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In keeping with our holiday photo theme, Bob and Trudy Moncrief posed for a St. Patrick's Day picture next to the infamous green gate on L'Orange Place. They were the only ones on that block to publicly speak in opposition of that gate, and have been ostracized by the other homeowners ever since.
The Irish folk song, "The Wearing of the Green" is associated with St. Paddy. But it's really a song about rebellion against tyranny and a call for independence. It's a song about freedom. The Moncriefs exercised their freedom of speech rights, and are being punished for it by their neighbors on L'Orange Place, who don't believe in free beach access in Hawaii... well, at least not on their street. Or the streets to the left and right of them. Doesn't that create a private beach area, in effect? Which is illegal in this state, since all beaches in Hawaii belong to the public.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: The Senate Water and Land Committee is having a hearing Tues., March 18 on HB839, a bill that would direct the Dept. of Land and Natural Resources to do a comprehensive survey of public beach accesses throughout the state. We support this bill and want it amended to identify where ADDITIONAL rights of way are needed. This could be an important step forward in getting the State and counties to work together on solutions, instead of passing the buck back and forth.
To find out more, please go to the Hawaii State Legislature site: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/docs.asp and type in HB839.
4 comments:
richfigel! You really gotta keep the BS out of your statements because it undermines your intent and makes you appear to be just and other ranting jealous have-not. Saying that the closure of the L'Orange gate "create(s) a private beach, in effect? Which is illegal in this state..." isn't factual and merely misinforms the ignorant reader. I say go for reopening the gate, but keep your arguments to fairness and morality, etc. and don't make statements that, I'm sure you know, are false. The owners in that subdivision have done nothing illegal and are merely exercising their Constitutional right to exclude others from their property. The morality of that is the issue; not the legitimacy.
i think i just puked a little in my mouth just looking at those people. NUFF SAID!
-allie hook.
i think i just puked a little in my mouth just looking at those people. NUFF SAID!
-allie hook.
by the way the were the ones who wanted the gate on l'orange in the first place.
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