06-16-2012, 12:12 PM
Golly, James. You're starting to sound like a politician, hedging your bets. While I disagree with some of Rob's badgering (and yes, that's what it was IMHO,) I don't think it's too much to expect a straight answer.
I don't have a personal or political horse in the Pahoa race, as some of the proponents and opponents of this rezoning do. It just seems to me that rezoning that area commercial makes sense in terms of the village center concept in particular and the need for more business opportunities in Puna in general. If some of the naysayers are worried about getting a McD's or something else they find aesthetically undesirable, they need to get busy and enact a design or historic district with architectural guidelines. The fact that the property may be sold is irrelevant. Isn't it true that any property owner in Pahoa has the right to sell and that the zoning designation goes along with it?
I don't have a personal or political horse in the Pahoa race, as some of the proponents and opponents of this rezoning do. It just seems to me that rezoning that area commercial makes sense in terms of the village center concept in particular and the need for more business opportunities in Puna in general. If some of the naysayers are worried about getting a McD's or something else they find aesthetically undesirable, they need to get busy and enact a design or historic district with architectural guidelines. The fact that the property may be sold is irrelevant. Isn't it true that any property owner in Pahoa has the right to sell and that the zoning designation goes along with it?