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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0022.019 2004-2006 f~ma_SL- 35 BY---~.~~L~ po~,.,,~-C S Dear Bob, Mitch, & Colleagues, Congratualtions on passing the Anim'~a 'Control Laws! (with teeth?) We here in Pahala certainly hope so! Please do not let it become a law just on the books, like so many other good laws, that lack enforcement! We suffer daily and nightly from excessive noises by various "noise machines'; such as: 1.) Many dogs barking and howling day & night, well beyond the legal limits! 2.) Street car racers with "trumpet" exhaust pipes, day and night. (easy to spot by any observer!) 3.) Fighting cocks anytime between 2 & 3 am. 4.) Boomboxes: They still are a problem in our community which is aka "Hawaii's Wild West Town without a Sheriff'. 5.) Gun shots: This problem is presently getting better since some seniors legally acquired Mossberg shotguns with the knowledge of the alleged perpetrators. Besides noise, there are violations concerning animal cruealty, such as: 1.) Loose dogs roaming around town. Pahala has a history of dog-bite incidents. 2.) Dog prisons, aka "kennels", that are cruelly small and in violation of minimum dimensions; some are on the ground in their filth, and exposed to rain and run-off water; some are without water and food for days! (local police usually shrug it off with, "they are just hunting dogs"?) Re: e.g. TMK 9-6-014-004 / -005 &TMK 9-6-014-010 / -Ol 1 / -012, among others. However, these "hunting dogs" are barking and howling just as much as "regular dogs"! is there a "race card" in Dogdom??? Are "hunting dogs" not "real dogs" in Hawaii County? 1t is alleged that many of these "hunting dogs" seldom or never get to actually hunt, but are used in numbers as "security" dogs by alleged substance abusers and dealers. There are many other issues in Pahala not related to the Animal Control Laws, such as: a.) Zoning violations by alleged illegal businesses inside Pahala town, operating and squatting on land zoned preservation /open land, and owned now by Edmund Olson. b.) Operating a large, 27500 GWV refrigeration truck without a license. (formerly owned by Naalehu Dairy) [t is alleged to be used for an unlicensed meat business and butcher shop inside Pahala town. Could also be used for a mobile regulated substance factory, or worse, for dis-appearing individuals who "crossed the red line" here in Pahala? c.) We have a new dys-functional neighborhood watch by a different name, that is not working in the spirit of community policing, to put it mildly. d.) Alleged EPA violations like draining truck engine and transmission fluids on squatted lands, zoned preservation /open land. (by un-licensed truck and farming equipment repair shop operators inside Pahala town). We here in Pahala know that "the powers-that-be" are focussing on law enforcement in Hilo & Kona, and we understand, and we do appreciate very much any help from you given in the past and present and future! Mahalo, Albert Ledergerber alohach u~ilhawaii.nct Comm. No. ~ Z ~ q~ q . Ref. To: (...0'1,ty1L~ 1 Ref. Uore F€g 3