07-31-2012, 08:19 AM
Mr. Carr, thank you for your input. I wonder, however, for the 70+ who sued and "won" by settling out of court (claiming to be paid "millions of dollars"), be construed as a "successful suit"?
Many testified at council meetings that they were plaintiffs and got "settlements".
ORMAT/PGV paid the plaintiffs without any admission of fault as I understand the settlement agreement. Mere peanuts to ORMAT to quiet the angry, sick masses. They'd better get their checkbook out once again, as it seems to be the goal of the renewed anti geothermal group(s).
Unfortunately, we will have to wait for the facts of this whole thing to come out, and new health studies will take years. The information available from the Board of Health is not enough (for most people who have disdain for BOH), and the personal doctors of the people who claim illness have not confirmed the plant is the cause. It would have been a law suit for sure if they could!
Still waiting for the Mayor to bring the various entities together to the Puna community for further discussion. He promised he would at his meeting in Pahoa.
Too much misinformation, too many assumptions, and too many hidden agendas, which makes for a frustrated, divided community. Auwe! All just my opinion.
Many testified at council meetings that they were plaintiffs and got "settlements".
ORMAT/PGV paid the plaintiffs without any admission of fault as I understand the settlement agreement. Mere peanuts to ORMAT to quiet the angry, sick masses. They'd better get their checkbook out once again, as it seems to be the goal of the renewed anti geothermal group(s).
Unfortunately, we will have to wait for the facts of this whole thing to come out, and new health studies will take years. The information available from the Board of Health is not enough (for most people who have disdain for BOH), and the personal doctors of the people who claim illness have not confirmed the plant is the cause. It would have been a law suit for sure if they could!
Still waiting for the Mayor to bring the various entities together to the Puna community for further discussion. He promised he would at his meeting in Pahoa.
Too much misinformation, too many assumptions, and too many hidden agendas, which makes for a frustrated, divided community. Auwe! All just my opinion.