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25 Aug 2007, 5:03 am
Kauai's newspaper posts "Ohana amendment decision the result of classic Hawaii politics," a commentary by Walter Lewis, one of the Kauai homeowners who intervened in the County vs. [read post]
11 Aug 2007, 1:17 pm
Here is a summary of all the posts on the "Ohana Kauai" Charter Amendment case, in which the Hawaii Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision held that friendly government officials have standing to institute lawsuits against each other to challenge a charter amendment enacted by a vote of the people, and that the Hawaii Constitution delegates property tax power exclusively to "county councils. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 6:31 pm
Here are the merits briefs of the parties, all in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format: Opening Brief of four Kauai homeowners who intervened (2.5mb)Appendix to Opening Brief (2.3mb) Answering Brief of Kauai County Attorney (2.3mb) Answering Brief of Kauai Mayor et al. (300kb) Reply Brief of the homeowners (1.6mb) The appeal also generated amici interest: Amicus brief of Reason Foundation et al. (750kb) County Attorney's Reply to Reason amicus (600kb) … [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 3:11 pm
Kauai Council. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 1:54 pm
The suit was essentially filed by the county of Kauai, against the county of Kauai. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 1:40 pm
Merely that it was a speedbump on the road to a politically wise result: Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste and the County Council both opposed the initiative, and the county attorney brought it to court by suing the mayor, the Council and the county's finance director. [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 7:54 pm
" at his Planet Kauai blog:However, the Supreme Court agreed with the lower court that the amendment violated the state constitution. [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 6:02 pm
Richman and Ming Fang.Full article.Honolulu Star-Bulletin: State's high court strikes Kauai's tax cap: A bid to cap property taxes through a Kauai County Charter amendment was declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court this week. [read post]
8 Aug 2007, 9:49 am
I'm reposting an op-ed published by the Honolulu Advertiser last year regarding the implications of the Kauai property tax case. [read post]
8 Aug 2007, 1:18 am
Baptiste (or, as it should now be called Kauai County Council v. [read post]
6 Aug 2007, 7:17 pm
The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued its opinion in the Kauai property tax case, County of Kauai v. [read post]
24 Jul 2007, 12:34 am
The case involved Kauai property within the coastal "Special Management Area. [read post]
14 Jul 2007, 1:22 pm
Two stories in today's Honolulu papers, "Wal-Mart fights Kauai ban on 'big-box' stores," "Wal-Mart says it will fight for Kauai expansion," contain all the buzzwords indicating a vested rights and zoning estoppel dispute may be on the horizon. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 3:53 pm
Kauai's newspaper, The Garden Island, has posted a story "Legal funds approved for Ohana Kauai battle. [read post]
29 May 2007, 1:53 am
"Kauai passes ban on big-box stores" from the Honolulu Advertiser reports on the Kauai County Council's ordinance prohibiting wholesale or retail establishments in excess of 75,000 square feet. [read post]
28 May 2007, 11:52 pm
The Garden Island reports that the Kauai County Council has passed a resolution purportedly designed to prevent the planting of "artificial" vegetation to expand private property onto the public beach:The Kaua‘i County Council wants to halt the practice of beachfront owners to artificially expand their properties seaward with vegetation,Through a resolution, five of seven council members threw their support… [read post]
12 May 2007, 4:37 pm
Hawaii Reporter posts "Kauai Springs: Still Open for Business," a story about the injunction preventing the County of Kauai from shutting down the island's only drinking water company while its appeal is pending. [read post]
11 May 2007, 3:31 pm
A story from today's Garden Island News, about the Kauai Springs case, reporting that the circuit court has granted the company's request for a preliminary injunction, preventing the County from putting Kauai Springs out of business while the appeal is being considered. [read post]
6 May 2007, 2:22 pm
Both the state Public Utilities Commission and the State Commission on Water Resource Management wrote letters to the county, saying the company had met all their criteria.Full story here. [read post]
3 May 2007, 1:50 pm
When owner Jim Satterfield set up shop in 2004, he did so with county, state and federal approval. [read post]
