08-07-2013, 03:02 AM
Carol's excellent writeup begs the question yet again: why do we ("Hawaii County") continue to tolerate opaque "policy leadership" from Oahu?
There are some who think California should be divided into three states; the north, central, and south are so completely different that the statewide "one-size-fits-all" policies simply cannot be applied equally. I see the same problems here: Honolulu is "the big city" (well, the only city), and their agenda doesn't really fit the life we have out here "in the country".
The current DOE shenanigans (to put it gently) are not the first example of this, nor will they be the last. Inter-island power cable, anyone? How about some "state-wide" GMO legislation?
There are some who think California should be divided into three states; the north, central, and south are so completely different that the statewide "one-size-fits-all" policies simply cannot be applied equally. I see the same problems here: Honolulu is "the big city" (well, the only city), and their agenda doesn't really fit the life we have out here "in the country".
The current DOE shenanigans (to put it gently) are not the first example of this, nor will they be the last. Inter-island power cable, anyone? How about some "state-wide" GMO legislation?