Kokua Line
Kokua Line
The owners and tenants of Crown Kinau Association, 747 Kinau St., have been having problems with noisy customers of Global Links, which moved next door last year. It is open 24 hours a day, and customers are loitering in the parking lot, laughing, talking loudly, gunning motors, etc. Noise problem unsolved
but parties willing to talkEven if they are not loitering, they are talking loudly from late evening to early morning, making it difficult for us to sleep. Our managing agent has written letters to the tenant and its managing agent and also to the state Noise and Radiation Branch, but nothing seems to be resolved. The police also were called.
I understand that the tenant can't patrol the parking lot constantly, though it would help tremendously. Do you have a solution for us?
Maybe the first step would be to talk directly with the owners, among them Ed Honda, who manages the video game, pool table and darts establishment.
He said he's willing to meet with your association.
Honda said he's tried to control the noise from customers as much as possible. In addition to posting "no loitering" signs, he hired an attendant four weeks ago to watch the lot from midnight to 5 or 6 a.m.
In all fairness, Honda said, the problem is not only with his customers, but also with visitors to your apartment complex who think they can freely park in the Global Links lot.
"I'm not trying to make excuses," he said. But he noted that his building was empty for about four years, and people may have gotten used to parking in his lot.
"I've had maybe four or five arguments" with people who insist someone "told us we can park here," Honda said. Initially, he said, there was a problem with residents parking in the lot, but now he believes it's mostly visitors.
"I've had, on several occasions, guys yell at me, swear at me, argue with me in the parking lot about why they can't park here (because) 'I'm just going there for a few minutes to see my friends,' etc., etc.," Honda said. "Their visitors are the very ones who take off, burning rubber, because they're upset at me. I don't know what the solution is."
Although the lot may not be full all the time, he said he has to control access because he does run a business. But if someone asks permission to park just a short while, and if there is a lot of space, "I don't turn anybody down." The problem is people who "come and go and act as though they have free rein to the lot."
Hunters may not use air guns in state hunting areas, said Charles Phelps, a master instructor with the state hunter education program. In this case, he said, state law --Title 13, Chapter 122 -- supersedes city law, which allows licensed hunters to use air guns, as noted in Saturday's column. More on air guns
Air guns may be used on private property, but not on state lands, and nobody may shoot any nongame bird without an animal damage control permit," Phelps said.
Also, while city law says minors under 18 with any type of air gun or firearm must be accompanied by an adult, state law says persons under 16 must be with an adult in a state hunting area.
To the disappearing aloha spirit. We had to move to the mainland. Adjusting was very difficult and we looked forward to coming back "home" to visit many friends. After two weeks, I made one last stop at Aloha Tower Marketplace on the way to the airport. In one hour, all my belongings were stolen from my car. It's a terrible feeling to be violated by this type of action and have no recourse. It's clear to see why tourism and the economy keep getting worse. The words "aloha spirit" are empty! -- R. Marrs, Valencia, Calif. Auwe
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