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RE: EA shouldn’t affect Puna buyout program - kander - 10-26-2021
(10-26-2021, 06:14 PM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: I wonder if the geothermal people are having a voice in that.Not sure where you figured I was poking fingers.
I wonder if having your home and property buried under 50 feet of lava isn't a bigger problem than occasional steam from PGV. But sure, let's keep pointing the finger at a rare local source of something we on Big Island consume and don't have to import, that's renewable to boot.
RE: EA shouldn’t affect Puna buyout program - AaronM - 10-27-2021
You would hard pressed to find a competent lawyer in Hawaii willing to take on the County in a takings lawsuit.
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Regarding the lack of 'sunshine' during this process - where is the unused money that was given by the Feds to rebuild our roads going?
According to the County - "FEMA funds not used for restoring particular infrastructure will be used to support alternate projects in Puna" - Douglas Le
No transparency on what exactly those "alternative projects" are. What could possibly be a better usage of FEMA money than allowing residents to access their land?