HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0021.104 2014-2016Murashiqe, Laura
From:
Kevin Hopkins <sturgeon@hawaii.rr.com>
Sent:
Sunday, December 14, 2014 2:25 PM
To:
Council Testimony
Subject:
OPPOSE Resolution 22-14 and any Motion to Appeal the Legal Ruling which Invalidated
Ordinance 13-121
Dear Council member,
I urge you to OPPOSE Resolution 22-14 and any motion to APPEAL U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren's decision to
invalidate Hawai'i County Ordinance 13-121.
The day before Thanksgiving, Ordinance 13-121 was invalidated by a federal court because it was preempted by Hawaii
state law and "is, in part, expressly preempted by the federal Plant Protection Act".
Council was told that this would happen in testimony before Ordinance 13-121 was adopted. That testimony was
ignored by the Ordinance's supporters on Council.
I ask you to please oppose an appeal of the Court's ruling. We can not afford to waste any more of the County's limited
funds on doomed lawsuits that, in the end, only benefit the lawyers.
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Kevin Hopkins
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