The Wall Street Journal (Sep. 1, 2007)
This Side of Paradise
By MALIA ZIMMERMAN
September 1, 2007; Page A6
KAUAI, Hawaii — The island of Kauai has long been a magnet for visitors from the mainland as well as the main island. With white sand beaches and turquoise blue water, the island on the northern…
A recent editorial in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Fighting Goliath,” has been brought to our attention:
Every once in a great while, government, as a land-grabbing Goliath,gets thumped by the most diminutive David, especially when the formerfails to follow its own policies.
That may cost Philadelphia $497,230 in damages, plus the plaintiffs’ legal fees.…
The Wall Street Journal posts “This Side of Paradise,” about the “Ohana Kauai” property tax Charter Amendment case, County of Kauai ex rel. Nakazawa v. Baptiste, No. 27351 (Aug. 6, 2007).
Inthat 3-2 decision, the Hawaii Supreme Court over a vociferous dissent,held that friendly government officials have standing to manufacturelawsuits against…
Nineteen months after the briefing was completed, but only several days before the Superferry was scheduled to commence operation, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a unanimous order, holding that the State’s decision to exempt the improvements to Kahului Harbor necessary for the Superferry’s operation from an environmental assessment was erroneous. The Order noted that…
