04-04-2020, 07:50 AM
the "band together" thing would be impossible for HPPOA.
Which is exactly why I'm so disappointed in HPP: it has the population, demographics, and size necessary to form a township -- and even if incorporation fails, it would force several issues and get County to pay attention. WIth any luck, other subdivisions would join the bandwagon or be inspired to start their own process.
Puna continues to be shortchanged by an obsolete top-down one-size-fits-all governance model -- and "they" will keep getting away with it so long as the subdivisions continue to believe that each one of them is different and special, reinventing their own wheel because nobody else has these specific problems.
I have little hope for the upcoming mayoral election: whoever we elect will say nice things about Puna and then promptly forget that constituents live there.
Semi-related: anyone else notice how Chung's $100M bond issue mentions "Puna connectivity/emergency access" on the to-do list? I'm betting the most we get is fresh asphalt on the 8 Road PEAR -- new capacity being "far too expensive".
Hawaii ... living the scam.
Which is exactly why I'm so disappointed in HPP: it has the population, demographics, and size necessary to form a township -- and even if incorporation fails, it would force several issues and get County to pay attention. WIth any luck, other subdivisions would join the bandwagon or be inspired to start their own process.
Puna continues to be shortchanged by an obsolete top-down one-size-fits-all governance model -- and "they" will keep getting away with it so long as the subdivisions continue to believe that each one of them is different and special, reinventing their own wheel because nobody else has these specific problems.
I have little hope for the upcoming mayoral election: whoever we elect will say nice things about Puna and then promptly forget that constituents live there.
Semi-related: anyone else notice how Chung's $100M bond issue mentions "Puna connectivity/emergency access" on the to-do list? I'm betting the most we get is fresh asphalt on the 8 Road PEAR -- new capacity being "far too expensive".
Hawaii ... living the scam.