• Sweet talk is not enough • Whose community is it? • Investment opportunity Sweet talk is not enough In response to the letter by Mitch Heller published on Thursday, March 9: Although the sentiments aired here appear at first
• Sweet talk is not enough
• Whose community is it?
• Investment opportunity
Sweet talk is not enough
In response to the letter by Mitch Heller published on Thursday, March 9:
Although the sentiments aired here appear at first glance to be reasonable and fair, the fact is that Mr. Heller is not a resident of Kaua’i — as I understand it, he resides in Las Vegas with an office in Honolulu — therefore, the concerns voiced herein are not those of ‘our’ community, since it is not his. Mr. Heller being a key player in Coconut Beach Developments LLC, who are proposing to build two major new vacation projects on 20 acres of ancient Hawai’ian burial grounds at Waipouli Beach, the concerns he has expressed are in support of those developments, not in support of the best interests of Kaua’i. In light of this fact it is easy to understand that most of what he wrote is misleading. The money for improvements would only be spent AFTER his new developments had first significantly over-burdened our infrastructure. Nothing would be spent ahead of time to improve the infrastructure FIRST; that ‘as much as $12 million’ is only being offered CONTINGENT on permission to build his developments being granted! Nor should we be misled into thinking that contributions of $2.3 million (i.e. only 20 percent of that $12 million) are being offered by the developers as a gesture of goodwill or generosity — the fact is, without that money being offered, the deal doesn’t seal! Contrary to what his letter implies, Mr. Heller’s company isn’t doing Kaua’i any favours. In truth, the developments proposed by his development company would flood the already crowded Kapa’a area with over 1,200 new people plus at least 800 new cars, for which a 20 percent contribution to the road, water and sewage systems is NOT ENOUGH. The traffic survey carried out on behalf of Mr. Heller’s company which came to the patently inaccurate conclusion that the impact on traffic (if approval for all this new building goes ahead) would be a mere 5 percent is based in Las Vegas; as those who have visited that city in recent years can attest, Las Vegas suffers from such severe traffic congestion that the traffic surveyors might just as well come from Los Angeles for all the credibility such a conclusion warrants!
It is not clear what ‘important work with community partners’ is actually being referred to; presumably, work which is important to the success of these proposed new developments, ergo, entirely unimportant to the real needs of the east-side communities of Kaua’i, who are under threat of having their last open beaches closed in by condotels built by Mr. Heller’s company. While it is easy to understand and sympathize with the developers’ frustration at having invested time and money in two potentially lucrative developments now being jeopardized by the many very real and legitimate concerns being raised by those of us who live here, the solution is to wake up to the fact that in their present form, his company’s proposed developments are unrealistic and inappropriate — rather than trying to sweet-talk us local yokels into buying his snake-oil … whilst masquerading as one of us!
Whose community is it?
Hello Mitch … The last I looked, OUR community residents do not have a Vegas driver’s license as I.D. nor a reputation of fleecing property while pretending to have our best interest at heart. At least in Vegas they show you a good time before leaving you poorer for the experience. Your article reminds me of a person lying to another while they are both aware of it, but the liar continues to tell the lie as if he really believes it.
Aren’t you the one who wanted to close the Planning Commission to the public and end the debate? Your lethal injection of a response offends our intelligence and speaks of your barely contained contempt that you have for those whom you feel are standing in the way of you getting your pay-off. I saw your partner on the phone to your handlers outside the Planning Commission meeting, and you could tell they were pissed. So ENOUGH ALREADY.
We need RELIEF from YOUR congestion. Let us pay you a favor in return. Drop your money at our hospitality sites, have a good time, and go home somewhat the poorer and gamble with someone else’s future. IT’S VEGAS … BABY.
Investment opportunity
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