Mayor vetoes bill on shore business

A proposed ban on commercial activity at Kailua Beach Park is redundant, Carlisle states

By Gordon Y.K. Pang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 26, 2012

~~<p>Mayor Peter Carlisle vetoed a bill on Wednesday designed to stop all commercial activity at Kailua Beach Park and clarified that most of the business conducted there is already illegal under a separate measure that became law on July 1.</p>
<p>Carlisle vetoed Bill 11 (2012), which was passed 7-2 on July 11. The bill "sets a precedent of closing our beach parks to all commercial activity and affects people's ability to earn a living, whether or not they contributed to the problem," the mayor said shortly before signing the veto message.</p>
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Mayor Peter Carlisle vetoed a bill on Wednesday designed to stop all commercial activity at Kailua Beach Park and clarified that most of the business conducted there is already illegal under a separate measure that became law on July 1.

Carlisle vetoed Bill 11 (2012), which was passed 7-2 on July 11. The bill "sets a precedent of closing our beach parks to all commercial activity and affects people's ability to earn a living, whether or not they contributed to the problem," the mayor said shortly before signing the veto message. Login for more...