07-10-2010, 05:46 PM
I sure hope Bob doesn't get to shut down his orphanage and build his hazardous waste facility here in Puna. That said, my own anecdotal experience regarding the attitudes here vis a vis the police is not too far removed from Bob's. I think a lot of folks here don't want the cops snooping around, and I think it is perfectly reasonable for the police to have noticed that fact. However, I also think that there are pockets where the attitude is changing. So Puna is evolving maybe, and James is only territorial because he wants to represent the people who do in fact live here. No harm there, as long as he continues to listen to his constituency, as we evolve from hippes and survivalists into something hopefully more sophisticated in the years to come. (Assuming of course, that he wins... Good luck James!)