{"id":8413,"date":"2021-07-23T19:55:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T19:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiioceannews.com\/?p=8413"},"modified":"2021-07-23T20:29:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:29:09","slug":"the-ala-wai-small-boat-harbor-beautification-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiioceannews.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/23\/the-ala-wai-small-boat-harbor-beautification-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor Beautification Project \u2015 An Open Letter to Hawaii&#8217;s Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-8413\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-8413-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"padding: 0px 0; \" data-overlay=\"true\" data-overlay-color=\"#000000\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-8413-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-8413-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-8413-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-headline panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8413-0-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-headline so-widget-sow-headline-default-7e1a0304cfc3-8413\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-headline-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"sow-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHawaii suffers from dull leadership \u2015 bright, next gen leaders will be willing to think out of the box to find solutions for the community\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"decoration-inside\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"sow-sub-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDullard leadership is killing Hawaii\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-8413-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div style=\"text-align: left;\" data-title-color=\"#443f3f\" data-headings-color=\"#443f3f\" class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-8413-0-0-1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">This is an open letter to<\/span> Sen. Sharon Moriwaki, Rep. Adrian Tam, DLNR Chair, Suzanne Case, and DoBOR Administrator, Ed Underwood<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia, Palatino;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">(Note to reader: clicking on a reference link in this article will open a new tab in your browser so that you can read the reference at your leisure without<\/span> interrupting your <span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">current read of this article)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bqwD6vPKerE\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\">Aloha Sen. Moriwaki, Rep. Tam, Suzanne Case, and Ed Underwood,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\">During\u00a0 our walk-through of the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor this past weekend, its boaters have convinced us that there is a simple fix for the worn and weary sight that this harbor presents to the world.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bqwD6vPKerE\"><i><b>Here is a brief video<\/b><\/i><\/a> (same as above) assembled by our talented multimedia people about the Ala Wai's Beautification Project. (By the way, coming soon, a full-length documentary, \"Selling Paradise\")\u00a0 I'm sure you'll agree that there is nothing quite as transformative to any property as flowers and greenery.\u00a0\u00a0 Envision a gateway to each vessel pier decorated in greenery and flowers \u2015 what a wonderful message to visitors worldwide: \"Hawaii's consciousness is next level!\"\u00a0 The \"Gateway to Waikiki\" is beginning its transformation right now!\u00a0 You can join in by encouraging and incentivizing vessel owners to get creative in their displays and set up guidelines so as to encourage quality presentations.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\">The next step is to restore those horrible and insecure dock boxes around the harbor, especially on the street piers.\u00a0 Restore them so that boaters can secure them properly, and then have colorful motifs painted on them, much the same as we see on electrical boxes on some of our street corners now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\">If you really are truly interested in beautifying the \"Gateway to Waikiki\"\u00a0 then you'll need to think out of the box . . . are you up for it?\u00a0 Just imagine for a moment . . . leadership that thinks out of the box and develops solutions that are actually beneficial to the community it serves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\">Another suggestion: why not reopen the Texaco dock area at the end of the 700-row at the AWSBH?\u00a0 At one time, this was a vibrant community center for the surrounding area including visitors and condo renters in the surrounds.\u00a0 By doing this, you reopen the feeling of community inclusiveness in that section of Waikiki as well as much needed fuel and pump out resources.\u00a0 Why not reopen it to the public.\u00a0 Your \"cash cow\" idea failed miserably, cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, and deprived the some 1,000 boats in the area of a desperately needed fuel dock and a pump out station for on-board sanitation tanks, the latter ending up encouraging still more deadly MRSA infections amongst swimmers, surfers, divers, and boaters in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\">We can do this right now . . . together.\u00a0 Please stay in touch with us concerning your progress in being a part of this solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\">Best,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\">Staff @ <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiioceannews.com\/\">Hawaii Ocean News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, Geneva; font-size: 20px;\"><i><b>P.S.\u00a0 Representative Tam, why have you been so quiet about solutions for this section of your district?\u00a0 Tom Brower hid too . . .\u00a0 that's why the people elected <u>you<\/u>.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an open letter to Sen. 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