HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0042.056 2002-2004 Testimony
Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
June 1, 2004
Mahalo for offering me this opportunity to testify before you on the Revised Sign
Code. I do so on my own behalf.
The drive here on Saddle Road and then through the beautiful town of Hilo is
refreshing and joyful each time we come here. We are so blessed on this Island
and all the Hawaiian Islands to be able to enjoy the vistas of the sea, the
mountains, and our buildings without the blight of billboards and neon lights
glaring at us. We are uniquely fortunate among the 50 States in the Union to
enjoy this privilege and freedom from billboards cluttering our roads. And we owe
the blessing to the foresight, vision, and perseverance of a few women members
of The Outdoor Circle in Honolulu. In 1927 they purchased the only billboard
company on Ohau, and put it out of business! They then worked with the
Legislature to enact a State law banning billboards. As residents we are blessed,
and our visitors are impressed !
In West Hawaii we are presently littered with sandwich boards, banners, and
other illegal and unsightly signage because we cannot enforce the Sign Code.
Passage of the Revised Code will enable us to enforce it. The Counties in Maui
and Oahu do not allow illegal signage. They have no sandwich boards or
banners on their Islands. Their businesses are flourishing.
Please endorse this Revised Sign Code so the Council can enact it. Do this for
residents, visitors, and the business establishments. We will all be better off with
legal signage!
Mahalo and Imua,
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