Ian Lind has been writing about Hawaii and politics for many years now. In the last few years, he has written a number of articles about condominium associations. I first met Ian when he was the Executive Director of Common Cause/Hawaii and I was a volunteer. As an aside, other people involved with Hawaii condominiums that were affiliated with Common Cause/Hawaii include CPA, Jonathan Carr, attorney Marie Riley and architect Jim Reinhardt.

In his September 18, 2007 article, he writes about a legal advice column in the Star Bulletin about grandfathering pets. Ian correctly points out the mistake in the column. It is not up to each condominium association to implement the rules and guidelines regarding grandfathering of pets. The law requires that condominium associations permit unit owners to replace their pets upon the death of the pet as long as the owner lives in the project. Those of us that have been around for a while will remember that this law was one of the ones that was pushed through the legislature by former Senator Steve Cobb.