08-14-2013, 03:07 AM
Funny, "move off island due to increasing statism" -- yes, I see California's bad examples passing for "law" here too, but where are you going to go that's not like that?
In much the way that California should be three states, I think Hawaii should be two states:
- The State of Oahu (Oahu and the Californicated part of Maui)
- The State of Hawaii (everything else)
Our "elected" State leadership says nice things about "the rural outer islands", but they keep passing laws that only make sense in a big city, then enforcing those laws out in the country where they do more harm than good.
To name but one example: Pahoa has traffic problems, so it's getting the state's first roundabout -- it doesn't matter what Puna "wants", or what the "best solution" is, the nice State Highway people have decided it will be a roundabout. With one lane of travel in each direction, so it can be a bottleneck when the highway is eventually widened (someday, maybe).
Let's not forget the helicopters. County residents managed to pass a ballot initiative that simply states "we have better things to do with our time/money", but the State flies interdiction anyway, because "Federal law always trumps"... but a strict interpretation of Federal statutes would find the NEA guilty of terrorism, if the system would ever permit the laws to be used "that way".
Personal attacks are amusing. State-sponsored terrorism is not.
In much the way that California should be three states, I think Hawaii should be two states:
- The State of Oahu (Oahu and the Californicated part of Maui)
- The State of Hawaii (everything else)
Our "elected" State leadership says nice things about "the rural outer islands", but they keep passing laws that only make sense in a big city, then enforcing those laws out in the country where they do more harm than good.
To name but one example: Pahoa has traffic problems, so it's getting the state's first roundabout -- it doesn't matter what Puna "wants", or what the "best solution" is, the nice State Highway people have decided it will be a roundabout. With one lane of travel in each direction, so it can be a bottleneck when the highway is eventually widened (someday, maybe).
Let's not forget the helicopters. County residents managed to pass a ballot initiative that simply states "we have better things to do with our time/money", but the State flies interdiction anyway, because "Federal law always trumps"... but a strict interpretation of Federal statutes would find the NEA guilty of terrorism, if the system would ever permit the laws to be used "that way".
Personal attacks are amusing. State-sponsored terrorism is not.