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Author Archives: Teresa

4 Mar 2021

Agribusiness Agency Explains Reasons Behind Slow Progress in Utilizing Lands

by Teresa | posted in: March 2021 | 0

“My thing is, you never turn away what the Legislature gives you.”  That’s what state Agribusiness Development Corporation (ADC) executive director James Nakatani told then-Department of Agriculture director Scott Enright five years ago, when Enright asked why, out of all … Continued

Teresa Dawson
4 Mar 2021

Board Talk: Aquarium Collecting Violations, Kawailoa Wind Farm, and Kauaʻi Tower Dispute

by Teresa | posted in: March 2021 | 0

Board Levies $272,000 in Fines Against West Hawaiʻi Aquarium Fish Poachers On February 26, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources levied a record fine against husband and wife aquarium fish collectors Stephen Howard and Yukako Toriyama.  The couple … Continued

Teresa Dawson
4 Mar 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bridge ʻAina Leʻa’s Claim of Taking

by Teresa | posted in: Land Use, March 2021 | 0

The U.S. Supreme Court has laid to rest, once and for all, the claim of Bridge ʻAina Leʻa that the state of Hawaiʻi owes it money for a temporary taking. That “taking” claim arises from the Land Use Commission’s 2011 … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

February 2021 PDF

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021, PDF | 0
1 Feb 2021

Exactions in Original LUC Order Hang Up Effort to Split Maui Project

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021 | 0

On December 30, the members of the state Land Use Commission gathered, via Zoom, for what was expected to be a fairly brief hearing to review and approve an agreement among Maui County, property owners, and the state Office of … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

Owner of Piʻihana Land Is Sued By Maui County, Neighbor Farmer

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021 | 0

Since acquiring about 79 acres of land north of Wailuku, Maui, Vernon Lindsey has racked up a number of complaints from neighbors and Maui County.  Winn V. Lindsey Peter Winn, a neighbor who co-owns a 42-acre parcel with Lindsey’s wife, … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

Kehalani Developer Disputes Claim Of a Promised Community Center

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021, Land Use | 0

Much of the Land Use Commission’s attention focused on the apparent inability and unwillingness of the Wailuku Plantation and its owner, Vernon Lindsey, to fulfill conditions of a 1990 district boundary amendment. However, RCFC Kehalani, LLC, which assumed obligations under … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

Owner of Piʻihana Property Ignored LUC, County Conditions

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021, Land Use | 0

When Vernon Lindsey and his Wailuku Plantation, LLC, purchased the property that was part of the 1990 boundary amendment petition, the property consisted of seven discrete legal parcels, part or all of which were within the petition area. Among them … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

Hawaiʻi County Folds on Demand For New EIS For ʻAina Leʻa Housing

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021, Land Use | 0

Less than a month after the inauguration of Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth, his nominee for planning director, Kendo Zern, has reversed the county’s long-standing position that work on the long-stalled ʻAina Leʻa project would not be allowed until a … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

Board Talk: Land Board Orders Seawall Removal Fronting Eroding Lot at Sunset Beach

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, February 2021 | 0

“Grandfathered seawall! … Motivated seller!” a December 2018 sales pitch for the property at 59-175C Ke Nui Road on Oʻahu’s famed Sunset Beach proclaimed. Motivated, indeed. Within three months, the owner sold the lot for about half a million dollars … Continued

Teresa Dawson

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  • A Suspicious Contract, A Defeated Legislator, And a Department Hellbent on Hiring Him June 1, 2026
  • New & Noteworthy: Rudo statement, Kuilima Hearing June 1, 2026
  • Marconi Point Litigation Updates June 1, 2026

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