In conjunction with the Surfrider Foundation, Kahea, and other groups, we are moving forward with plans to stage a statewide sign-waving day to promote awareness of public beach access issues on Sat., Feb. 2, 2008.
Yep -- Groundhog Day! Which is appropriate since battles over beach access keep resurfacing year after year, and the same arguments play out like scenes that keep repeating in the Bill Murray movie, "Groundhog Day." And as one of our allies noted, some of the private landowners seem to be acting like ground hogs of a different sort.
Speaking of allies, we're pleased to join forces with Kahea, the Hawaiian environmental alliance. They share many of our goals and concerns. Kahea is sponsoring an event on Weds., Dec. 5 from 6-8 PM to honor the legacy of the late John Kelly, founder of Save Our Surf. It will be held at the Church of the Crossroads in Manoa. For more information on Kahea, please visit their site at http://kahea.org/. For details on the event, go to http://www.live-the-legacy.net/.
If you would like to volunteer to help with the Groundhog Day protest and/or our petition drive, please drop by the California Pizza Kitchen in Kailua on Tues., Dec. 4 at 6 PM for our small, informal meeting. Some of us will then be going over to Councilwoman Barbara Marshall's meeting at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kailua, which starts around 7 PM. Sen. Fred Hemmings says she and the City Council are "shirking their responsiblities" on addressing public beach access, so it'll be interesting to see what her response is to his charges!
Finally, one more meeting reminder: the Kailua Neighborhood Board meets at the Kailua Recreation Center on Thurs., Dec. 6 at 7 PM. The only BAH-related item we know of is a motion to move the gate issue into another committee that would allow more interaction between residents and the board members. We'll keep you posted on that.
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