Tiffany Edwards Hunt running for Council

[missydog1]

Well, with that cynical attitude, there won'e be any change for the better. TEH could have said no to accepting campaigning "training" from SuperPac lobbyists, but she didn't. Paleka didn't get support from the SuperPak.

I realize some here get bent out of shape by comments on word usage, and I'm sorry in advance -- but the word NIMBY has a specific meaning, and it keeps getting used as a catchall for concerned citizen and neighbor complaints.

NIMBY means "I think "X" is a fine thing for the community and I will accept the benefits, but I won't make the sacrifice of having the ___ (dump, incinerator, highway, biofuel plant, geothermal plant, shopping center, etc..) as my neighbor."

NIMBY refers to a certain hypocrisy of wanting the benefit but not sharing the burden.

NIMBY does not relate in any way to citizens asking for enforcement of existing codes, zoning, laws on voting, laws on paying proper taxes, and so forth. It doesn't apply to the opposition to SPACE either, unless the opposer is pro-SPACE but just wants it to move across the subdivision.

The reason I object to using NIMBY wrong is that NIMBY has a negative connotation, so it's easy to use as a label and make people look automatically in the wrong. For that reason, you should limit its use to actual NIMBYism. *off soapbox*

Thanks for the update, Sativa. Did anyone ever ask TEH if she declared the rental income and had a GET license for it?

HNN ran a segment last night on how the state is cracking down on undeclared rentals, and trying to recover the millions of dollars in lost tax revenue in Hawai'i.