"Let's be smart about lawn maintenance and politicians..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen' ( Kimo's world's #254)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer

 and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama Da Dog!

Blog #2007~Kimo's world's #254

Let's be smart about lawn maintenance and politicians

Why in the year 2018 with all the  environmental laws on emissions are lawnmowers,weed-whackers

 and weed blowers still so loud that the operators of these machines use commercial  ear muffs designed for shooting ranges and airport maintenance workers.?

It is common here in Hawaii to live in condos or apartment complexes with multiple units that exceed 100 or more units.
When the ground maintenance come it's like a war zone every 2 weeks. Tenants cannot talk on their phones or even watch TV since the noise levels are deafening.  The noise levels exceed rock concert decibel levels at times.

What would be so hard as for the law to require mufflers on sit-down and push lawn mowers, weed whackers, weed blowers and all other

yard maintenance equipment? Motor vehicles on our nations highways and roads have requirements for noise and emissions why not our lawn maintenance equipment that comes within inches of our homes?

It seems somewhat hypocritical that the operators of these machines use hearing muffs and or ear plugs but expect the tenants where they are working to endure the noise with their naked ears. The exhaust can also be hard to handle for many especially the elderly and those with  breathing impairments.  

Did you know that one gas powered leaf blower operating for 30 minutes puts out more emissions than a car traveling 2,000 miles?
------On Banning Leaf Blowers-New York Times-----
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/realestate/on-banning-on-leaf-blowers.html
The noise of lawn mowers drives me crazy, or should I say crazier. I was once at an open air restaurant and they

decided to cut the lawn at peek lunch hour, everybody had a hard time talking to place their orders. I could not have a conversation with my luncheon date either. That was the last time I frequented that restaurant.

Technology has come a long way with 'Smart phones,' 'Smart TV's' and Smart devices in general! It's time for Smart lawn equipment that doesn't make noise, or pollute--- however first we need Smart politicians to make this all happen!

-Kapaa sunrise-
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Photo, James "Kimo" Rosen

Hana Hou, (Encore)

"Hoʻomaikaʻi, Mazel Tov,(Congratulations) Mel Rapozo, and Derek Kawakami-Plus-Affordable housing an oxymoron in Hawaii-And in case you missed it, Mayor Carvalho will be sorely missed..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #253)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer

 and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama Da Dog!

Blog #2006~Kimo's world's #253

-Hoʻomaikaʻi,  Mazel Tov, (Congratulations) Mel Rapozo, and Derek Kawakami- 
Plus 
'Affordable housing an oxymoron in Hawaii' ---- And in case you missed it, 'Mayor Carvalho will be sorely missed'

 The primary elections are pau, terminado,  completed in the 50th state.

Mel Rapozo talks story with
James "Kimo" Rosen...
Congratulations Mel!

The top  2 finishers in the mayoral race  are going on to the general election.

I am proud to say two guys  both of whom I  consider friends and men of integrity  made it to the general election in November.

Monica and Derek Kawakami with
James "Kimo" Rosen
at the 2015 Taste of Hawaii.
Congratulations Derek!

This will be a difficult race for many to vote and most will keep their voice behind the privacy curtain in the  voting booth.

I say friendship aside, vote for the person whom you feel would make Kauai function best! I tell my friends pretend Kauai is your own personal business and you are hiring a CEO to manage and be the CEO for

Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho in yellow
and councilman and mayoral candidate
Derek Kawakami in blue on the right
both enjoying themselves at a recent
'Taste of Hawaii.' We are sorry to report
Mayor Carvalho did not win the primary bid to
run for Lt. Governor, however we know  there's a reason for everything
and that the Lord works in mysterious ways. Bigger things are in
store for Mayor Bernard Carvalho!
Again Congratulations to Councilman Kawakami
and Council-chair Mel Rapozo
for making it to the general election to run for Mayor
of the Garden Island...

your company, who would you trust your business with to prosper and make money, who would you trust your checking account with?  It doesn't matter who you would rather have a beer or talk story with, although that is important , however not the objective.

Kaua'i is a magical place and will take a special
person to fill the shoes of the mayor's job,
especially since it is rumored Mayor Carvalho
 wears a size 13  shoe. May the best man win! 

Remember driving is  out of control with bumper to bumper gridlock and when you do manage to gain momentum on the open road you will most likely be tailgated, nobody on Kauai seems to follow  the simple rule of one car length for each  10 miles per hour...

Everyday new trucks and cars are sold on Kauai. Everyday at least one new driver comes of age. Every day more and more visitors arrive. Everyday new people move to our island to call it home bringing more trucks, cars, boats and motorcycles over crowding our few roads ever more.

According  to the Kauai  County website;  Kauai only hosts  235 miles of paved roadways and 40 miles of unpaved roadways.

It's time Kauai's next mayor take the bull by the horns, traffic gridlock cannot continue. There is also a desperate need for affordable housing(my favorite oxymoron)

How can housing be affordable in Hawaii, it's like the phrase Jumbo shrimp.

(Check the P.S. blog below)

Mazel Tov, Hoʻomaikaʻi,  Congratulations to Council chair Mel Rapozo and Councilman Derek Kawakami for making it to the General election, now the real work begins.

Kauai is a magical place and will take a special person to fill the big shoes of the mayor's job, especially since it is rumored Mayor Carvalho wears a size 13  shoe.  May the best man win! 

In case you missed it, read;
 "Mayor Carvalho will be sorely missed!"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2017/05/mayor-carvalho-will-be-sorely-missed.html

And another blog you must read, I predicted this race over a year ago
and wrote about it October 23,2017.
'Mayoral race to be real cliffhanger' 
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2017/10/mayoral-race-to-be-cliffhanger-james.html

P.S.

Affordable housing an oxymoron in Hawaii 

 Affordable housing is number 1 on many political agendas with the upcoming elections.

Here on Kauai where a fixer upper home in a not so good section of the island can set you back A half million or more.  

There is an affordable housing development under construction in Hanamaulu on Kauai where the sign reads, affordable units starting at $400,000. Believe or not that’s for a duplex, a half of a house!

Affordable housing to  me is like a Jumbo shrimp, it is an Oxymoron , how can a shrimp be jumbo or housing in Hawaii be affordable?

The elections are coming in November and promises will be made by politicians, but will these promises be met for affordable housing by these 'honest politicians,' another oxymoron!

Let the 'honest politicians' promise you 'affordable housing' while they wine and dine you on 'Jumbo shrimp!" They will make (more oxymoron's) 'bitter sweet' promises being 'seriously funny' as we all 'agreed to disagree'  in a 'love hate relationship ' as we remain 'clearly confused about the craziness of 2 words, affordable housing.

Hana Hou, (Encore)

"Hatriotism,"No MAGA Hat Needed and "Governor Ige and others do not speak at Korean war veterans memorial..,.""Plus believe ir not, ~" Donald Trump worshiped as a God by Indian village"~ 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #252)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer

 and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama Da Dog!

This blog also ran as as a opinion article in the
August 13,2018 edition of the Garden Island news!
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2018/08/13/opinion/letter-for-monday-august-13-2018/

Blog #2005~Kimo's world's #252

Hatriotism,"No MAGA Hat Needed~Governor Ige and others  do not speak at Korean war veterans memorial.
Plus~Donald Trump worshiped as a God by Indian village~

I had decided to run a social experiment, then blog about it and hopefully have it published in a prominent publication. 
I would go into 6 business’s

at random donning my Make America Great again hat---recording the results, did they ask me to leave, did they put ex-lax in my food, did they throw profanities my way, or did they say, right on? 

The experiment had not even begun when I was sitting at

my favorite fast food establishment talking story and politics with none other than  the Garden island's advocacy and watchdog columnist and good friend Jerome Freitas, AKA "Da Shadow."

We were both talking  local politics on how we both believe Mel Rapozo would be the best mayor for Kauai when the subject

"Da Shadow" at a recent
Kauai county council
meeting testifying with
county watchdog Glenn Mickens
deep in thought! 

shifted to none other than 45, Potus, "The Donald." Shadow was saying unemployment is down, stock market is up.  I'm saying, the market closed at a six month high, unheard of 5% GDP being projected. Higher 18 month approval rating than any other president in history---along with  an unheard of peace on the Korean Peninsula and the start of bringing home the

remains of soldiers lost in battle from the Korean war...And out of nowhere some stranger sitting a few seats away starts a kerfuffle about how the Republican party itself is not for the common people, only the rich, and how could we even like Trump.  He began the rant and tirade and new mantra of the Left   "Shame on you."  

This left winger did not know us from atom, yet had the audacity to come into our conversation and start an  altercation. He started downloading all kinds of fake news on his smart phone while using the free WiFi at this fast food establishment. Crying you know Trump is going to take your Social security and  Medicaid.

I thought to myself, I'm not even wearing my

"MAGA"  (Make America Great Again) hat and I had a total stranger going postal on us. Roseanne Barr refers to this

as "Hatriotism.(sic)" I also thought  to myself, I sure wish I had a crystal ball to read into the future like this person  with Trump Derangement Syndrome who never got over Hillary losing the election.




The Shadow's advise to me was in his island style pidgin "Bruddah, U need body-guard,and body-cam if you wear dat hat in dakine, otherwise you no safe."

dakinetalk blog endorses
Mel Rapozo as Kauai's
next Mayor!

Da Shadow is a wise man and I am heeding his words not only about  'Hatriotism' (sic) but to remember to get out and vote. 

Please Vote Mel Rapozo!

Read why Mel Rapozo was chosen as dakinetalk blog's person of the year!
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2017/12/cosmic-kauais-dakinetalks-person-of.html
Also Read a very special tribute to Mel, "A proposal to vote for Mel Rapozo!"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-proposal-to-vote-for-mel-rapozo-james.html

Da Shadow has a proposal,
"for all to vote for Mel Rapozo!"

Governor Ige and others do not speak at Korean war veterans memorial

A beautiful touching ceremony on August 1, 2018 that brought the remains of American war veterans killed in the Korean war to Hawaii's Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam draped in American flag based caskets. Vice president Pence came to pay respects and lead the ceremony.

Vice President Mike Pence pays respects
to fallen Korean war veterans after 6 decades.
Where was the Hawaii delegation? This was a time
for America to stand united and push partisan politics
aside. Please remember this when voting.

 I was somewhat dismayed that our Governor and  other high ranking officials were there however not part of the ceremony. Whether they chose not to partake or were not invited to partake is the question? I can only assume they chose to not participate since there is so much hate and criticism  constantly spewed at the Trump-Pence administration.  This was not the time to play partisan politics especially with an election only a week away. I hope I am missing  something, it would had been nice see a united bipartisan stand with both sides participating in such a touching ceremony.

P.S. (believe it or not!)
Donald Trump worshiped as a God by Indian village

   A video has surfaced of U.S. President Donald Trump being worshiped as a deity by a group of Indians. That may be a form of praise even The Don himself wouldn’t approve of, and moreover, there was little reason given as to why these Hindus are convinced that The Donald is Divine.
   Trump supporters in the U.S. may have very strong and vocal reasons for why they support their President, but it’s uncertain why Indians have a reason to worship him, nor has Donald Trump seemed to comment on his new worshipers.
For a crazy ludicrous YouTube video click on link below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmmOm1b5mqk
Article and video
http://theduran.com/donald-trump-worshiped-as-a-god-by-indian-village/

Hana Hou, (Encore)

Economy is great. Unemployment lowest ever
 for blacks and non white women.
 No more rockets fired over Japan.
The main stream media will never report this,
President Trump donated his $400K salary
 for the restoration of military cemeteries.
Thank you President Trump for giving American families
 hope again to make America great again.