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FORWARD INFO....
"Aloha Neighbors,
We are on 6th, near Maku'u.
Today I finally got around to digging into some of several garbage bags that were dumped (onto one of the 20 acre tracts at the corner of 6th and Maku'u) a month or two ago. BINGO!
I found a name and street address (nearby in HPP) on a Fed Ex box.
Went and talked to that owner -- she was irate, because SHE HAD PAID SOMEONE TO HAUL AWAY THE GARBAGE. IT WAS CLEARLY FROM A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
She and her contractor came over and retrieved some. While there, she and I spotted several more bags in the bushes!
She has contacted the person that she paid.
Here is that person's name and a description of his car:
David Jardine of Ainaloa.
He drives a grayish/silverish Mercury.
BE ON THE LOOK OUT!
We have contacted the police and was assured that an officer would be dispatched. I recognize that this may not be that officer's highest priority today, but will follow up if necessary."
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Bravo! We, too, live in HPP and have tracked down rubbish dumpers. In one case, an irate mother brought her teenage son over and made him clean up the trash he was supposed to have taken to the Keaau transfer station. People who are too lazy or unconcerned about what they are doing to the land should pay the legal consequences, even if it is just a fine. I have taken down license numbers and given them to the police, but was never told the outcome. There are even people who dump at the county water outlets while filling their jugs. OK, I feel better now having let off steam and knowing someone else is on my side!
Aloha,
Jerry
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Hip hip hurray! You guys talk the talk and walk the walk! BRAVO and I hope to be looking out for the aina one day also and give you a hand.
Follow up, time and again, while time consuming in itself, instills the thought that not only is the issue serious but also that you are paying attention and want the issue addressed, that you are not going away and throwing your hands in the air. Bit by bit, step by step!
I also am happy the mother confronted her son and didn't just shrug her shoulders and say kids will be kids. Give her a hand also for me! Thanks to you both.
mella l
PS. I wonder if you told the police this issue is being addressed on a community forum and followed on the forum if it would help any?
Edited by - mella l on 07/09/2006 04:33:42
Edited by - mella l on 07/09/2006 04:35:22
mella l
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That is so awesome! This forum is a real sentinel for Puna. The land loves you for this. Are there signs posted in Puna that state the fines for dumping?
Carrie
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You might want to try contacting DLNR (Department of Land and Natural Resources). I've heard they will follow up and enforce "anti-dumping" laws.
John Dirgo, RA, ABR, e-PRO
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Thank you, John. I will add DNLR to my list of resources.
When we bought this place, I noticed a low place in the lava rock that seemed to have some soil and would make a good place to plant some decorative plants. The first shovel I turned produced a broken telephone and a potato chip bag. It turned out that one of the previous owners had a mini-landfill in a puka and had covered it with a few inches of cinders when it came time to sell. The neighbors told me that this was common here and to just cover it back up and not think about it. Not me! That stuff did not belong here, so we excavated it, sorted out the recyclables, and took four pick-up trucks full to the Keaau transfer station. No HI5 money (too old), but at least some of it got recycled.
Makes you wonder what is lurking, unnoticed in the ground all over this island.
Aloha,
Jerry
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FORWARDED INFO...
" Success to report!
This morning, the man who had dumped the rubbish on 6th was there picking it up. :>)
(Now, if we can be sure that he did not just take it elsewhere and dump it again!)"
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Instead of calling the police in Keaau, you might want to call Sherwin Taka directly. He is a police officer and lives in HPP. (Sorry, I do not have his number but you can look it up or the HPP office would have it.)
Aloha,
John S. Rabi, ABR,CM,CRB,FHS,PB,RB
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Sherwin Taka phone # 966-5835
HPP neighborhood Watch coordinator # 966-4428
Great Job! (The fine for illegal dumpings is very hefty, and the island police are pretty serious about it. We volunteered at a cleanup of an illegal dump up trashed a lava tube in Ookala last year. Found mail & credit cards, which the local police used to fine the dumper with (not sure is they used the information, or the cards, but he was real glad we found the cards!)
Sometimes it takes a couple of calls to get the police out, but once they are there, they do seem to take dumping seriously.
Aloha, Carey
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