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This is a typical example of the absurd and aggressive reality that has <br /> developed in our neighborhood since the passage of Bill 108. Bill 108 has <br /> nothing remotely to do with where you can and cannot smoke. <br /> Bill 108 has entirely changed the landscape of the neighborhood. Vacation <br /> rentals existed before the law came into effect. Issues, if there were any, were <br /> dealt with swiftly by direct communication. However, once the law went into <br /> effect things changed. The law's good neighbor rules have been the jumping <br /> off point for those opposed to vacation rentals to create their own <br /> interpretation of what it means to be a good neighbor. As illustrated above, <br /> apparently good neighbors do not smoke when walking down the street if they <br /> are guests at a vacation rental. <br /> Bill 108 has created fertile ground for bullying. The bullies opposed to vacation <br /> rentals have, over time, mentally expanded the reach of Bill 108. The <br /> complaints I have received are obscure and far reaching. "No smoking in public; <br /> no talking on the phone in the middle of the day in your yard; no children's <br /> laughter; no crying babies; a demand of silence after 8PM !" - as my neighbor <br /> would say— "ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER". And none of it having anything to <br /> do with the actual rules that were enacted by the County. <br /> What I find truly frustrating is that the individuals who are so adamantly <br /> opposed to vacation rentals are not people who grew up here or worked here <br /> for most of their lives. They are retired transplants from the mainland who <br /> wholeheartedly wish they were in a retirement community. They have ruined <br /> our neighborhood. They have also created an unusual dynamic for those other <br /> full-time residents that are not particular zealots about vacation rentals. Those <br /> residents are now questioning "which side should I take?" — "what will happen <br /> to me if I associate with the owners of a vacation rental?" — "I now live in a <br /> neighborhood with this person that is so domineering, what do I do? - I don't <br /> want to get on their bad side" - "I fear the repercussions and ending up being <br /> ostracized by others in the neighborhood". <br /> All of this seems kind of crazy. It is sad. I would not have believed it if I had not <br /> seen it happen. This is not Aloha. Fortunately, the bullies are not the majority <br />