Nicholas said: a public enity of either the county or state would be the most appropriate to provide water services to the people of Molokai. The mayors reply: It's a dangerous practice for local government to step in and take over operations of a private business. Mayor Tavares needs to act quickly to resolve this issue because it is and should always be the responsibility of government to provide and maintain the water reserves of the people of it's state. It should never have been in the hands of private ownership to begin with. So take the water rights and some of the land that go's with it and tell Nicholas to go back to wear ever he's from. Aloha and God Bless the people of Molokai.