Unfair Maui Rules May End Scuba Instruction! We Need Your Help

[DiveWestOahu]

forgot to mention that since the early 70's it's been law that no person or entity shall conduct business on state or county land without a permit, (that's their hopeful way out of lawsuits) the only exception being you may sell food items or consumables on state land without a permit, so set up your $125 pineapple stand that comes with a "free" scuba dive 8)

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

So a discover pineapple?

 

[Shaka Doug]

forgot to mention that since the early 70's it's been law that no person or entity shall conduct business on state or county land without a permit, (that's their hopeful way out of lawsuits) the only exception being you may sell food items or consumables on state land without a permit, so set up your $125 pineapple stand that comes with a "free" scuba dive 8)

Is that really a viable option? I would consider it if it was! It would almost be too easy.

 

[ScubaMaui]

You need a permit to sell anything on the beach or county park or parking lot. The concession permits (including food carts, pineapple stands, etc) are harder to get and pretty restrictive actually.
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[ScubaMaui]

I just remembered, due to the county crack down on transient vacation rentals some people are renting beach chairs, coolers, and snorkeling gear for the price of $125.00 a day (also includes 24 hour use of wonderful one bedroom house)

 

[ScubaMaui]

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Here are the rules again:
http://www.co.maui.hi.us/departments/Parks/pdf/corap2007_final__1.pdf

 

[grandizer52]

This is awsome?!?!?!!? this is the kick in the back side hawaii really needs with it's massive decline in tourism this year...why not shoot yourself in the other foot...no wait this must be to help pay for the mass transit going on on Oahu

laytah

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

This is awsome?!?!?!!? this is the kick in the back side hawaii really needs with it's massive decline in tourism this year...why not shoot yourself in the other foot...no wait this must be to help pay for the mass transit going on on Oahu

laytah

According to this web page on Hawaii Tourism Statistics, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island had more visitors/visitor days in '07 than in both previous years. The State's small decline in tourism was due to the significant decline in Oahu numbers. :mooner:

Maybe actually building new mass transit on Oahu would bring Oahu numbers out of the cellar, instead of studying it for decades and sitting in gridlock. Part of the political turmoil on Maui is normal folk trying to keep progress/developers from turning Maui into the next Oahu.

 

[ArcticDiver]

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Maybe actually building new mass transit on Oahu would bring Oahu numbers out of the cellar, instead of studying it for decades and sitting in gridlock. Part of the political turmoil on Maui is normal folk trying to keep progress/developers from turning Maui into the next Oahu.

I HATE the main roads whether it be Oahu, Maui or the Big Island. They all are a mess. But I don't see any way to build enough transportation to keep up with the birthrate on the Islands; let alone that of the tourist world. As long as there are ever increasing numbers of people, locals and visitors, there will be ever increasing transportation problems.

Oh, some would say: "Lets' build mass transit". That choice was made in the 50's. The choice was Freeways. Good or bad we all are stuck with it for the forseeable future. Can you just hear the screams if someone wants to demolish large tracts of land to construct the tracks, etc? And, of course, by the time the Profit Mongers got done with their dealing the Islands will have fallen into the sea.

Mass Transit examples from other countries just don't match the way our development has occured. Unlike there we have developed in a dispersed fashion that is ill served by inflexible mass transit, like rail, except in limited cases.

 

[KrisB]

Part of the political turmoil on Maui is normal folk trying to keep progress/developers from turning Maui into the next Oahu.

And the biggest issue is that every time you turn around, they're dinging other "normal folk" with stupid laws like this one or the TVR one, whereas the big developers (e.g. Baccarat, or Wailea 670) get to skate on by.