Hundreds attended the World Peace Festival held today at Moku Ola, or Coconut Island in Hilo.
Hawai’i County presented the festival in partnership with the Hilo Downtown Improvement Association (HDIA) with sponsorship support from the International Committee of Artists for Peace (ICAP) assisted by Sokka Gakkai International.
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The festival was a free family event that offered a global line-up of Hawai’i Island talent including traditional Hawaiian Slack key stylings from Na Hoku Hanohano and GRAMMY Award winner Sonny Lim, exciting percussion from Hui Okinawa’s Kobudo Taiko Troupe, fun Kachi Kachi music performed by El Leo-The Jarican Express, riveting Tahitian dance and music of Merahi o Tapiti, a Chuukese warriors dance performance by members of Micronesians United-Big Island, and the dynamic UH-Hilo Samoan Club-Tupulaga o Samoa Mo A Taeao. Soka Gakkai International youth and women’s division participants offered a range of cultural dances.
The festival included a Jumping Castle and Water Slide for the keiki, information booths, displays, artists and crafts, people selling their works plus a variety of food booths.
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Commentary: Ross Armetta on Bill 270
Hi Damon,
I don’t know if you have been following the Bill 270. The Big day for this Bill is likely 10-5 the next council meeting. In a nutshell, it is very unsustainable, un-green, expensive, and can make anyone a criminal for ANY violation of the building code.
The law is so vague and undefined that even a squeaky gate could trigger that. Got a pool of any sort over 18″ that’s um-permitted ? You could be thrown in jail. This is not vague conjecture. I have heard directly from a top official they are going to start going after un-permitted homes and un-permitted additions even without complaints.
Brittany Smart is making some effort to help us on this.
I have made a website hawaiiansforaffordablehousing.org and we have several cooperating organizations we are working with including the Hawaii Sustainable Community Alliance and the Stakeholders group. http://hawaiiansforaffordablehousing.org/
As you probably know there are a lot of older people retiring without a lot of money, and younger people starting out. The new hurricane rooms, much stricter standards, and additional requirements are going to driver more people to be unpermitted: they can not get the financing and afford the newer standards (about another 7-18,000 additional).
Any article or help you can give us on this would be greatly appreciated.
I also have plenty of letters that I have written about this (some of them on the site ) please feel free to use as you wish. I hope also to be updating the website later today with the additional county communications regarding this and more information.
I you have any other questions or interest on this please let me know vie email or call me.
Best wishes and A hui-hou,
Ross Armetta
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