Honolulu Mayor Hannemann and his Cabinet will be on the North Shore of Oahu cleaning up beach parks this Saturday, August 4, starting at 7:45 a.m. DOC members are asked to join him wearing your green Keep the Country Country t-shirts to remind the Mayor of our commitment to Keep the Country Country!
Volunteers will meet at 7:45 a.m. at Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach Park, on the Mokule'ia side of the Hale'iwa Boat Harbor. Volunteers plan to work through the morning at Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach Park and Kaiaka Beach Park. At midday the mayor and his Cabinet will be available to talk story and have lunch at the park. Parks scheduled to receive attention that morning include Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach Park and Kaiaka Beach Park.
Anyone interested in helping should report to the Mayor's aloha tent at Hale'iwa Ali'i Beach Park before 8a.m. Saturday.
Remember to wear your green Keep the Country Country T-shirt!
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Saturday, August 04, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Turtle Bay - It's absurd to allow old plan to be in force
Bob Nakata's June 19 commentary listing all the good reasons for the city to deny building permits to Oaktree Capital Management LLC should be read out loud to our City Council and Mayor Mufi Hannemann.
It is absurd to allow Oaktree, or anyone else, to build anything with a 20-year-old agreement.
Anyone who has come to the North Shore during the last 20 years has noticed it can now take up to two hours to get from Hale'iwa to Sunset Beach.
There is also a huge housing shortage and shops and restaurants have a hard time finding workers. And our ocean is full of sediment from developments that is killing our coral reefs and fish.
Whatever legal reasons the Circuit Court judge had for allowing a 20-year-old agreement to stand without another environmental impact statement does not mean that the city has to ignore the obvious changes on the North Shore in the last 20 years.
The short-term benefits that any politicians, or a handful of North Shore residents, might have for supporting Oaktree's expansion are far outweighed by the problems that this project will bring to our state.
Lorenn Walker
Waialua
It is absurd to allow Oaktree, or anyone else, to build anything with a 20-year-old agreement.
Anyone who has come to the North Shore during the last 20 years has noticed it can now take up to two hours to get from Hale'iwa to Sunset Beach.
There is also a huge housing shortage and shops and restaurants have a hard time finding workers. And our ocean is full of sediment from developments that is killing our coral reefs and fish.
Whatever legal reasons the Circuit Court judge had for allowing a 20-year-old agreement to stand without another environmental impact statement does not mean that the city has to ignore the obvious changes on the North Shore in the last 20 years.
The short-term benefits that any politicians, or a handful of North Shore residents, might have for supporting Oaktree's expansion are far outweighed by the problems that this project will bring to our state.
Lorenn Walker
Waialua
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
DOC Rally at Honolulu Hale/City Hall
Defend Oahu Coalition has organized a rally to occur in front of Honolulu Hale/City Hall (530 South King Street) on Thursday February 22, 2007 starting from 9 am. They are calling upon the Mayor (Mufi Hanneman) to listen to the community and substantial opposition to the Turtle Bay Resort expansion plans. They are calling upon the Mayor to act.
The Turtle Bay Resort expansion plans were announced early last year among overwhelming opposition. Still, the parent company Oaktree Capital Management has pressed on with plans.
Oaktree is a $30 billion investment company. Oaktree's investment specialty is in markets where information for competitors is limited, sometimes known as "inefficient" markets. Such focus has been described by Business Week magazine as a vulture fund.
The Defend Oahu Coalition is a diverse group of community residents, environmentalists, activists and religious leaders all working together towards one goal: protecting communities on Oahu from the dangerous effects of large scale development. They believe that the beautiful North Shore is for all Oahu residents as well as visitors, and is committed to ensuring that it will continue to be a resource for generations to come.
The Turtle Bay Resort expansion plans were announced early last year among overwhelming opposition. Still, the parent company Oaktree Capital Management has pressed on with plans.
Oaktree is a $30 billion investment company. Oaktree's investment specialty is in markets where information for competitors is limited, sometimes known as "inefficient" markets. Such focus has been described by Business Week magazine as a vulture fund.
The Defend Oahu Coalition is a diverse group of community residents, environmentalists, activists and religious leaders all working together towards one goal: protecting communities on Oahu from the dangerous effects of large scale development. They believe that the beautiful North Shore is for all Oahu residents as well as visitors, and is committed to ensuring that it will continue to be a resource for generations to come.
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