09-03-2010, 05:57 AM
Thanks for the perspective Frankie,
Friends of Puna's Future (FoPF) has never been against amending the PCDP in practical ways. We have been opposed to the effort in 2008 to ram 59 amendments through in four days and against Yoshimoto's Bill 194 and the method of bundling 84 amendments into one fat sausage.
Both methods were designed to defeat or minimize community input.
I am not particularly upset by the current events with council regarding the PCDP. The council majority is very inefficient and bad at what they do.... it's taken two years to deal with Shipman's amendments and it could have taken three months back in 2009.
I suggest we all relax, concentrate on the upcoming elections, and plan on revisiting the PCDP issues in 2011.
Leithead-Todd, Shipman, Yoishimoto might actually think they are accomplishing something with Bill 194- and in fact they are - they are ensuring that the issues will not go away.
Friends of Puna's Future (FoPF) has never been against amending the PCDP in practical ways. We have been opposed to the effort in 2008 to ram 59 amendments through in four days and against Yoshimoto's Bill 194 and the method of bundling 84 amendments into one fat sausage.
Both methods were designed to defeat or minimize community input.
I am not particularly upset by the current events with council regarding the PCDP. The council majority is very inefficient and bad at what they do.... it's taken two years to deal with Shipman's amendments and it could have taken three months back in 2009.
I suggest we all relax, concentrate on the upcoming elections, and plan on revisiting the PCDP issues in 2011.
Leithead-Todd, Shipman, Yoishimoto might actually think they are accomplishing something with Bill 194- and in fact they are - they are ensuring that the issues will not go away.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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