tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post6815666236026654553..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Unjustifiable StancesJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-26175416173853245292015-04-17T20:05:34.494-10:002015-04-17T20:05:34.494-10:00Does this mean Mel is not Joann's darling his ...Does this mean Mel is not Joann's darling his week?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-6324803246109032522015-04-17T20:01:01.833-10:002015-04-17T20:01:01.833-10:00Gimme a vacant second home as a neighbor anyday. ...Gimme a vacant second home as a neighbor anyday. Thats a no brainer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-92165465408426237142015-04-17T10:25:21.802-10:002015-04-17T10:25:21.802-10:00I'm just trying to imagine....what the differe...I'm just trying to imagine....what the differences would be between off-island-owned TVR's in a neighborhood versus off-island-owned second homes that are occupied maybe two months a year. The latter would be quieter most of the time, but both uses/ownership take the houses out of the local rental/purchase market. The fact that most, but not all, of those folks who are making these complaints are transplants themselves is both hypocritical and ludicrous. By your very presence here, you, yourself a transplant, are driving prices up and taking up housing that a local (B&R) family could be living in but can't by YOUR actions. Typical "drawbridge" mentality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-42213054159314593502015-04-17T07:29:52.251-10:002015-04-17T07:29:52.251-10:00do we know how much of the herbicide from that stu...do we know how much of the herbicide from that study was Kauai's golf courses? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-88616065438004880692015-04-17T07:14:49.074-10:002015-04-17T07:14:49.074-10:00Speaking of Jeff Stone has anyone bothered to chec...Speaking of Jeff Stone has anyone bothered to check on his clearing of the point for his personal pad across from the fire station? A culturally significant spot to say the least, has an archaeology report been done?<br /><br />http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/21192668/developers-plans-disturb-aina-haina-neighbors<br /><br />Its not the first time he's impacted communities where he develops just give a google of him and the list of shady activities is long. Mr Omidyar is a saint compared to this man, I'm just blown away as well Joan on how this man gets a pass by the "activists". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-34173902049227420092015-04-17T06:24:56.495-10:002015-04-17T06:24:56.495-10:00John Hoff's letter on Exporting aloha is shame...John Hoff's letter on Exporting aloha is shameful.Reminds me of Kealia's ad before they went bankrupt, plant yourself, move to our finest agricultural lands.<br /><br />The more TVR's and BB's, the less aloha for visitors. When residents are displaced by visitors, it's impossible to keep the alohaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-43118796706097915042015-04-16T18:17:14.252-10:002015-04-16T18:17:14.252-10:00Golf courses use fungicides, insecticides, herbici...Golf courses use fungicides, insecticides, herbicides , which ones are Princeville Golf course using?When, where?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-44703441777545017832015-04-16T18:15:10.655-10:002015-04-16T18:15:10.655-10:00What selective herbicide are they using?What selective herbicide are they using?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-40325431554313236422015-04-16T16:48:52.266-10:002015-04-16T16:48:52.266-10:00Golf courses are using a new selective herbicide. ...Golf courses are using a new selective herbicide. All the nutjobs made the good old ones illegal. The new chemicals turn the grass yellow, but the mahiki will return pronto.<br />By the way, it is allowed to be sprayed anywhere on the golf course.<br />Good point tho', let the NS nutjobs get their G-strings and thongs in a tight pinch....all for nothing. M'God, just the mental image of a pinched thong of a NS 60 year old Fistee is enough to make Omidyar Dairy Cows look cute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-13279192243233319062015-04-16T16:35:36.793-10:002015-04-16T16:35:36.793-10:00Joan- A hundred thousand to open a dope clinic is ...Joan- A hundred thousand to open a dope clinic is peanuts.<br />Big Boy Bynun got, what? close to 3 hunnerd.<br />100K t'aint nuttin'.<br />So if there are one thousand or so legal medical marrywanna permits and most grow their own in abundance. In fact, several just sell it.<br />It is all a joke.<br />Where will the New marrywanna peddlers put their dough? The banks that are Federally aligned can take the money as a deposit...but the Feds can seize every f^ing cent...dope is illegal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-64184959142363629012015-04-16T15:59:08.734-10:002015-04-16T15:59:08.734-10:00With a special general excise tax of 25 percent on...With a special general excise tax of 25 percent on marijuana sales by dispensaries, and a retail marijuana special sales tax of 10 percent, people will still either grow their own or buy it as they always have on the black market. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-57094651180441455482015-04-16T15:31:11.243-10:002015-04-16T15:31:11.243-10:00The bill restricts legal competition but most peop...The bill restricts legal competition but most people will pay the "black market" dealers if the mark up for taxes and licensing fees is too high (no pun intended). If getting rid of the neighborhood dealer is the goal, just legalize it and let people grow their own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-57181041627001621232015-04-16T14:36:09.975-10:002015-04-16T14:36:09.975-10:00The legislature of this state as well as all other...The legislature of this state as well as all others is often not much more than a forum in which big business seeks to "legally" restrict competition. The lobbyists for these companies are often the ones who literally draft the proposed legislation that accomplishes this anti-competitive act. Of course, it will never be presented as what it is - a measure designed to reduce competition and therefore, lead to increased profits by the larger companies. Instead, the bill will always be cloacked in language designed to seemingly "protect" some vital public interest. Perhaps that was the case with the medical marijuana bill - who initially drafter this legislation? If we knew what lobbying or trade group proposed and drafter this legislation - and if government was as transparent as it should be, we would know, because we have a right to know - then we would all have a much better idea of which companies are trying to limit competition by ensuring that smaller competitors will not be able to afford to pay these fees, and we would also know which legislators are fronting these efforts. Then we might begin to have an actual democratic process, and not merely a forum whose primary purpose is to reduce competition and ultimately harm the public interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com