Businessman, Protestors Clash At Kauai River
There was a confrontation on Monday on Kauai between protestors and a businessman who tried to launch a tour boat at the mouth of the Hanalei River.
Protestors with signs went to the river Monday morning to demonstrate against Na Pali Explorer. The company was apparently prepared to launch a 38-foot boat to take visitors to the Na Pali Coast.
"We asked him, 'Show us the permit. Show us your permit.' He came out. He waved a 1987 permit. We showed him where in the permit he is not allowed to have these boats exit from this boatyard, and that's about where it left," said Carl Imparato of the Hanalei Community Association.
Police were on hand to keep the protest orderly. The boat did not launch.
The controversy over running tours out of the Hanalei River has been ongoing since the 1980s and 90s.
Protestors with signs went to the river Monday morning to demonstrate against Na Pali Explorer. The company was apparently prepared to launch a 38-foot boat to take visitors to the Na Pali Coast.
"We asked him, 'Show us the permit. Show us your permit.' He came out. He waved a 1987 permit. We showed him where in the permit he is not allowed to have these boats exit from this boatyard, and that's about where it left," said Carl Imparato of the Hanalei Community Association.
Police were on hand to keep the protest orderly. The boat did not launch.
The controversy over running tours out of the Hanalei River has been ongoing since the 1980s and 90s.
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