03-21-2013, 12:17 PM
Most anti-liability releases aren't worth the paper they're printed on, and even if they were, how would you expect authorities to remember which parents signed the papers and which didn't? And as for your comment that they should just hire more lifeguards, you do realize that all county workers have had to take "no pay" furlough days for the past three years because the county doesn't have enough money to pay for its current employees, right? Starting with the new budget year in July, these workers will finally be working a full schedule for full pay - so they go back to the same salaries they were making 3 years ago. If the county is going to be hiring more people, I can think of lots of places that could use the help more than hiring additional lifeguards/babysitters at the Pahoa pool.
Go to any public beach and watch how many parents allow their kids to play unsupervised... and the worst offenders are the "free spirit" types that inhabit the Pahoa area. The rules are in place for the common good.
Go to any public beach and watch how many parents allow their kids to play unsupervised... and the worst offenders are the "free spirit" types that inhabit the Pahoa area. The rules are in place for the common good.