A Maui council member may cry about not receiving adequate funding by the STATE Legislature, Crivello should talk to the Maui Prosecutor's office, who just gave a raise of 12% (over two years) to their employees.  Maui prosecutors, who handle less cases (and trials) than their Oahu counterparts were already the highest paid prosecutors in the state.  Public defenders on Maui have been switching sides en masse in order to earn 20-30K more for less work than they were doing on the other side.