There are three separate votes at the PHCA this fall, and they are easy to mix up. Here is each one: what it decides, where it stands, and what we recommend.
Open now. Electronic voting closes at 10:00 AM HST on Saturday, October 24, 2026, the morning of the annual meeting.
Two Board seats are up for election. The candidates are Dale Sands, Tom Bartlett and MJ Stancil.
Be aware: MJ Stancil is the manager of Starwood’s 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay. She is on the ballot through a Starwood corporate designation, not as a Princeville homeowner. Members should ask: Does she live at the hotel she manages? Does she own property here, and pay property taxes and Association dues herself, like the owners she would represent? Her profile →
The hotel votes as one block, and most homeowners don’t vote at all. If the hotel puts its whole block behind its own candidate, Dale and Tom each need more than 1,008 votes to win. That only happens if we all vote.
Read the candidates’ own biographies on the PHCA website. The annual meeting is Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 9:00 AM HST at the Princeville Community Center, with a Zoom option (register for Zoom).
Not yet scheduled. Members petitioned for it, and the PHCA has not yet sent the official meeting notice.
Princeville owners lawfully petitioned to remove Director Rose Krebs from the Board. The PHCA must now notice a special meeting for members to vote.
Why? Read Don’t Be Fooled, see the Ace & Rose Map, and compare the Two Futures this vote decides.
Not yet scheduled. The PHCA has not yet sent the official meeting notice.
A petition has been filed to remove our President, Patti Thiele, and Vice President, Dale Sands. The PHCA has not said who filed it. The community believes it is Starwood’s: its 1 Hotel is the only owner with two votes per door, and the only one that could have filed it. When Patti and Dale recused themselves at the August 27, 2026 Board meeting, that was clear to members, and the online fight over the hotel’s two votes per door shows everyone knows it. Yet the PHCA sits silent.
These are the two elected leaders standing between the developer and our open space. The “Friends of Princeville” mailer urges members to remove them too. See the Connection Map.
| September 24, 2026 | Voting opened. ElectionBuddy emailed electronic ballots, and paper ballots are being mailed. |
| October 24, 2026 · 9:00 AM HST | PHCA annual meeting at the Princeville Community Center (Zoom option) |
| October 24, 2026 · 10:00 AM HST | Electronic voting closes |
| To be announced | Special meeting(s) on removing Rose Krebs, and on the petition against Patti Thiele and Dale Sands. We’ll post the date here as soon as the PHCA sends notice. |
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The only way to outvote Starwood is to unite in a larger voting bloc. Together, we can beat them every time.
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Sources: PHCA Association News, “2026 PHCA Board Election – Voting Is Now Open” (Sept. 24, 2026), for voting instructions and dates. PHCA Board of Directors 2024 Election Results (Oct. 26, 2024), for the hotel’s 1,008 votes, turnout by category and invalid ballots. The members’ petition to remove Rose Krebs is on file. Recommendations are the opinion of Protect Princeville.
