selective "protection" against development

[kalakoa]

Despite lawsuits and massive cost overruns, HART is still being built.

Meanwhile, TMT is almost shut down, and Superferry is history; highway widening projects (Queen K, 130) are postponed.

The obvious answer is "State lives on Oahu", but I'm thinking there must be more to it.

[alaskyn66]

Maybe it's time for hawaii island to seperate from the rest of the state.

Legalize marijuana.profit from taxes.
State lottery .. profit
Tax dollars stay on island.

[punaticbychoice]

alaskyn66:
Maybe that kind of leverage might work?

[punaticbychoice]

kalakoa:
Not that much political and economic graft available from a non-profit scientific that benefits us all
than from a gold mine of corruption like HART.

[kalakoa]

http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...g-facility

Fixing the drainage will require lots of cut/fill which is a desecration of the land.

Where's the outrage?