Traffic enforcement is taken seriously • Don’t tempt Mother Nature • We enjoy our ‘bombs’ • End ag CPR now
Traffic enforcement is taken seriously
I don’t usually respond but I wanted to clarify what Mr. Mann sarcastically stated Friday. KPD does take enforcement action on cell phone and other traffic violations. Please go to our website for all of our enforcement statistics. And just to clarify matters, KPD issued, from the inception of this law on May 23, 2010, over 2,430 citations.
And because we take traffic enforcement seriously, Kaua‘i is the only county with single digit fatalities; the safest county in the entire state. But again, except for extreme emergencies, if you are operating a motor vehicle, please do not use your cell phone because you will be distracted, and a distracted driver is a dangerous driver.
Please don’t do what Mr. Mann suggests; now, that’s being irresponsible.
Darryl Perry, Chief of Police, Lihu‘e
Don’t tempt Mother Nature
Please reconsider and re-evaluate the plans to locate the bike path on the beach. There are too many irreversible and negative consequences from the proposed plans.
The best and most experienced consultants may provide you with their opinions and proposals.
However, at the end of the day, we residents are the ones who will live with whatever consequences dealt by an unpredictable entity: Mother Nature. The eroding shoreline and disappearing beaches are our reality.
There are too many disparate groups and voices involved in this project. You have the responsibility of creating a path that unifies these groups and also respects our host culture. Please preserve Wailua Beach and abandon the concrete path plan.
We have all witnessed coverage of very recent storm related destruction. There is no man-made structure that can hold back nature’s force, so it seems that the task is to preserve what is left of the beach and the remaining trees.
We don’t need consultants & experts to tell us this.
Elli Ward, Lihu’e
We enjoy our ‘bombs’
In response to the “War zones” letter by Mr. Coopersmith: Can we not have at least one day to celebrate the end of the year and to usher in the new one? I mean really, have we become that intolerable as a society?
Mr. Coopersmith, I’m going to make the assumption and I feel fine making it thatyou were not born and raised here compared to most of us who are. So I’m going to break it down to you. You decided to move here so that means you either decide to immerse yourself in the “local” customs and traditions by actively participating (safely of course) or leave us alone who choose to continue said customs and traditions. Don’t come here and disrupt things just because it’s something that you personally disagree with. Like my lady friend in Hanalei who couldn’t figure out which side of the pier to use.
Because people were “taking her sand” by simply parking there due to the congestion. If I chose to move to Georgia and became frustrated with the fact that when you dine out and order tea you only get sweet tea. I wouldn’t go on some personal crusade to rid the world of evil sweet tea just because it’s something that I don’t enjoy or agree with.
It’s because I chose to move there and would deal with it.
Get over it! Give your dogs tranquilizers and stay indoors and console your crying toddler while we enjoy our “bombs.”
Aaron Ellegard, Kalaheo
End ag CPR now
The end of gentleman’s CPR estates near Kealia Beach is a welcome development. Kaua‘i is the only county in Hawai‘i in which the mayors, councils, and county attorneys historically supported and still support the concept of avoiding state and county ag lands and sub-division controls through the use of CPR.
The state and the other counties historically do not support ag CPR regimes, and in fact view them as inappropriate for ag lands. There is no issue with ag CPR in the other counties because their land use and permitting policies eliminate the benefits Kauai’s politicians afford for ag CPR land division and development.
CPR can not legally be used for raw land, thus Kaua‘i allows minuscule “farm tool sheds” or perhaps a farm dog house to qualify for the building improvements required to create a condo regime. This county also facilitates creating CPRs by historically failing to ensure CPR owners actually have the functioning legal association required and actually perform their legal obligations as a condominium. CPRs increase ag land values and population density, without contributing to the social costs incurred in the same manner that sub-division would require.
The primary crop found on Kaua‘i’s CPR ag lands are single family dwellings. The largest crop harvested is the future value of a rural estate. The increase in property value is a much greater profit incentive than selling ag products. One questions how a commercial activity — the CPR — can be held as an appropriate ag activity.
One also questions what public advantage is gained by sub-dividing ag lands by CPR, rather than by the sub-division regulations currently in place.
Imua Kaua‘i — end ag CPRs now. All it takes is the political will.
Lonnie Sykos, Kapa‘a
