Don’t miss Stewart Yerton’s latest on the situation in the building at 1136 Union Mall, which was published Sunday morning (“Unofficial Security Guard Arrested At ‘Hell Hole’ Honolulu Office Building“). This is the first arrest at the building despite repeated allegations of assaults and thefts of property by Elijah McShane and at least two others acting as unlicensed security guards at the property.
Among the many other questions about the situation, are there penalties for using a property owner using unlicensed individuals acting as security guards?
Meanwhile, I spent much of yesterday trying to finalize the selection of photos for my annual calendars, and managed to make the final selections for two volumes of Kahala Morning Dogs and get them properly formatted.
Today I have to upload the photos and set up the calendars. Everyone who has a dog in the calendar receives a copy os a gift, and a handful of people order additional copies. Those should be available within a day or two. I’ll post a link when they’re ready.
Click on either cover photo to see the featured dogs!
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On the subject of rentals what makes sense is a re-write the landlord tenant code. Make all rentals month to month. This way, living there is always at the pleasure of both parties. Or, you can have longer leases to show intent but either party has the right to give 60 days notice. This is actually how it used to be, and there were fewer problems. Importantly, it also avoids litigation.
We definitely need a re-write. There are major shortcomings on both sides. The current code doesn’t recognize the condition and complexity of Hawaii’s rental market. I can’t think of anywhere else that has the confluence of government, immigrant, environmental, military, indigenous, ultra-wealth, just-plain-wealth, middle-class, lower-class, racial, and ethnic influences. Maybe Puerto Rico or Guam on a much smaller scale?
Perhaps you can expand on the way in which those factors play out in landlord-tenant situations, and in what ways Hawaii is different in this respect from most other parts of the US? It would make an interesting discussion starter in a post here. If you’re interested in a guest post like this, just let me know! Or leave a comment and I’ll get back to you by email.