JUST SAY YES TO NEGOTIATION: Today's newspaper commentary
by Kaua`i Rising regarding
their charter amendment petition (see last week's article at
http://parxnewsdaily.blogspot.com/2014/05/council-may-decide-if-petition-is.html
) is disappointing.
Can and should are two different things.
While any intent to reign in the chemical cartel may be laudable,
if past court rulings (2012's Kaua`i Beach Villas vs Kaua`i, to
correct a past citation) are any indication this "charter
amendment" will be found to be an "initiative"- at
least after the election... if it passes.
It would have been good to have seen KR negotiate with the county
attorney and separate out what is properly a charter amendment and
what is an initiative but they seem intransigent and all their
efforts seem doomed to being struck down by the courts.
While the council, county clerk and county attorney seem to have
no choice but to put the petition on the ballot if it has sufficient
signatures it would behoove KR to listen to the county attorney and
negotiate a petition that would withstand court scrutiny.
Watch what the council decides to do live
tomorrow at 1:30 p.m.
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