Regulate, Don't Ban Vacation Rentals on Maui!

Maui Residents Petition Signatures

#	Name	What City or Town Do You Live In?	Comments
801	Anonymous	Wailea
802	Mary Katharine Wall	Lahaina
803	Warren Jessop	Pahoa and Kihei	I acquired a TVA license from the state of Hawaii and commenced TVR in my Kihei home in January 2007. I contacted Maui County to inquire about the protocol for being legal with the County, but they told me not to worry, and that they weren't even handing out or processing applications at that time. I have moved to the Big Island (December 2006) to support a business I opened there, and depend upon the TVR of my home in Kihei to keep the home for my family. I manage the rental, and have no complaints. If the County shuts me down, I will be foreclosed upon. They have already hurt me during the last 2 months!
804	Amy Ssands	Kula
805	Colleen	Napili, Maui	In an effort to keep family property in the family, I was planning to start a vacation rental business in a second home planned for my property near Kapalua. I think what the county has done regarding vacation rentals on Maui is unlawful, and will cause other local families to loose family properties because they cannot afford to keep them otherwise. Something needs to change, fast! Mahalo, Colleen Dagan
806	Jono KNight	Haiku	Please do not continue with the unfair shut down of TVR's. You will be the cause of an economic down-turn for Maui, especially on the north shore. Please organise a realistic and practical TVR permiting system and regulation policy. Thank you.
807	Anonymous	Kihei/Maalaea	Honorable Mayor Tavaras: If we are going to "go back" to the mid 60's(Maui no ka o'), does that mean you are going to "uninstall" all those traffic lights, which seem to have no end to showing up on all our streets and highways!!
808	Jason Napolitano	Paia
809	Anonymous	Los Angeles
810	Anonymous	Los Angeles
811	John O'Brien	lahaina	Our economy cannot support this loss ! Regluate it, tax it but do NOT eliminate it !
812	Scott Sanchez	Paia
813	Anonymous	Wailuku	It's time for the County to get over it,, get their act together and get the job done. This is another attack on small business and we have to wonder who or what entity is really driving this oppresion. The vacation rental problems are relatively few compared to the economic consequences for many. Control it don't kill it. Put it on the ballot to see if there is really a silent majority for or against and stop the speculation. The County has made repeated mistakes and the little guy is paying for them, again. I'm not an operator , don't know any and really don't care, this is just not right. Politico's, you've had a decade to take care of business and you have failed again. Get it done or get the hell out.
814	Carole Kahalehoe	WAILUKU
815	rena tamura	wailuku
816	Anonymous	Lahaina
817	Karin Phaneuf	Wailuku	This administration seems to have no information about running a county government. The Housing & Human Concerns department is sadly misinformed about this issue. Families depend on this income and the administration of Maui County does not seem to care! Are we able to impeach?
818	Jessica Burke	Molokai	I am a concerned resident of Maui County. The current crack down on Vacation Rentals is going to hurt our economy in a big way. There must be a way to compromise. Local families and businesses relay on our elected officials to look out for everyones interest, not just a few. Please work together with aloha and solve this problem in an equitable manner. Vacation Rentals are a low impact way to encourage tourism and sustainability. Thank you.
819	wesley wong	haiku	This maui county government is totally wrong to stop the vacation rental and B&B business anywhere on island of maui and molokai. I believe the damage has been already done and alot of good people have been hurt by the county of maui's government and it's current mayor. sign naitive hawaiian.
820	mark	luzern, switzerland	hmm sounds bad. 1 of my lifedreams is once to go to maui and live i a cheap accomodation (because it is a very expensive flighjt to maui). sounds like that when closing down. i will be stuck to expensive hotels... $
821	Dorothy Haynes	Makawao
822	Samuel Kalalau	Kihei	I Support vacation rentals. Aloha!
823	Dennis Weber	Norwell Ma	My first trip to Maui we utilized the accomodations of your hotel/buisness zone which for my family proved only acceptable. Only because of the beauty of the island we chose to return. Our next two trips we enjoyed the hospitality offered by the private home owners on the island. If not for the ability to choose where we stay I can assure you we would not have returned.
824	Anonymous	haiku
825	Anonymous	Kihei	Why are we putting up with this Mayor? Vote her out!
826	Lisa Coffin	Sherwood Park, AB Canada	We enjoy visiting Maui year after year and love the fact that we can spend our stay in beautiful comfy homes. They are reasonably priced, private, and most of all gives the sense of "home" when you are on vacation. I am saddened to hear this may change.
827	Anonymous	Haiku, Maui	One question: Who benefits from the Mayor's actions?
828	Christina Stout	Pukalani
829	Mrs A Papille	Haiku	We regularly use neighboring vacation rentals to accommodate our family when they come from Kauai. This is ridiculous. You are getting rid of a resource that many local people use and appreciate. What is the matter with you?
830	Donald Norris	Lahaina
831	JAYJAOU	france
832	Cheryl	Haiku	Taking away more tourism and jobs on Maui is just crazy. It only hurts us. Having cottages for travelers increases jobs for gardners, housekeepers, and residents trying to make an income to live on Maui. I believe the people who built cottages for this purpous should fall into a grandfather clause to remain working their vacation rentals. Travlers coming to Maui can have an option not to spend money they perhaps cannot afford at the expensive hotels here. Cottages give them another avenue.
833	eric knudsen	east maui	I support vacatin rentals
834	Ed & L Froyam	Hana
835	fredrik tärnell	Stockholm,Sweden
836	Anonymous	Haiku	TVR's do need to be regulated but not eliminated.
837	i. szabo-davis	molokai	if i did that kind of damage to other people's livelihoods i would land in prison. legal and moral are two different concepts. moloka'i has mostly interim zoning. why is this not included in the permitting process? it seems to me that the gestapo of maui is bent on shutting down moloka'i's economy and make sure that the island's population is applying for foodstamps. moloka'i is depending on the 70 thousand visitors it gets annually. people need to notice that most of the tourists are traveling on a budget, or they will not come. not everyone can afford to rent at moloka'i ranch. there simply are not enough affordable places available to stay. or should they all bring a tent? this does not make any sense. some very sinister plot is at play here. just follow the money!
838	Anonymous	Kaunakakai	I support vacation rentals because our economy on Molokai depends heavily on it. Without that the drug problem is just going to get way worse.
839	Anonymous	Haiku
840	Petur Williams	Paia
841	Matthew Wilkins	Kihei
842	Tracy Edelhertz	Pukalani	I have met several local small business owners who are now struggling to feed their families because of this situation and as a member of the community, I feel backstabbed by our own county. I also know that several vacation rental owners have sold their homes to families who do not live here and will only be here maybe 1 month out of the year. I am not sure how this helps support local economy or affordable housing. Now a situation of empty homes without incoming income to the community will become the norm. I don't see how that helps create neighborhoods or implements measures for affordable housing.
843	Blaise Noto	Kihei	It is a travesty what is happening to this island -- all about the interest of BIG BUSINESS and not for the land or its people. And this is just one more example. SHAME! I know how I will vote in the next election.
844	liona shareing	kihei	Dear Mayor, I have seen your policy on vacation rentals and wonder what has happened to the aloha you should have for the people of Maui? You know the facts, yet you persist in perscuting people who are trying to make a living, many who depend on this income fo pay high mortgages. Not only that, you are affecting the local small business's that depend on the customer's that stay in them for much of their income. I am not a person who owns a vacation rental, but I know that when we do travel, we seek out private homes that rent them so we can have affordable vacations along with meetithe local people and making new friends. I have heard that you are doing this for big business's so they don't have competition when they open hotels upcountry? That you are getting kick backs for punishing the people and closing them down. If this is true then shame on you! I have read in the maui newspaper that you said there are over" legal" 1000 vacation rentals visitors can stay at. You know that is a drop in the bucket to the amount of tourists that come here. Please soften your heart and let the vacation rentals alone. best wishes, Liona Shareing
845	Anonymous	kihei	we know the real reason you want to shut down these rentals-you've made deals with developers-that have payed you off!!!-you know who you are-mr. and mrs.people in power.
846	Anonymous	Wailuku	I'm in an industry dependent on the Vacation Rentals that would drastically be affected. My whole way of life would change!
847	Boyd Thomas	Kihei	Make life easier for all concerned. There is no reason to shut down and fine these good people of Maui. It is something that helps all, the tourists, the owners and the people with business's surrounding them.
848	Kalani Whitford	Kula
849	Todd Van Amburgh	Kula
850	Traci Silva	Kihei	I feel that if you own a property, you have the right to do whatever you want with it as a responsible home owner. Period. If the Mayor and her Council want to ban homeowners from doing what they want with their properties, then they should be paying their mortgages too. This is ridiculous. Where does it stop? Where does the government stop meddling in the affairs of its people? Whatever happened to the laissez faire attitude of free enterprise?