County and planners are tricking Kaua’i

Again, the community is coming together to once more try to impress the

planners and the County Council that the General Plan is our plan, the people’s

plan – not their plan, the developers’ plan.

Once more, the community is

trying to help the planners and the council realize that quality of life,

housing for residents, cultural institutions, the environment, open space – no

sprawl, species protection are foremost in the minds and hearts of the people

of Kaua’i, not profits for developers and more growth that would strain the

island’s carrying capacity as well as subvert efforts to diversify our economy.

Once more, the community is asking for a plan that will have teeth to plan

for a future that assures quality of life not be compromised to benefit tourism

and future residents.

Is this asking too much? Don’t you get it? Can we

make it any clearer?

Halloween is fast approaching, and it looks as if the

policymakers and the planners are tricking us again. Please stop this crazy

attitude and work with the people to make policy that will treat our island

home with respect.

MARILYN POLLOCK

Hanalei