tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post6633709058298396110..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: EarthyJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-58856525069993381542016-04-28T21:37:38.944-10:002016-04-28T21:37:38.944-10:00Bolini is the BnB poster girl for the deceitful ...Bolini is the BnB poster girl for the deceitful hard luck stories being told by illegal long term BnB operators; the people whom JoAnn is committed to help. Yukimura should drop Bolini like a hot rock now that the true story is known together with the rest of the crybabies who are likely lying too. These are the kind of people you support?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-81808065860798976452016-04-27T12:51:18.695-10:002016-04-27T12:51:18.695-10:00"Spewing entitlement" just because they..."Spewing entitlement" just because they've had an illegal rental for years! JoAnn- don't u dare say "no more BNBs outside the VDA.<br />but let's grandfather the illegal ones that have already been breaking the law!"<br />Shish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-19555071652616787082016-04-27T08:21:15.384-10:002016-04-27T08:21:15.384-10:00Rude as the TVR people were when all the TVR meeti...Rude as the TVR people were when all the TVR meetings were going on, the B&B people are far ruder and pushy and just as much full of BSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-65991577379366069652016-04-27T08:19:18.860-10:002016-04-27T08:19:18.860-10:00the hotel industry never complained cause before y...the hotel industry never complained cause before you know it, the properties along Hanalei Bay will be bought or run by the hotels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-90921925215160085702016-04-27T07:06:49.355-10:002016-04-27T07:06:49.355-10:00I must have missed all the "hotel" peopl...I must have missed all the "hotel" people at the vacation rental hearings throughout years. They must have disguised themselves as humble local residents who actually give a damn!<br />I do notice that realtors and TVR owners don't respond as much to our complaints anymore. That would just draw more attention to the fact that they don't give a damn about community and remind everyone of all the BS they've pulled over the County's eyes. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-20956165023145884012016-04-27T07:00:34.841-10:002016-04-27T07:00:34.841-10:00I must have missed all the "hotel" peopl...I must have missed all the "hotel" people at the vacation rental hearings throughout years. They must have disguised themselves as humble local residents who actually give a damn!<br />I do notice that realtors and TVR owners don't respond as much to our complaints anymore. That would just draw more attention to the fact that they don't give a damn about community and remind everyone of all the BS they've pulled over the County's eyes. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-66285211112048865632016-04-27T06:36:50.072-10:002016-04-27T06:36:50.072-10:00John Kauai, are you always so windy and misinforme...John Kauai, are you always so windy and misinformed? Rest assured, it was not the hotels who started the rumors on the greedy TVR and B&B owners, in fact the hotel industry has been quiet about it, it has been the people from these impacted communities that speak up, it is the experience of people living in a community and then the residential housing got turned into resorts and affected the people and place . Nothin wrong with tourists, but residents can't compete with them for housing and we have over a million tourists a year to our 70,000 population. So if we didn't have zoning laws,or no one ever enforced them, we would have a huge mess. Tourists should stay in the tourist bubble when they are here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-66907750218894518812016-04-26T14:20:58.789-10:002016-04-26T14:20:58.789-10:00John Caliwhacker, the rail is not a state project ...John Caliwhacker, the rail is not a state project and it will go to the airport. Housing is not infrastructure. Nothing wrong with buying a house in a neighborhood unless you intend to turn it into a commercial venture, in which case you can buy in areas zoned for that purpose. Are you always this misinformed? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-76947067818731138432016-04-26T12:35:57.544-10:002016-04-26T12:35:57.544-10:0012:19:
You are correct. I meant Steve Case.
I go...12:19:<br /><br />You are correct. I meant Steve Case.<br />I got scammed by his AOL merger with Time Warner so I confess to not liking him much. It wasn't Case's fault so much as the guys I was paying to manage my investments. I told them to stay away from AOL, but they kept thinking they knew better.<br /><br />And if you don't know who Steve Case is, well, then why are you mad at little ol' me for buying property on Kauai?John Kauaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709115908711629306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-90468644472892929652016-04-26T12:19:48.416-10:002016-04-26T12:19:48.416-10:00Who the fuck is "Jeff Case"Who the fuck is "Jeff Case" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-39741005452449686932016-04-26T09:36:50.608-10:002016-04-26T09:36:50.608-10:00Part 2:
Speaking of property tax, you'll find...Part 2:<br /><br />Speaking of property tax, you'll find this web site very revealing. Kauai collects a mere 0.19% on the value of the property. Almost the lowest in the nation. Steele County, MN collects 1.04%. I've been dealing with Steele County over the last several months. They are amazing. If I call with a question, they connect me to the right office within minutes. That office provides me the answer in 5 minutes. If they need some information from me, I get an email that day to which I can respond immediately. I don't want to diss Kauai County employees, but there is a huge difference between being good and outstanding. If you want better service on Kauai, raise taxes. If you want better infrastructure, raise taxes. If you don't want your property tax raised, find another revenue source.<br /><br />http://www.tax-rates.org/hawaii/kauai_county_property_tax<br /><br />Hopefully, you will find this article helpful. It discusses the problems mayors across the nation are having when they try to maintain their municipality's infrastructure. Of course, these same mayors give sports franchises tax breaks that ensures the owners will handsomely profit. But that's yet another discussion.<br /><br />Mayors: Flint Could Happen to Us<br />http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/what-works-mayors-survey-flint-infrastructure-213854John Kauaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709115908711629306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-46792102516666297952016-04-26T09:36:31.419-10:002016-04-26T09:36:31.419-10:009:37 4/25
Kauai has already become like Santa Cru...9:37 4/25<br /><br />Kauai has already become like Santa Cruz, only 10-15 years behind. Infrastructure isn't keeping up with demand. The roads on Kauai are just as congested as the roads in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz has a lot more roads and wider roads, but it takes about the same amount of time to travel through Kapaa as it does to get from Santa Cruz to Soquel, about the same distance.<br /><br />I spent a lot of time last year reviewing the CZO (comprehensive zoning ordinance) trying to understand what the law really said. It was extremely confusing. I could not find the language that said anything about a B&B needing a use permit. The use permit itself did not say anything about B&B (or Homestay). I did ask people to point out where these requirements were listed in the law, but never really received an answer. <br /><br />Prices for homes on Oahu 30 years ago were skyrocketing. That was the period that was identified as the "Japanese Invasion".<br /><br />Prices for homes are going to continue to rise. Even if the place is not rented out as a TVR. I believe the minimum lease period for a home is 6 months. Lot's of "snowbirds" will be willing to take that on even if they are only here from Dec through March. How do you propose closing that "loophole"? <br /><br />I believe the big hotels may be the ones who started the rumors that it is those "greedy mainlanders".<br /><br />But why do you blame the buyers? Why did landowners sell? Are they greedy too? Why not point fingers at Jeff Case?<br /><br />The majority of the population rise on Kauai is from people who are born here. If you are a farmer with 40 acres and you have 4 kids, do you split your farm into 4 10 acre parcels? I know it is a touchy question, but if there are too many people on the island, how come such large families? When the population of the earth had doubled in the last 50 years where do you expect these people to go?<br /><br />The people on these pages seem to want a Kauai from 50 years ago: No Costco, no Home Depot, no Jack in the Box. <br /><br />I support more infrastructure: roads, bridges, housing. However, more infrastructure requires more revenue. GET is one way of obtaining that revenue. With all those "lucrative TVRs and B&Bs" there should be plenty of revenue. Raise it high enough and people will have to raise the rates for there B&B (or perhaps a TVR). if the rates for the B&B/TVR go high enough, tourists will stop coming. But, then the question is the kind of tourist that comes. The couple willing to pay $1000/night to stay in a B&B is going to pay $500 for dinner. They'll spend much more on seeing the island.<br /><br />Of course, then we get into conflict with those businesses that cater to the "cheap tourist" and those that cater to the "expensive tourist". Is it a tough choice though if you want to keep people away and help the people here, taxes have to go up. If you don't want your property tax to go up, then an alternate source of revenue has to be tapped. <br /><br />The Feds are spending your money on building an Empire that caters to the 1% and who don't care about Kauai residents. (Look at what they did to Flint!) The state is building an elevated train that doesn't even stop at the airport. How stupid is that?<br /><br />If you want things to get better, the county has to have more money to spend. The county has to go to those who already have the money. IMO, taxes on B&B/TVRs is a great way of obtaining it. If the tax rates are high enough, no one is going to open a B&B in a local residential neighborhood. It is much easier for the county to nail someone for not paying taxes, than to have this continuing dispute over whether or not a B&B/TVR is illegal. And it brings in revenue!<br /> <br />continued...John Kauaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16709115908711629306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-84931670534163264242016-04-26T09:00:33.794-10:002016-04-26T09:00:33.794-10:00Hopefully the council can see through her charade....Hopefully the council can see through her charade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-34378770755419651532016-04-26T08:57:51.343-10:002016-04-26T08:57:51.343-10:00JoAnn does what she wants no mater if it's fun...JoAnn does what she wants no mater if it's funny, sad, wrong or illegal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-84136797771745843472016-04-26T08:30:16.366-10:002016-04-26T08:30:16.366-10:00funny? what it is , is sad and wrong.funny? what it is , is sad and wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-23603304674047095332016-04-25T18:37:17.806-10:002016-04-25T18:37:17.806-10:00Poor Bollini wants to take 4 , three month vacatio...Poor Bollini wants to take 4 , three month vacations while her hired help watches her B&B empire. If JoAnn would have gone after Bolini it would have been a good game, but JoAnn as usual has chosen to side with the money. Her advertising her tricky, trickiest, trickster style is just too funny. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-25575325397697268672016-04-25T09:37:56.617-10:002016-04-25T09:37:56.617-10:00@ John Kauai, if I wanted to live in Santa Cruz, I...@ John Kauai, if I wanted to live in Santa Cruz, I could always move there, no need to try to make Kaua'i more like Santa Cruz.<br /><br />Kaua'i has 106 people per square mile, while in Santa Cruz it's 430 people per square mile, more than 4 times the population density. That degree of increase in population density would radically change the character of Kaua'i.<br /><br />The elimination of illegal lucrative uses of property is one of the few strategies that can slow down the rise in housing costs, without turning the island into an urban area.<br /><br />Simple supply-side economics explains how illegal TVRs raise prices for local buyers, and how illegal TVRs also increase rents for local renters.<br /><br />The potential for a lucrative use of property, such as a TVR use, increases the number of potential buyers to include investors from all over the globe, for whom Kaua'i is nothing more than a faraway money-making opportunity. This increases the demand for residential units without increasing the supply. An increase in demand, with a steady or decreasing supply, always means that prices will go up.<br /><br />When potential long-term rental residential homes become short-term rental residential TVRs, this reduces the supply of long-term rental homes, without decreasing the demand. A reduction in supply, with a steady or increasing demand, always means that prices will go up.<br /><br />Increasing the supply of residential homes (by permitting more development) is one strategy to slow the rise of purchase prices and rental costs. And we do need some more houses, just for the children to have a place to live when they grow up. But an increase in the number of houses cannot be the only solution. We also need to eliminate illegal lucrative uses of residences, so that an excessive number of additional houses, or a precipitous increase in housing costs, or some combination of both of these effects, won't make Kaua'i into an urban island, or a place where the locals have nowhere they can afford to live, or both.<br /><br />John, I understand that the dogs in your neighborhood are causing you distress. Please consider also the economic effects of illegal TVRs, which are causing distress for many people in many Kaua'i neighborhoods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-81861555507768033172016-04-25T08:22:18.446-10:002016-04-25T08:22:18.446-10:001:39 why you deflecting? Joann is full of crap. ...1:39 why you deflecting? Joann is full of crap. The whole island knows it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-23835727746222036762016-04-25T06:25:56.376-10:002016-04-25T06:25:56.376-10:00Boilini has been the face of the pro B&B movem...Boilini has been the face of the pro B&B movement and we should feel sorry for her, if she gets her way, she won't be able to take her 4 vacations a year, unless she lies again and gets a permit and leaves for Costa Rico . Weird she has it for sale as a B&B , despite not being permitted. She will just pass the illegal business on to some other without disclosing she has an illegal Un permitted business for sale, and stands ready to make a few million so they can keep up their life of sharing, and be done with Kauai. And JoAnn is duty bound to help her make a few million, who cares about zoning anyway? Certainly not JoAnn or Gary, makes me boilin mad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-7227099318936648502016-04-24T19:25:26.483-10:002016-04-24T19:25:26.483-10:00If she had something she would go to the cops or t...If she had something she would go to the cops or the feds instead of facebook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-51120695526047630212016-04-24T18:58:06.988-10:002016-04-24T18:58:06.988-10:00"Capitalism requires that we (everyone) accum..."Capitalism requires that we (everyone) accumulate wealth in order to survive. Some of the people trying to survive are running B&Bs." Yeah, like the Boilini lady. She's "surviving" with a resort in Costa Rica and a b&b listed for 2.35 mill. Whoever you are, you're just another scamming Californicator playing the "game". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-73157912451939151142016-04-24T17:29:54.894-10:002016-04-24T17:29:54.894-10:00@ john Kauai 8:12 am, while you may not understand...@ john Kauai 8:12 am, while you may not understand why so many are upset about BnBs and TVRs, many are indeed angry about the fact that transient uses (BnBs, TVRs) have inundated residentially zoned neighborhoods. If someone wants to operate a BnB or TVR, fine but it should be done in the VDA. Zoning was put in place for a reason and allowing transient uses in residentially zoned neighborhoods is not a good fit. It isn't simply about the parking or noise, it's about our residentially zoned neighborhoods being overrun by transient uses. In many places on the island residents have been forced out as more lucrative TVRs take the place of long term rentals. Transient uses in areas not zoned for such uses brings about a whole array of issues. The whole purpose of the VDA was to designate specific areas that were suitable for visitor accommodation uses. Santa Cruz may not regulate BnBs, however many cities and towns across the United States face (and are trying to deal with) the same dilemma that we are facing in regards to transient uses occurring in residential neighborhoods. Many residents on Kauai and elsewhere are frusturated by the lack of regard for zoning and the many impacts that result when transient uses overwhelm neighborhoods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-12190399495643084882016-04-24T17:04:43.558-10:002016-04-24T17:04:43.558-10:0011:42: BS!11:42: BS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-28225030090826505992016-04-24T17:03:51.778-10:002016-04-24T17:03:51.778-10:0011:42, yes BnBs outside the VDA without permits ar...11:42, yes BnBs outside the VDA without permits are indeed operating illegally, however your assertion that any long term rentals outside the VDA are illegal too is way off base. Better read the county zoning laws. Long term rentals are absolutely allowed in residentially zoned areas, that is precisely what residential zoning is for. Whether it's an owner occupied house in a residential area or a long term rental, those are permissible uses. BnBs on the other hand are not providing a residence, they are transient uses and thus belong in the VDA or require a special use permit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-41821296448777738032016-04-24T17:03:34.403-10:002016-04-24T17:03:34.403-10:00I see, "John Kauai". You flit around pla...I see, "John Kauai". You flit around playing nasty little games fouling other people's neighborhoods, taking your profits moving on to the screw up the next place. I'm all weepy that you can't sleep. Now move on and give us a break from your equivocating bullshit. Your absence from KE was refreshing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com