revere. ... We can reconnect to that traditional value set." "Native Hawaiians treated water as one of the earthly manifestations of a god...We've become used to looking… pic.twitter.com/hjsWqdVtxf"Here is M. Kaleo Manuel, the Hawaii water official who refused to release water resources and let landowners fight the Maui fire, explaining his 'philosophy' about water," Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk wrote.
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