Sharing their struggles, local businesses ask for transparency from officials and a date when tourism will reopen.
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The news is bad and keeps getting worse. We are sitting on air tickets from a cancelled family vacation and now we are doubting if they’ll even be used for a Hawaiian vacation. Perhaps we’ve seen the last of Hawaii- so sad.
We pay enough taxes. County. State. Ge. Ta. Tax. And we cannot even rent our vacation rental bc noone wants to go to kauai thanks to kawakami on his power trip. How dare he. He comes from a rich grocery store family. But oh boy. The kids can play sports. Never mind kids and people are depressed. Drug use, homelessness, family abuse, alcoholism is all on the rise. Yep. The beauty of kauai is there. But. The harsh reality is that the spirit of the people are all tangled in the above thanks to the out of control mayor. The atty general and the governor need to set the rules. One rule for all island. Enough with his bs and his stupid bubbles.
This is a sad situation! What are the residents supposed to do without income or health insurance? What will Kauai look like in just a few short weeks? What about theft and homelessness?
Total mess!
We’ve been going to Kauai for almost 30 years, from PA, for 3-4 weeks. We had 3-1/2 weeks scheduled for August 2020, moved it to October 2020, then to February 2021, then to April 2021 and cancelled again ! We own a lot of timeshare on Kauai that we’re going to lose, plus what we contribute to their economy in restaurants, shops, etc. When is Mayor Kawakami going to realize how much business he is losing ? We’re going to the Big Island in April and may decide to continue staying there.
Sadly, the residents of Kauai are reaping the consequences of electing power hungry tyrants who have the gall to collect their paychecks while others starve Elections have consequences and tyrants suck!
Pass it on to the property owners who live out of state? I hope it crashes down on them!
Thank you for the updates even though they’re distressing for our friends on Kauai. Our March trip plan has moved to October but it might end up being changed to Las Vegas instead.
Did the mayor actually advise the business owners drowning in debt to take on more debt? To what end since there’s no plan? Clueless.
I wonder if the plan would have been here already if the mayor wasn’t paid until it was provided?
Hi Brad.
Thanks. He said (paraphrasing), that businesses can take advantage of PPP and other government programs.
Aloha.
Thank you for your continual support of businesses on Kauai. I would like to make you aware of a new website, created by Joel Peterson, which allows people to tell their story. It is openkauai.com. I wish you would consider including it in one of your blogs. Stories matter. The residents are hearing a one sided view of what’s happening and only now are business owners stepping out and letting their voices be heard. One must be brave to do so considering the community backlash that often happens. Some are even afraid of county retribution. The more people who speak out and share what is happening to them as a result of these travel policies, the better. Thank you for your consideration.
Hi Rae Marie.
Thank you. Appreciate your input and comments.
Aloha.
From co-workers on Kauai.
“The Mayor/County edits negative comments on social media”
Kauai has a listed population of 65,930. Vaccinate them! Then, lets move on?
Stop the economic losses and bankruptcy of the island.
Stop the pontificating of FALSE Human losses vs livelihoods.
Stop the insanity.
Stop the poor leadership who is feeding people with fear verses answers and hope.
Unify the COVID decision making, then we’ll only have to deal with Ige and Green… UGH! Even that would be an improvement? Sadly, yes!
Saw this coming months and months ago.
Can gets kicked down the road at every turn. Always an excuse to delay the plan. Or delay even making a plan.
St. Patty’s Day and Easter approaching. More reason to delay I suppose. Better wait and see if there us a spike.
Lucky for me I’ve already procured a 2nd home in an open State. When it hits the fan even worse out here, I’ll simply sell to a wealthy mainlander for top dollar and have enough funds to last for years.
Yes, I literally bought an ” emergency home” because of the leadership in Hawaii.
Shaking my damn head
I’m beginning to think that Kawakami and other extremists on island are determined to do away with the tourists permanently and send Kauai back to the dark ages. It’s so sad for locals, tourists and the 40% of us who are second home owners.
Anyone on the mainland cannot comprehend how an island who has had two cases for the last three weeks, one death in a year, 1/3 of their people vaccinated and the highest unemployment rate of any county in the U.S. can remain closed. It makes no sense. Is there any talk of a recall??
And last night on the news- vaccinations are good for at least six months and probably 12.