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Dangerous, Filthy Homeless Encampments Force Closure of Hawaii Public Park Indefinitely
PJ Media ^ | 10/21/2017 | Megan Fox

Posted on 10/22/2017 4:00:17 PM PDT by RightGeek

Kakaako Waterfront Park on the island of Oahu has been closed indefinitely in order to repair the damage done by a large homeless population that has been camping there in makeshift huts and tents. This is an unprecedented move by the state of Hawaii. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser has details about the massive damage and public safety hazards in the park.

"[P]ark officials say they can no longer ensure the safety of park users following a recent series of dog bites, fires and vandalism attributed to an estimated 180 homeless people living along the Kakaako shoreline....Right now, with dog attacks and exposed wires and broken plumbing, it’s just not safe," the report explained.

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"People are so concerned about the homeless -- who will be concerned for the middle class? The homeless steal, and in effect they literally steal public places by living there; they steal private land by living there," she complained. "They pick prime oceanfront parks to live and dare the rest of us to sound cruel when we say enough is enough. We play by all the rules, they play by none. Our community had to hire private security at our own cost to remove homeless encampments from our private property to keep the drugs and human waste out of our communities. They were using our yards as toilets, spreading disease, and the state wouldn't do anything."

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The state has no long-term solution for the homelessness issue. They seem to do raids when the encampments get too dangerous or the public health is at risk, then spend large amounts of money to clean it up and then reopen for the homeless to come back. This cycle repeats every year. Hawaii is under complete Democrat control, in case you were wondering.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: disgusting
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To: RightGeek

Not sure what the problem is? Hawaii pays out the highest welfare payments of any state in the country can’t those people living on 50K a year?


41 posted on 10/22/2017 6:29:40 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: Seaplaner

The USSC has determined that vagrancy isn’t a crime, so strong vagrancy laws are a bit difficult.


42 posted on 10/22/2017 6:34:10 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Damn straight! I think all the big cities that have homeless problems should just give them a one way ticket to Hawaii.

ALOHA !!


43 posted on 10/22/2017 6:38:35 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: MrEdd

Yes, and it started with Jerry Rivers (Geraldo Rivera) at Willowbrook State Hospital on Staten Island, NY in 1972. I was living on Staten Island at that time and they just released people who had nowhere to go and wound up homeless on the streets! Horrible.


44 posted on 10/22/2017 6:42:39 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama (Self Defense is a Basic Human Right!)
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To: yldstrk
The projects failed because it was government-subsidized with strict rules for landlords, like rent-control laws.

And I am not envisioning "projects," like in the Cabrini-Green sense. I am saying if property tax laws were reformed, and if local governments got out of the way of the landlords and there was no Section 8 housing or rent-control laws, then the market would respond by building beautiful residential towers.

And these towers don't have to be luxury types. They can be the non-descript towers you see all over China. Micro-apartments of 300 sq ft which is enough for the homeless to sleep and to s/s/s (s--t, shower, and shave) in the bathroom.

45 posted on 10/22/2017 6:48:44 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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To: RightGeek

Here the homeless invaded 2 parks...in Tampa, parks closes at sundown, but the homeless live in one. I say put all of the homeless on Palmyra Island. (I was thinking of an island near Alaska, but they wouldn’t survive. At least Palmyra would be warm, so they can take baths...)


46 posted on 10/22/2017 6:55:25 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is :-))
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To: RightGeek

This is why I stay home and don’t travel besides terror threats


47 posted on 10/22/2017 7:00:14 PM PDT by Citizen Soldier ("And I was born to pull turnips!" Demelza Poldark)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They would only do the first of the s-s-s.
Why would they bother with the second and third ones?


48 posted on 10/22/2017 8:46:42 PM PDT by Senormechanico
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To: SES1066

Didn’t mitch hang himself years ago in WDC?


49 posted on 10/22/2017 8:53:30 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: PGR88

Around Los Angeles there are many encampments.
Google: homeless in los angeles
Click on Images.

In Sepulvada Dam area there is a creek. Many homeless sleeping in the brush and trees. The water is filthy and there is trash everywhere in the creek.

The democrats have brought this. Meanwhile the gov’t workers get fat pensions and the rest of us high taxes and bad roads.


50 posted on 10/23/2017 3:50:40 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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