After months of negotiations between the Navy and community leaders, the military has decided to allow public access to Iroquois Point Beach. For details on that story, here's the links for the Honolulu Advertiser and Star-Bulletin articles.
The public's reaction? Sadly, it's pretty negative -- at least on the newspaper comment blogs. Both locals and military are posting messages that the beach will now be trashed because it's open to the public. But banning residents from our own beaches is not the answer to littering problems or vandalism.
While the Iroquois Point Beach opening is encouraging, it should be noted that there are other military-controlled beaches throughout the islands that remain off limits to surfers, fishermen, and residents.
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Military people are often, in my experience, the WORST about littering on beaches. You see military folk, marines mostly, throwing their cigarette butts and beer bottles/cans EVERYWHERE. They have no right to talk.
It is true that locals, too, are to blame as are tourists. But like you say, restricting beach access to the public will not solve the problem.
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