I was staring at my phone and actually blinked because the bills are officially dead and the harbors are staying in our hands which feels like a total fever dream. My coffee is cold and my head is spinning but 752 of you really pushed this over the line so …
June 29, 2019
Final supporters
Hawaii's legislature seems determined to set a precedent that will allow the unfettered leasing of Hawaii's public-owned submerged and fast lands to for-profit corporations, beginning with all of Hawaii's public harbors. HB 1032 will face a final vote soon.
HB 1032: " . . . Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board may lease any existing state boating facility in its entirety, and fast lands and submerged lands within [an] any existing state boating facility, by public auction, a request for
proposals, or by direct negotiation . . . ."
SB1257 is the first step in "clearing out" the State's largest public harbor by requesting unfettered increases in liveaboard fees there, with the obvious intent of preparing this public harbor for a new private, for-profit, corporate lessee.
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Reached 500 supporters
April 19, 2019
April 18, 2019
I was just looking at the count and we are honestly just hovering right under five hundred which is wild because I never thought we would get this much traction so fast. If you can just blast the link out to a handful of people in your life right now it might actually get us over that hurdle before the legislators even have a chance to look at the paperwork.
Reached 100 supporters
April 15, 2019
298 Comments
Small-boaters need more, not fewer, public harbor and docking facilities—including for visiting craft. They need places to pull into in emergencies or bad weather, for example, or to rest temporarily. For goodness sake, our Hawaiian Islands are surrounded by ocean!
This is NOT the direction that we should go!!! Our island cannot withstand that type of development! With that comes more people, more traffic, more crime. We are not prepared to spend the money to build the INFRASTRUCTURE to support this type of growth!
As a homeowner in the Ilikai for over forty years, I respectfully request our elected public servants to consider what is in the best interest of Hawaii's local residents and taxpayers, to oppose SB1257 and HB1032. Thank you, Patti L. Scott
Oh I get it. Price everyone out of honolulu, then start privatizing the harbors. I’ve seen this in California, no thanks. Shame on the legislators who are signing on with this bill, I’ll be showing my disapproval with my vote.
I' m past Commodore of Hawaii Yacht Club. Been a tax paying Hawaii resident for 49 yrs , slip paying boat owner at the Ala Wai for 20 yrs. Enjoy the Hawaii we all love. Dont make it into something the local residents cant continue to enjoy. I ask U to VOTE NO ! Aloha ...
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Alawai boat harbor is a treasured natural resource for the state of Hawaii where surfers, swimmers and boat owners should be allowed full safe and protected access to live and play. Increase parking and monitor it for surfers. Increase live aboard permits and allow residents to make the area walkable and live able, don’t give it to a private or foreign company who only cares about dollar signs and not the aina
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I was staring at my phone and actually blinked because the bills are officially dead and the harbors are staying in our hands which feels like a total fever dream. My coffee is cold and my head is spinning but 752 of you really pushed this over the line so …
June 29, 2019
Final supporters
Hawaii's legislature seems determined to set a precedent that will allow the unfettered leasing of Hawaii's public-owned submerged and fast lands to for-profit corporations, beginning with all of Hawaii's public harbors. HB 1032 will face a final vote soon.
HB 1032: " . . . Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board may lease any existing state boating facility in its entirety, and fast lands and submerged lands within [an] any existing state boating facility, by public auction, a request for
proposals, or by direct negotiation . . . ."
SB1257 is the first step in "clearing out" the State's largest public harbor by requesting unfettered increases in liveaboard fees there, with the obvious intent of preparing this public harbor for a new private, for-profit, corporate lessee.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
April 19, 2019
April 18, 2019
I was just looking at the count and we are honestly just hovering right under five hundred which is wild because I never thought we would get this much traction so fast. If you can just blast the link out to a handful of people in your life right now it might actually get us over that hurdle before the legislators even have a chance to look at the paperwork.
Reached 100 supporters
April 15, 2019
298 Comments
We demand on declining on privatizing our state harbor on the island of Lanai. I am raised on these lands and will be robbed of our rights to vote on this matter. Most of us from Lanai feel we are being weeded out of our home land, so the elite rich can create a play ground for their own use.
Small-boaters need more, not fewer, public harbor and docking facilities—including for visiting craft. They need places to pull into in emergencies or bad weather, for example, or to rest temporarily. For goodness sake, our Hawaiian Islands are surrounded by ocean!
This is NOT the direction that we should go!!! Our island cannot withstand that type of development! With that comes more people, more traffic, more crime. We are not prepared to spend the money to build the INFRASTRUCTURE to support this type of growth!
As a homeowner in the Ilikai for over forty years, I respectfully request our elected public servants to consider what is in the best interest of Hawaii's local residents and taxpayers, to oppose SB1257 and HB1032. Thank you, Patti L. Scott
Oh I get it. Price everyone out of honolulu, then start privatizing the harbors. I’ve seen this in California, no thanks. Shame on the legislators who are signing on with this bill, I’ll be showing my disapproval with my vote.
I' m past Commodore of Hawaii Yacht Club. Been a tax paying Hawaii resident for 49 yrs , slip paying boat owner at the Ala Wai for 20 yrs. Enjoy the Hawaii we all love. Dont make it into something the local residents cant continue to enjoy. I ask U to VOTE NO ! Aloha ...
This is crap
Alawai boat harbor is a treasured natural resource for the state of Hawaii where surfers, swimmers and boat owners should be allowed full safe and protected access to live and play. Increase parking and monitor it for surfers. Increase live aboard permits and allow residents to make the area walkable and live able, don’t give it to a private or foreign company who only cares about dollar signs and not the aina
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We demand on declining on privatizing our state harbor on the island of Lanai. I am raised on these lands and will be robbed of our rights to vote on this matter. Most of us from Lanai feel we are being weeded out of our home land, so the elite rich can create a play ground for their own use.