Question: I’m pretty sure billboards aren’t allowed in Hawaii. But in Ewa Beach I’ve noticed that there is a huge water tank in the air with a sign for “Hawthorne Rental” on Kapolei Parkway. It looks like it belongs on a highway in Florida. There’s another one in the field by the Kroc Center in Kapolei. Isn’t that wrong?
Answer: You since informed us silver tarps now cover the sign along Kapolei Parkway; that same day last week, the city Department of Planning and Permitting said, “The water tank sign violation has been corrected.”
The department issued a citation but no fine, said Lauri Quihano, Hawthorne rental department manager.
“We were given a certain number of days to comply with the citation, which we did. So we’re OK now,” she said.
Quihano said no citation was given for the second sign, apparently because it was far enough away from the main road. We were unable to confirm that with the permitting department.
“We had no intention of violating any rule,” Quihano said. “We’ve owned the tanks for about four years. They are rental pieces that we put on job sites periodically.”
The Outdoor Circle, the group responsible for Hono-lulu’s anti-billboard law, received complaints from several area residents who were “concerned about this eyesore in their community,” said Bob Loy, director of environmental programs. “Clearly, there is no place in Hawaii for this type of blatantly inappropriate advertising.”
Question: A letter to the editor mentioned rubbish strewn on the grounds of the Korean and Vietnam War memorials. Where are these memorials situated?
Answer: The Korean-Vietnam War Memorial was dedicated on July 24, 1994, at the Ewa end of the state Capitol lawn, adjacent to Richards Street.
The black granite, serpentine wall is 6 feet high and nearly 100 feet long, with the names of 454 military members who lost their lives in the Korean War and 312 from the Vietnam War.
Mahalo
To a great guy. My grandsons, Rowan Makoa and Mason Kanoa, wanted to have a lemonade stand. In front of our house, the road is well traveled by cars, not pedestrians. They were getting very hot and discouraged as people passed by, their joyful enthusiasm rapidly waning. I would like to thank the man who stopped his car, got out and purchased a lemonade. He made two little boys very happy. As he left he told us adults, “I always make it a point to stop at lemonade stands. You all should, too.” That’s aloha. — Donna Goya
Tomorrow is Lemonade Freedom Day, promoted by a father of two children to protest recent moves to shut down lemonade stands in Georgia, Iowa and Maryland (since rescinded). See www.lemonadefreedom.com.
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