Letter from Lawyer

·     It clearly states in our “Ko'olaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan” (KSCP) – No big box stores in our community!!

      Didn’t Kaneohe Ranch advise Target of this KSCP stating “no big box” stores?? (Wikipedia definition: “Big-box store is a physically large retail establishment, usually part of a chain … ie. Target” )

      Letter that follows from the lawyers of Kaneohe Ranch to our Neighborhood Board, the elected representatives of our Kailua community, is sheer intimidation and this is wrong!  

    

      On November 9, 2010, our Kailua Neighborhood Board adopted a resolution, which requested the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, to deny any permits for the proposed Target store on the basis of Section 2.2.6 of our Ko'olaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan (KSCP).

On November 12, 2010, the law firm of McCorriston Miller Mukai Mackinnon LLP, who represents Kaneohe Ranch, sent a letter to the Kailua Neighborhood Board advising them that the resolution is “illegal and improper” and requested the resolution be “rescinded immediately”.  (click on images on left to view larger)

What about the legal rights of the Kailua Community?  The Ko'olaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan was created in 1999 to protect all of Ko'olaupoko, including Kailua, from Big Box stores and was NEVER ADOPTED by the City Council, even after several requests from our Neighborhood Board to do so. This is our government … For the People … if they had acted on adopting the plan, this would not be an issue today!

The Kailua Neighborhood Board is doing what is right for the people they represent. Shouldn’t the City Council be held accountable to the same standards?

Which Law Firm will represent the people of Kailua and send a threatening letter to the City Council advising them what they have done, or failed to do, is illegal and improper?

Shame on Kaneohe Ranch for having their lawyers send such a threatening letter to the very Board that represents the community that supports Kaneohe Ranch’s economic existence!  Our Neighborhood Board represents the people of Kailua. By Kaneohe Ranch threatening the Board, they are essentially threatening our community! We cannot accept that!

Please email, write or call and communicate your concerns, especially to the following people:

Mitch D'Olier: mitch@kaneoheranch.com
Mayor Peter Carlisle: mayor@honolulu.gov
David Tanoue (DPP Acting Director): dtanoue@honolulu.gov
Robert Sumitomo (DPP Deputy Director): rsumitomo@honolulu.gov

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