This story is a trifecta of progressive outrage. An Obama insider is erecting a sea-level compound in a heavily-native-Hawiann community. The developer needs an old seawall repaired to protect their investment, but such projects are banned – just not for them.
The shoreline permit, issued by Honolulu’s Department of Planning and Permitting on Monday, clears the way for the controversial multimillion-dollar renovation of a century-old seawall in the heavily Native Hawaiian community of Waimanalo.
Under state and county laws, such projects are typically banned. Scientists and environmental experts say seawalls are the primary cause of beach loss throughout the state, and officials expect older ones to fall into obsolescence.
But the property owners, including Marty Nesbitt, chair of the Obama Foundation, argued they needed an exemption to protect the sprawling compound they are building in eastern Oahu.
While the 100-year mean rise in sea level for Oahu is listed at 3.11 mm/year, the sea level trend for the past fifty years has been flat except for a bump that has since become a downward trend.
Wait. I know. You have to protect it from your narrative.
After Barry and Shelly bought the multi-million-dollar Martha’s Vineyard manse, the credibility of the rising seas scare has been a harder sell. Gotta get that sea wall rebuilt, even if it means calling in a favor from His Excellency, Barack I, to get the local government to ignore native land interests, the “primary policy of the city to protect and preserve the natural shoreline, especially sandy beaches,” and their local prohibitions.
Friend of Barack I, so, proceed.
Oh, and seawalls in Hawaii are directly connected to beach erosion (it’s not your SUV) and limiting public access to the shoreline.
The consequences are stark. Oahu has already lost about a quarter of its beaches to seawalls, which essentially cause beaches to drown. Future projections are more dire, with scientists warning that most of Hawaii’s beaches could be lost if hundreds of homes, condos, hotels and roads that line the coasts aren’t moved inland.
One of the developers is Barry’s buddy, and Barry is like a son of Hawaii, so that’s that. Screw the locals and the environment.
I’m not surprised by any of it but will anyone center left see this for what it is? This is how the Left will rule if they ever achieve their one-party state. All that garbage about protecting the planet or the people disappears once they don’t need you anymore.