w Editor’s note: Old-timers might still remember the introduction from “The Shadow” radio program: “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!” Jerome Freitas, a retired state Department of Transportation worker who is now better known as Da Shadow, since 2004 has been meeting with government representatives about problems he has discovered or that have been reported to him, and reporting the county’s responses.
w Editor’s note: Old-timers might still remember the introduction from “The Shadow” radio program: “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!” Jerome Freitas, a retired state Department of Transportation worker who is now better known as Da Shadow, since 2004 has been meeting with government representatives about problems he has discovered or that have been reported to him, and reporting the county’s responses.
Islandwide
How many homestay permits have been issued in the last three fiscal years? What is the revenue generated from these permits, broken out by fiscal year?
Four permits were issued in the past three fiscal years for homestays; 2018 generated $8,162.04, 2017 generated $11,217.69, and 2016 generated $5,728.47.
How many transient vacation rental permits have been issued in the last three fiscal years? What is the revenue generated from these permits, broken out by fiscal year?
Zero permits were issued for TVRs in the past three fiscal years.
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Jerome Freitas can be reached at theshadow96751@gmail.com or 635-3528. Visit his website at http://theshadow96746.tripod.com.
For an island that relies so heavily on tourism for its survival, Kauai is becoming more and more hostile to individual owners, in favor of the big hotels and timeshare companies. Who it getting paid off? Maybe Da Shadow Knows?