Tuesday, October 14, the North Shore Council (a group comprising the heads of the community associations from Kilauea to Ha'ena) is sponsoring a forum for the candidates for the Kauai County Council.

The forum will take place from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at the Hanalei School Cafetorium. Most of the 14 candidates have indicated that they plan to participate.

We have prepared questions that we believe will address the issues of greatest interest to north shore residents. We will ask the candidates to give answers that are as specific and informative as possible. The topics will include public services to the north shore, the proposed property tax legislation, enforcement of county ordinances, drug problems, open government, and (if time allows) agricultural and rural land preservation, and tourist development and commercialization.
As you can imagine, with so many candidates, the forum will need to be tightly structured. (Even limiting each candidate to a 2-minute answer to a question, it will take close to 30 minutes for all of the candidates to respond to a question.) So there may not be much opportunity for direct questions from the audience. But we nonetheless believe that the forum will be well worth your time, as the prepared questions will address topics that are of high importance to our north shore communities.

Carl Imparato, President
Hanalei-Ha'ena Community Association
826-1856