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Question: My neighbor complained because I have a “for sale” sign on my car. I’m trying to sell it! What’s the problem?
Answer: It’s illegal to park a vehicle upon any roadway for the “principal purpose” of “displaying such vehicle for sale,” per Sec. 15-14.7(a) of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, which you can read at 808ne.ws/roh1547.
If you don’t usually park on the public street, and moved your car there so it would be more visible to potential buyers, your neighbor could perceive that you have violated the statute. If you have a private driveway, you might wish to park the car there, where the statute doesn’t apply.
Q: Regarding Senior Passes for the national parks, don’t they sell them at the federal building in Honolulu anymore?
A: No. The National Park Service’s regional office ran out and no longer sells the passes on-site, said M. Melia Lane-Kamahele, manager of the NPS’ Pacific Islands Office, which is in the federal building in Honolulu.
The office formerly sold them by appointment. However, a surge in sales ahead of a well-publicized price increase depleted its supply, which will not be replenished, Lane-Kamahele said.
Tuesday’s Kokua Line column (808ne.ws/kl82117) explained how to order online or by mail ahead of Monday’s price hike, which will boost the cost of a lifetime Senior Pass to $80 from $10.
You and other readers who had already bought passes reacted by pointing us to the regional office, which had confirmed for Tuesday’s column that there was no place on Oahu to buy the passes in person. So we triple-checked, and Lane-Kamahele verified that Senior Passes “are no longer available at any time now or in the future from the federal building office.” (She also confirmed that they’re not for sale at the Arizona Memorial, which no reader had disputed.)
For details about ordering online or by mail, see store.usgs.gov/senior-pass. There’s a $10 processing fee for such orders, and a 12-week backlog on delivery. The lifetime pass is accepted at more than 2,000 federal recreation areas nationwide, including national parks, national wildlife refuges and many national forest lands.
A hui hou
We had tried to catch up with Leilani Poliahu to talk about Hawaii Public Radio’s “Hawaiian Word of the Day” but couldn’t reach her by deadline (808ne.ws/lei81027). HPR answered most of the reader’s questions and mailed the query to the host of the series, which was recorded years ago and remains popular in reruns. Now we have an update:
“I was honored to be one of HPR’s original ‘Ke Aolama’ Hawaiian language newscasters and the voice of the ‘Hawaiian Word of the Day.’ I am currently a teacher at the Hawaiian language immersion school Ke Kula Kaiapuni ‘o Anuenue and love listening to HPR and hearing the Hawaiian Word of the Day. I’m so happy to hear feedback from people who enjoy listening to it. Mahalo nui to HPR for continuing to air the Word of the Day. I’d love the chance to work with HPR again to refresh the series!” — Aloha nui, Leilani Poliahu Kamalani
Auwe
Auwe to parents who think only their kid has to get to school on time! Don’t gridlock traffic lights in a rush to make the bell. I miss the summer traffic. — Road warrior
Mahalo
Mahalo plenty to the thoughtful older haole gentleman who helped me load my Prius in the Costco parking lot in Iwilei earlier this month. I was struggling to transfer a large heavy appliance box into the back of my car; it had gotten stuck in the shopping cart. Not only did he help, but while later driving by he stopped to advise me to stand up the refrigerator for several hours to avoid air in the system. — Mahalo, Kali Watson
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