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Re: Hokulia Lawsuits
I agree totally Konaguy. My chief concern about Hokulia was when they attempted to change Hawaii land law to make their development legal. If Hawaii County officials had followed their own development plan instead being paid off to allow Hokulia to happen this would have never happened. I for one like the ag classification, but think that it is over applied. If the State does not want land developed we have a classification for that and it is Conservation. I did some serious checking into the Hokulia situation and through a number of front companies and intermediaries some very large sums of money were given to our worthy and honest (lol) Senators and Representatives at the State Legislature in order to change our land zoning laws by Hokulia. The way I see it the land law itself is ok, it is the slapdash and poorly thought-out way that it is applied that causes problems. The audit of the system should be done in a year or two and then DLNR will hopefully reclassify marginal lands outside of the ag district because they do not belong there. I felt the Hokulia Bill jumped the gun and attempted to rewrite the law to suit preexisting developments rather than waiting for the already triggered audit to finish (at which time they are likely to be reclassified anyway). The real story is that Hokulia's plot to change Hawaii land law worked. When it looked like the bill was going to pass (I was watching from the inside and it was an AWFULLY close call since Hokulia had paid-off the Democrat leadership in the House and Senate to move the bill forward, it was really hard to tell which way it would swing) the plaintiffs got scared and cut a deal, thus ending the court case.
Jewlipino
I agree totally Konaguy. My chief concern about Hokulia was when they attempted to change Hawaii land law to make their development legal. If Hawaii County officials had followed their own development plan instead being paid off to allow Hokulia to happen this would have never happened. I for one like the ag classification, but think that it is over applied. If the State does not want land developed we have a classification for that and it is Conservation. I did some serious checking into the Hokulia situation and through a number of front companies and intermediaries some very large sums of money were given to our worthy and honest (lol) Senators and Representatives at the State Legislature in order to change our land zoning laws by Hokulia. The way I see it the land law itself is ok, it is the slapdash and poorly thought-out way that it is applied that causes problems. The audit of the system should be done in a year or two and then DLNR will hopefully reclassify marginal lands outside of the ag district because they do not belong there. I felt the Hokulia Bill jumped the gun and attempted to rewrite the law to suit preexisting developments rather than waiting for the already triggered audit to finish (at which time they are likely to be reclassified anyway). The real story is that Hokulia's plot to change Hawaii land law worked. When it looked like the bill was going to pass (I was watching from the inside and it was an AWFULLY close call since Hokulia had paid-off the Democrat leadership in the House and Senate to move the bill forward, it was really hard to tell which way it would swing) the plaintiffs got scared and cut a deal, thus ending the court case.
Jewlipino
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