We need to act by Monday at 8 a.m. to save the stairs. View this email in your browser "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr. Friends of Haʻikū Stairs is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to preserving Haiku Stairs and its environment for current and future generations.



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Council

Calls are the most effective action, but whether you call or email, please act by Monday, March 25 at 8 a.m.





Find your district



District 1 - Kymberly Marcos Pine

(808) 768-5001

kmpine@honolulu.gov



District 2 - Ernest Y. Martin

(808) 768-5002

emartin@honolulu.gov



District 3 - Ikaika Anderson

(808) 768-5003

ianderson@honolulu.gov



District 4 - Stanley Chang

(808) 768-5004

ccldistrict4@honolulu.gov



District 5 - Ann Kobayashi

(808) 768-5005

akobayashi@honolulu.gov



District 6 - Carol Fukunaga

(808) 768-5006

cafukunaga@honolulu.gov



District 7 - Joey Manahan

(808) 768-5007

jmanahan@honolulu.gov



District 8 - Breene Harimoto

(808) 768-5008

bharimoto@honolulu.gov



District 9 - Ron Menor

(808) 768-5009

rmenor@honolulu.gov



Not living on Oahu?

Contact Ikaika Anderson

(808) 768-5003

ianderson@honolulu.gov Dear Friends of Haʻikū Stairs,



The City is holding a meeting on Monday, March 25 at 10:30 a.m. to discuss Haʻikū Stairs (Stairway to Heaven) and the three primary options for its future:



1. Remove the stairs (or some portion of the stairs).

2. Open the stairs (managed access or otherwise).

3. Do nothing and continue demolition by neglect.



Those who want the stairs demolished will be there. In force.



If you and I are not there to support saving the stairs, the next hearing will likely be about demolition permits. If only a handful of us show up, we could stop demolition, but the city will continue the demolition by neglect.



Both of us will be at the meeting on Monday to support the future of Haʻikū Stairs. Can we count on you to be there with us?



If you can’t be there in person to testify, will you submit testimony in support of preservation by Monday at 8 a.m.? See more information below, and submit online.





Can you call your City Council member? (See list, right)





Can you ask one other person to do the same?



Together, we can turn the tide toward saving the stairs and pursuing options for public access.





Sincerely,





Vernon Ansdell, M.D. Jill Byus Radke

President Vice President

vernon@haikustairs.org jill@haikustairs.org Attend the meeting

Monday, March 25, 2013, 10:30 a.m.

Honolulu Hale Map

Committee Meeting Room Metered parking available at the municipal lot off Alapai Street and South Beretania Street



See agenda Register to testify in person

Register on‑line at http://www1.honolulu.gov/council/attnspkparks.htm ; or call 768-3816. Submit written testimony

If you are unable to make the meeting, you can fax your written testimony to 768-3827 or e-mail to If you are unable to make the meeting, you can fax your written testimony to 768-3827 or e-mail to http://www1.honolulu.gov/council/emailparks.htm