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Just like Pinkston, Mike Serpa is represented by attorney Ian Jung (he represented them both). Ian worked for the County of Kauaʻi, overseeing the Planning Commission and Planning Department. He knows the ins and outs of these permits and actually filled out Mike Serpa’s permit application himself! He left out a property purposely on the application knowing it would trigger more over site by County. His project photo included the property he did not include on the permit application. When we called him out on this he went back to planning and was allowed to submit a “supplemental application” where he added in the left out property as a “future phase” - he knew he was caught. The saddest part in this Planning Department knew what he was up to and they still approved this project. We also had the County Chief Engineer Michael Moule at this community meeting. He was standing outside trying to tell people it was a good project and to support it, total conflict of interest. This same engineer was part of a consulting firm that was hired by the County to plan the road work happening in Kōloa/Poipu currently. The County approached him while working for this consulting firm and asked him to come work for them! He moved from California and is now our chief engineer, he has approved numerous developments engineering plans, including Pinkston’s and Serpa’s. #ka#kauaio#corruptgovernmenta#savekoloa

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Serpa and SK Investors are building what they have termed as “GAP housing”. It is a commercial development without any government regulation, with homes that will sell at a price point selected by the developer. The 148 units, per the developers current projected retail price, will result in nearly $100,000,000 in gross revenue. There will be no parks, no yards, no gardens. Rather, people will be packed into dense units, at least 16 housing units per acre. This is not Kauai. Many of us thought the 60 unit complex built by Serpa behind Koloa Village was complete. For those who travel through Koloa Town, it was only a little over half built when he applied to the Planning Commission to add another 148 units across the street. Currently, parking is almost non existent in Koloa because our current government administration allowed Serpa to meet his parking needs for the Koloa Village development by using street parking that is intended for the public. He only provides one parking place per unit and most housing units on Kauai have at least two cars. Now with all of Koloa’s street parking used for Koloa Village owner’s second car, there is not only a dire shortage in the planned parking for the 148 units but no residual parking in Koloa for the 200 plus cars those 148 units are certain to add to Koloa Town. Our Appeal will be heard August 12, 2026 at 1:30 pm, by the Fifth Circuit Judge Stephanie R.S. Char. She replaces Judge Watanabe who recently retired. On May 4, 2026, we filed a Motion to Stay on any construction on the new 148 unit complex until the Court can hear our challenge to what we believe is an unlawful Project Development Use Permit issued by the Kauai County Planning Commission February 24, 2026. August 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM for the next hearing, Lihue courthouse. Come join us and show your support

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RIP Haunani-Kay Trask ❤️ #manawahine