Sunday, June 22, 2008

More on Shoreline Setbacks, Vegetation Issues

KHNL ran a report Sunday night about homeowners in Kahala being ordered to remove naupaka that is blocking lateral shoreline access. One of them claims the naupaka is necessary to prevent further erosion.

Here's the link to the KHNL news story.

The real problem though, which KHNL neglected to mention, is that those homes should never have been allowed to be built so close to the shoreline in the first place. And yet our do-nothing Honolulu City Council continues to allow new home building close to the ocean even though there is ample evidence that sea levels are rising.

In Kailua, one homeowner decided to rebuild closer to the beach -- which will partially block his neighbor's former ocean view. Could that be why the neighbor is now selling in the photo below? How many others will do the same, and race each other to build closer to the ocean?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Obviously who ever wrote this has some hatred and or jealousy for Bradley Hook and or the rest of the Hook family, a well know orthodontist of Kailua, a donater for many organizations, and also a giver to the community by giving many familys free braces and etc. He does not cheat or lie, as my neighbor on L'orange does by calling him a purgurer in court and on the street, and to just get one thing cleared, he is telling everyone that it was Brad's and the rest of the neighbors of L'oranges idea of putting up the gate, when it was their (the man who accused everyone else and calling my dad a purdurer, hoale (when hes even a haole) and many other names) idea from the start, ahaha. And the nerve that this old husband and wife that also live on L'orange by the gate that eveyone hates to go on the news and say all this non-sense, it's just sickening. I have grown up here and have I don't think it's nice of you to say such things about this family, what the fuck have they done to you? They have gotten all the permits for this so called "obnoxious eyesore" on laiki street. And to top it all off, yah I know this house seems to stick out, but it is on their property, they haven't done anything illegal. Another thing to just put in the air, if you or anyone else feels as if you or they have a need to make a a fuss, get in you car, dive into lanikai, (it only takes about 5 minutes if u live in kailua), and look and see how close those houses are to the ocean. Then after you accomplish this you can write something else oh so pleasant about that certain house, and hopefully you can make that family's day by calling their house an "obnoxious eyesore".


PS: Take some nice advice from me. If your really want to see the beautiful ocean!! Buy a nice lot right on the beach and build a three story house, then you wont have to blame all your problems on someone else. YAY!! But you can't really do that if you only have a diploma from kalaheo high school. SOrry. On the other hand if your do build ahouse right on the beach, you may have to watch out for people who try to snatch your house plans, and people who attempt to sue you for millions of dollars, and many more ridiculous things that tree huggers do attempt to do. Ahhahaha. If you are reading this, i'm shure it made you even more mad. My advice for you is go hug a tree and it will make you feel better.

Peace and love to my true hippies who hate people who work for there money instead of lying and cheating for their money like you.

mrgasser said...

Whoever wrote this letter, should learn to speak English. It is a confusing rambling rant, probably written by a member of the Hook family.