Shaka Doug
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This just in from David Dorn of Action Sports who's working on his current situation with the County of Maui Parks and Recreation Department:
Parks director bypasses regulatory review board.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
More bad news for water sports instructors on Maui
Parks Director Tamara Horcajo has decided to bypass the recommendations of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB). Mrs Horcajo said she will rewrite the Park’s Departments Administrative CORA Rules without further discussions with the CORA operators, and she also threatens to take them directly to a Public Hearing, without first taking them to the Review board for approval.
This goes directly against the recommendations made by the SBRRB review board on Oahu last week. The Small Business Regulatory Board is appointed by the Governor to be the watchdog of government overregulation of Small Businesses.
This cavalier attitude and disregard for the Board’s directives demonstrates Mrs Horcajo’s unwillingness to work with the schools to create fair and workable rules.
NOTE: I have just been in contact with our SCUBA CORA Working Group Leaders and they assure me that we are actually making positive progress. They have said that we are in negotiation with the Parks Departmant and that the latest revised rules have NOT been written yet. This can be taken as "Good News". Until we see what the new rules are, I would have to say it may be a little early to get too worried about the outcome. I am watching this issue very closely and am asking that all those interested do as well. For now, we have to sit back and take a "wait and see" attitude. Sorry for sounding any false alarms...we are not out of the woods yet so let's be cautious until we see what comes next. Thank You, Doug.
Parks director bypasses regulatory review board.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
More bad news for water sports instructors on Maui
Parks Director Tamara Horcajo has decided to bypass the recommendations of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB). Mrs Horcajo said she will rewrite the Park’s Departments Administrative CORA Rules without further discussions with the CORA operators, and she also threatens to take them directly to a Public Hearing, without first taking them to the Review board for approval.
This goes directly against the recommendations made by the SBRRB review board on Oahu last week. The Small Business Regulatory Board is appointed by the Governor to be the watchdog of government overregulation of Small Businesses.
This cavalier attitude and disregard for the Board’s directives demonstrates Mrs Horcajo’s unwillingness to work with the schools to create fair and workable rules.
NOTE: I have just been in contact with our SCUBA CORA Working Group Leaders and they assure me that we are actually making positive progress. They have said that we are in negotiation with the Parks Departmant and that the latest revised rules have NOT been written yet. This can be taken as "Good News". Until we see what the new rules are, I would have to say it may be a little early to get too worried about the outcome. I am watching this issue very closely and am asking that all those interested do as well. For now, we have to sit back and take a "wait and see" attitude. Sorry for sounding any false alarms...we are not out of the woods yet so let's be cautious until we see what comes next. Thank You, Doug.