The Kaua’i County Council recently approved a revised version of the county’s controversial General Plan after a three-year process of public hearings. In those hearings, discussions of the guidelines for development and other growth-related issues often included heated exchanges between
The Kaua’i County Council recently approved a revised version of the county’s
controversial General Plan after a three-year process of public
hearings.
In those hearings, discussions of the guidelines for development
and other growth-related issues often included heated exchanges between
opponents and supporters of the plan’s revisions.
So what drives those
intense feelings? And what’s the impact of the plan on Kaua’i’s future? To find
out, KauaiWorld.com and The Garden Island are asking, in their latest Readers
Poll, “Why is the new General Plan so important to the future of Kaua’i?” To
have your say, send responses on-line to kauaieditor@pulitzer.net at
KauaiWorld.com, TGI’s Web site. They can also be sent to TGI by fax
(808-245-3681) or by mail (P.O. Box 231, Lihu’e, HI 96766).
Responses will
be part of a news article on the public’s feelings about the General Plan,
unless respondents ask not to have their comments included.
