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.....will never open.
According to today's TH, the contractor is suing him for for about 338K. The article says that Ha's plans have now been "pushed back." In the article, Ha sounds rather blase' about the situation. Meanwhile, medical MJ patients on the east side must continue to wait. Remember, not everyone lives in an area where they can grow their own.
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State dispensary licensing board, meet county building permit department:
One of the issues is the county’s (building permit) system went down and it’s hard to say when they’re going to be back up. We’re hoping they get back up soon.
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2018...onpayment/
Portion of Hawaii’s drinking water that comes from underground wells : 9/10
Gallons of raw sewage that leak into the ground from Hawaii cesspools each day : 53,000,000 - Harper's Index
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Federal restrictions will be loosened before a dispensary opens on the Big Island.
State will cling to prohibition.
Patients are irrelevant. Think of the poor investors, and the licensees who have now paid $175K for the privilege ... of paying $175K.
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He'll get a bail-out from Woody Harrelson. Maybe the lawsuit is just a requirement of the insurance company to secure their interests.
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The building should have been completed a long time ago, but no hurry since you can't sell anything yet because no testing facility. But of course he has to pay the license fees or he loses the right to....um....deal with this BS? Building Dept. holding him up, State holding him up, contractor holding him up, contractor suing for payment........is this just the first in a series of lawsuits to be filed?
It would be so easy to pick out the best model from the states that are managing it successfully and profitably and follow that model. Instead we have a comedy of dysfunction.
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It would be so easy to pick out the best model from
Hawaii has to invent its own way, for everything, each and every time. It's slower and more expensive -- but it creates jobs for "certain people", which is necessary because, you know, they are owed a salary+benefits+pension.
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It's slower and more expensive -- but it creates jobs for "certain people"
Which can cause pain and unidentifiable suffering in other people, all symptoms that in the long term may benefit dispensary sales.
Portion of Hawaii’s drinking water that comes from underground wells : 9/10
Gallons of raw sewage that leak into the ground from Hawaii cesspools each day : 53,000,000 - Harper's Index
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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The lack of a dispensary on Hawaii Island is not the fault of the State - all the other islands have their dispensaries up and running (Oahu has three). This is a clear look into the complete and utter dysfunction of the Hawaii County government at many levels. As with many things, it's faster & easier to fly to a neighbor island than to wait for Hilo to distinguish their azz from a puka.
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If I get bad enough with my illness that I need pot to lesson the pain, I'll go to a pusher. Especially after the little incident with medical pot users and the State Cheie of Police.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Jon in Keaau/HPP
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The lack of a dispensary on Hawaii Island is not the fault of the State
Let's pretend that everything is free-market and that neither State nor County are contributing to the problem. Apply the following oversimplified view:
Test lab will exist where there is profit to be made
Profit is a function volume
Volume is impled by market size.
By this logic, it's not surprising that Oahu has dispensaries given the population (nearly a million people). Nor is it surprising that Maui has dispensaries for its population of about 150K. Strangely, the Big Island has more population than Maui, yet no dispensaries.
It's almost as if someone, somewhere decided that the Big Island market would not make enough money to be worth the effort.
Yet, people like Richard Ha are willing to buy licenses and pay construction and lease costs in hopes that they will someday be allowed to profit.
Remember, not everyone lives in an area where they can grow their own.
Those people should have considered that before deciding to live there, right?
