02-20-2010, 05:46 AM
Rob,
The land mass is the issue here, the County is far too big. Most issues never even go forward because folks won't bother.
We might as well be assuming the whole of the U.S. can be handled by one county. There's not enough time in session to address the issues properly in this county as a single county. Just traveling from Kona to Hilo to sit in a council session is impossible for most people. Government is to be attended to and it is not possible for everyone in the county of Hawaii to be attentive to it.
This is presicely why the bad representation occures. 2 potential seats to deal with issues that are best left to a whole county to deal with. It makes no sense to keep CoH single, not a lick of sense.
How much can one county handle? Let's get real here, think of how many miles of roadway alone are on this island.
E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa.
The land mass is the issue here, the County is far too big. Most issues never even go forward because folks won't bother.
We might as well be assuming the whole of the U.S. can be handled by one county. There's not enough time in session to address the issues properly in this county as a single county. Just traveling from Kona to Hilo to sit in a council session is impossible for most people. Government is to be attended to and it is not possible for everyone in the county of Hawaii to be attentive to it.
This is presicely why the bad representation occures. 2 potential seats to deal with issues that are best left to a whole county to deal with. It makes no sense to keep CoH single, not a lick of sense.
How much can one county handle? Let's get real here, think of how many miles of roadway alone are on this island.
E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa.