MauiNews
Officials in Hawaii want a famed, off-limits stairway hike to be permanently closed.
The Honolulu City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to remove the Haiku Stairs, also known as the Stairway to Heaven, Hawaii Public Radio reports.
The popular trail has been officially closed for decades, but people often trespass to bypass security measures and access the hike.
The city council voted unanimously in support of a non-binding resolution that asks Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi to make the final decision to remove the stairway. More
More background about the Haiku stairs Here
Assholes… So typical. Bet all the rich people will still get access to it though. That’s how all things are working now.
Sounds as though most of the taxpayer expenses are generated by enforcement. Open it up and request donations. Simple
Looks to me like some corrupt builders want some cheap building lots.
This land belongs to the politicians. Now shut up and pay your taxes. (Everybody thinks they can live like a Zuckerberg)๐
Can we get Jimmy Page to opine on this one?
SO backwards. Put a gate/turnstile at the entrance. Sign a waiver, “there are no city/county/state people or facilities here in case you’re hurt. YOU pay for whatever rescue is sent to save yer ass. otherwise yer on yer own. sign here. aloha. have fun & be careful.” Pay an admission. Have ticket punched as you go thru the turnstile (souvenir). Tourists climb stairs. Tourists have fun – legally. City/county/state is absolved of responsibility if something happens, they make money, win-win-win.
But that’s too easy, too common sense, puts the lawyers & politicians out of work (damn!)
Amend waiver, “YOU or your estate will pay for whatever rescue is sent to save yer ass or recover your carcass.”
Where’s Chalupa when you need him? This post just screams for a parody.
Meanwhile, the beaches of Oahu are overrun with homeless people. Where is the concern for what THAT costs the taxpayers?
Since Libtardland Hawaii has no confederate statues to remove…
Well, I can scratch that one off the bucket list. ๐
And thatโs where we are now. Nothing thrilling; nothing exhilarating. Everything must be perfectly safe and boring for everyone all of the time. We canโt have anyone doing anything outside of the protective bubble now, can we?
There’s a lady who knows . . .
Mr. Ballen on Youtube had a story about these stairs. I believe it was listed under the heading “places you can’t go but people went anyway”. His stories don’t often end well for the subject.
The land the stairway is built upon seems to be held in trust for the actual Hawaiian people. It was built by the navy in 1940 to access a radio station and it seems, after the war it was turned over to the Coast Guard who is tired of kicking trespassers off.
Anyway, the trust doesn’t seem to have a position on the stairway, though I would imagine it would not object to its removal.
Stairway to Heaven
Coming down so you can’t walk
Haiku is no more