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Governor issues statewide ‘stay-at-home’ order as
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https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/03/24...ses-swell/

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The governor issued a sweeping “stay-at-home" order for the state Monday in an aggressive push to stop the spread of coronavirus in the islands.

Gov. David Ige said the order goes into effect Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. and continues through April 30.

It’s in addition to the mandatory, 14-day quarantine for all incoming visitors and returning residents #8213; which is set to go into effect Thursday.

Ige said that taken together, the measures will decrease tourism to the islands #8213; a state whose major economic driver is the visitor industry #8213; to functional zero.

“These actions are extreme but necessary for us to flatten the curve and lay the groundwork for our recovery,” he said. “The threat of COVID-19 is unprecedented.”

He said the order would be enforced initially with warnings, but fines could follow.

“We do understand that a stay-at-home order has never been implemented in our communities,” Ige said. “We do know that enforcement will be a challenge. I would like to say that when we first announced these actions the compliance has been overwhelming.”

Also Monday, the governor announced that the filing deadline for 2019 income taxes was being extended to July 20. Taxpayers don’t have to file for the extension.

Under the stay-at-home order, the definition of “essential” is broad, allowing for daily activities from grocery shopping to car repair to continue while cracking down on any large groups.

Oahu and Maui have already issued similar orders.

The governor said discrepancies between the state and county orders would be ironed out in the days ahead. And he said that there was also a process for businesses to seek “essential” status.

His announcement comes as the number of cases of coronavirus in Hawaii continues to swell.

On Monday, the state reported 21 new cases of coronavirus in Hawaii, in the highest one-day total in the state since the pandemic started.

The new cases bring the statewide total to 77.



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I sure hope this works. After watching the debacle with Harry, and seeing how people want to interpret things for themselves, with a bent towards easing their own conditions rather than accepting them, it is hard to imagine that the more selfish among use won't violate the spirit of the order every which way to Sunday. As such things will take longer than they need to before we return to normal. At least now violators will be easier to identify.

As to Harry. He has to go. His inability to recognize danger and take steps to mitigate it is something we need to protect ourselves against. A movement to impeach him, or whatever we would call it locally, needs to be set in motion immediately. The council has no teeth. According the the county lawyers there is no way the council has to remove the mayor from office. As such our political structure is broken. We must act to rectify this shortcoming immediately.

You're home, you're sheltering in place, write the council..

Chung, Aaron <Aaron.Chung@hawaiicounty.gov>
Lee Loy, Sue <Sue.LeeLoy@hawaiicounty.gov>
Kierkiewicz, Ashley <Ashley.Kierkiewicz@hawaiicounty.gov>
Kanealii-Kleinfelder, Matt <Matt.Kanealii-Kleinfelder@hawaiicounty.gov>
David, Maile <Maile.David@hawaiicounty.gov>
Villegas, Rebecca <Rebecca.Villegas@hawaiicounty.gov>
Eoff, Karen <Karen.Eoff@hawaiicounty.gov>
Richards, Tim <Tim.Richards@hawaiicounty.gov>
Poindexter, Valerie <Valerie.Poindexter@hawaiicounty.gov>

Write them all. In order for them to understand the community's feelings they need to hear from everyone of us.
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Does stay-at-home mean home? or will it include stay-at-tents pitched next to a public access road? It will be interesting to see what type of enforcement is part of this mandatory order, and for who.
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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Homeless are exempted
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Will the governor finally what kim should done couple days ago It is shame Kim is the mayor

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Decisions, decisions... where to post this?
The thread says stay-at-home, so why not stay-at-home and watch:

Star Trek

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Added: All their programs are available, not just Star Trek.

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"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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Star Trek? Oh yeah! Thanks for that HOPTE!
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First stay-at-home violation arrest on Big Island:

On the Big Island, police arrested a 43-year-old Kailua-Kona woman for violating the order and other counts, saying she went to a home in Captain Cook, threw a rock at a window and started an argument.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/03/26...ompliance/
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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Maybe her husband was sheltering in place instead of staying at home...
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So far it's reported that there have been 70 citations and two arrests in the state due to people not obeying the new stay-at-home laws.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/03/2...ompliance/

"Honolulu police have issued 70 citations and made two arrests for violating the stay-at-home orders put in place to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, with most of those people cited in public parks after ignoring officers’ instructions to leave, according to a police spokeswoman."
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