tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post5305263781250355703..comments2023-11-04T23:31:40.392-10:00Comments on got windmills?: RED-HANDEDAndy Parxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-48233797249588194342008-12-20T16:06:00.000-10:002008-12-20T16:06:00.000-10:00Feel free to contact me Tom at gotwindmills (at) g...Feel free to contact me Tom at gotwindmills (at) gmail.comAndy Parxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-51483334405735752322008-12-20T12:39:00.000-10:002008-12-20T12:39:00.000-10:00This is a letter I sent to the council after heari...This is a letter I sent to the council after hearing of this proposed change. As of yet I have not received a reply.<BR/><BR/><BR/>My wife and I live in Anahola, we have a home that is suited for a vacation rental, both of us are nearing retirement and we had planned on turning part of our home in to a vacation rental to help us get by. Everyone around us have been doing this we could of started nearly ten years ago, however we are law abiding and were aware that our home was on Ag land and therefore illegal. <BR/>When the bill was in process I wrote to you and received a reply from council woman Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho acknowledging my adherence to the law and stating frankly the Ag land was illegal and anyone who is doing it is breaking the law.<BR/>I followed the bill as it worked its way and was aware the bill would require those who were in the designated resort areas to apply for a permit by a certain date and prove they were in business and paying the hotel and GE taxes for a determined amount of time. I was concerned that the bill might allow Ag land to be included and because I have been Law abiding I would not have met the requirements stated in the bill. We could of made our selves eligible by breaking the law. The bill was passed and it stipulated that no permits would be issued to any one who were on Ag land. I believed it was a fair bill.<BR/>But now according to councilman Furfaro he unwittingly but in fact will reward those who disregarded the law and punish those who abided. <BR/>Yes these are hard economic times and yes many people would be relieved of quite a bit of the burden if they were allowed to rent their homes. But it is bad government to to change the rules like this without fairness. I don't know what my rights are as tax paying citizen but I know what is right and wrong. Its wrong to allow people who have been operating on Ag land a permit without opening up the opportunity for people like my self to also legally apply.<BR/>Most of the houses on Ag land have continued to operate with no threat of enforcement . The vast majority are not mom and pop like our selves, most of the houses are purely business the owners don't even live in Hawaii they and are booked solid.<BR/><BR/>Please advise me of any remedy regarding such a change? Would I or should I bring some sort of suit under a fairness clause? <BR/>I thank you and I appreciate your service to our wonder kauai. Tom McCalltommycallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243643810250275377noreply@blogger.com