Many issues county needs to address
Aloha citizens
The following, long, ongoing problems were on the council’s agenda Wednesday, and I have sent them the following e-mail. I hope that every citizen who reads this will send in similar words by email, letter or phone, telling them that we need action of solving these problems now and not keep “kicking them down the road.” These issues will be on two more upcoming agendas, so get your words in right away.
To All Council Members:
First I want to congratulate the new members and the veterans for being on the council — it took a lot if time and effort to get here and along with our new Mayor I hope you can solve many of our long on-going problems.
PWVS 2019-0
I came to Kauai 29 years ago and vividly remember our council and administration saying that our landfill only had five years before it was full. So we sit here today with no new landfill or a much-needed MFR sited still waiting to get started. We keep expanding Mt. Trashmore along with paying big bucks to Kekaha for having this trash in their backyard. I congratulate Chair Kagawa for getting this issue on the agenda and hope that it gets solved without another 29 years of talk.
PRT 2019-01
This “Derelict-Abandon” car problem has been on going (when it came to a head) since the Kusaka administration when the Wall Street Journal pegged Kauai as “The Garbage Island” since our junk cars were proliferating everywhere, and the story was getting national coverage. Dennis Fujimoto had pictures in the paper of how bad the problem was and the Wall Street Journal picked up on it and thus the “Garbage Island” became a story.
The county pushed the panic button and every vehicle that could carry a wrecked car (dump trucks and all!) were put into action and cleanup began.
Though not as bad today we still have a problem and it is costing the taxpayers a lot of money. The past administration found it easier to pick the cars up and take them to our metals recycling facility INSTEAD OF FINDING THE LAST OWNER and telling them to remove the car or get fined $100 a day.
There are vin numbers on at least 3 places on all vehicles and are usually too hard for the owner to file off. So with a little work whoever cites the car (with a D or an A) can find the vin number and go after the owner — their problem, not the taxpayer.
2019-02 Illegal VCRs
This illegal VCR problem has been on going for years. When Kaipo was chair OF THE COUNCIL he pushed hard to get them eliminated but they are still with us today.
We find a problem, talk about it, but cannot seem to find the people who will go after them. Yes, this is a Planning Department problem just as much as the council’s, but it is up to both departments to get together and get the problem solved.
Glenn Mickens, Kapaa
They need about 140 cops more. On staff. I wonder how they going to pay for this. Full time or part time. They need to have their own house. Paying taxes. Property taxes. They pay bills.
Mr. Glenn Mickens have pointed out good points. The county council must see to it that all cops are paid. People pay property taxes. And so each person must hold up its own weight. Taxes. This goes for any function of government. Construction is another area. The bills must be paid. That is the money guy. Go to guy. He calls it all. As in everything else. Bills needs to be paid.
aiddings@hawaii.rr.com
Revenue from legalized marijuana would pay for those positions, with some to spare