Why are the helicopters flying? I thought the ‘Peaceful Sky Initiative’ was meant to end the police helicopters so why are they still flying?
Thank you for this question! The ordinance is very specific that this county shall NOT support any further funding of marijuana eradication. That means they cannot accept any funding. Nada! Zero! Zip! As of the posting of this entry (November 5, 2009, exactly a year since anniversary), the County have been notified that by accepting funding for the current round of ‘marijuana eradication’ helicopter over flights, they are in clear violation of the Hawaii County Ordinance 08-181 Additional comments added by Peaceful Sky Alliance in May 2010: It is important to be aware that while the County is not supposed to accept funding, it is possible that different state or Federal agencies will continue to fly. At the budget hearing March 30, the Police Chief Mr. Harry Kubojiri made the statement that there is no funding in the 2010-2011 budget allocated for Marijuana Eradication. We are aware however that Mayor Kenoi on January 22, 2010, sought permission to enter into an agreement with the Stat
