05-30-2012, 03:09 AM
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Originally posted by Rob Tucker
opponents to PMAR which have kinda of united in opposition. Shipman Ltd in Keaau, Hawaiian Homelands in Panaewa and James Weatherford with his HPP PMAR committee. These three have written the governor making various arguments against PMAR proposals which don't yet exist.
It appears that the state is now sending the money to Kauai instead.
This is not accurate. Why would someone motivate someone to do so much misrepresentation?
Anyway, the HPPOA PMAR committee was formed by the membership of HPPOA. Chaired by Jerry Carr, with 5 other HPP property owners, including myself, as committee members. It is not a committee of one person and its actions are those of consensus among all committee members based on considerable information gathering. This committee never opposed PMAR. The position taken is that the County was not able or willing to provide sufficient information about what was intended, and asked the Governor to defer releasing funds for and EIS. The committee asked the county to spend money that it already has appropriated for the purpose of scoping the project first. That is, start at the beginning.
Is there verifiable information -- not just one person's statement about hearsay -- that these funds have been used elsewhere?