Trask: No such court
County Attorney Mauna Kea Trask on Thursday cautioned activists who occupied the grounds of the former Coco Palms Resort and continue attempting to win title to the property that they are basing their arguments on the authority of a fake court whose “chief justice” is a registered sex offender.
Long-awaited Kilauea center to open without Foodland, road
The first new shopping center on the North Shore in 30 years is about to open in Kilauea, but two things will be missing when it does: the anchor supermarket operated by Foodland and a long-awaited new access road to Kilauea town.
Underlying motives fuel pesticide bills
It’s that time of year again in the Legislature. In the session that’s just a couple of weeks old, 29 pesticide-related bills have been introduced, but many use stealth techniques to attack the cultivation of genetically engineered crops in addition to further restricting pesticide.
Coco Palms saga far from over
When state District Court Judge Edmund Acoba takes the bench this morning, it will not be in his normal capacity as the judicial officer for Family Court on Kauai.
Security guard sent to protect Coco Palms declines to do so
When Stephan Bell, four other men and their field supervisor reported for work at Blue Knight Services, the security guard firm they work for in Lihue, on Thursday, they were instructed to go to the site of the former Coco Palms Resort and work to remove squatters.
Last-minute ‘2nd city’ plans alarming
It’s an innocuous, two-word term on page 10 of the current draft version of Kauai County’s general plan update. “Provisional area.” More on what it is supposed to mean later. It has roused the (unsuccessful) opposition of County Council Chair Mel Rapozo and attracted the critical attention of Councilmember JoAnn Yukimura.
Coco Palms at defining moment
In the climax of the trial of the Native Hawaiians who have occupied the grounds of the former Coco Palms Resort in Wailua — especially when Judge Michael Soong gave the group until 6 p.m. Sunday to leave or be removed — many in the gallery did not notice a tall man sitting in the corner of the very back row.
Report: Occupants have no claim
The two leaders of a mainly Native Hawaiian group occupying the former Coco Palms Resort property in Wailua apparently have no ownership rights to the property, according to papers obtained by The Garden Island, despite their contentions in the civil ejectment case against them in state District Court in Lihue.
Defendants face rough road with self-representation
The ejectment (translation: “eviction”) trial involving the two leaders of a group of mainly Native Hawaiians who have occupied the grounds of the former Coco Palms Resort in Wailua meandered through its third full day Friday.
Coco Palms trial proves puzzling
Like many incidents in courtrooms where a situation erupts suddenly into a physical struggle, an interruption at Friday’s session of the trial to decide whether Native Hawaiians who have occupied the Coco Palms Resort property in Wailua should be thrown off the land arose suddenly.
Cesspools are poisoning our island
The Hawaii Department of Health did the right thing last week when it rescinded $467,000 in federal grant money that would have upgraded as many as 75 Hanalei cesspools to far more effective backyard treatment plants.
DowDuPont to expand research activities, increase staffing
The agriculture division of DowDuPont has announced major changes in its Kauai operations under which it will expand its Hawaii research activities here, increasing staffing on island by as much as 50 percent.
Coco Palms doubts rising
The partially demolished, disemboweled skeleton of the Coco Palms Resort sits just mauka of Kuhio Highway in Wailua, seemingly still frozen in death after being killed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992.
Limiting resort growth will address tourism issue
Allan Parachini’s recent reporting about the overabundance of visitors and cars at Haena State Park has sparked a passionate discussion about too many visitors on Kauai.
Tourism patterns have changed, but island infrastructure has not
There are no longer “valleys,” or periods of fewer visitors than other times of the year, and the island’s infrastructure has not kept up. End result: resident frustration, talk of limits on vehicles at Haena State Park, and more.
Health care matters, and so does your voice
It is Republicans in the leadership, starting with Sen. Mitch McConnell, who need to be forced to realize that what they propose will throw millions of people off health insurance and do lasting damage to the economy and our social fabric.
What’s been learned in decades-long war on drugs?
Two news items — one very large and one very small and, at first glance, not terribly related — emerged last week. One in Washington, D.C., and one in Lihue.