11-22-2011, 06:56 AM
Manu - I work in Pahoa and spend a lot of time there every day. For many years Fred Blas has cleaned up Pahoa, gotten the road paved and striped, new crosswalks painted, etc. He not only does it personally, but brings in community service and supervises them. I know the Hawaiian man you are referring to and have never seen him pick up a piece of trash. And he does indeed loiter and sometimes verbally molest passersby because he has mental problems. I have seen all this with my own eyes on a very regular basis. Are you judging by something you saw on one day? If so, perhaps you did not fully understand the dynamic and are just filling in the gaps yourself.