Anyone Know Why the Pahoa Pool Is Closed Today?

[2liveque]

There are malfunctions and leaks in some of the piping. You are very much on point in your statement about this being discouraging. Wasn't it just two weeks ago that the pool was reopened to much fanfare? Well, for those who don't know, take it as another lesson in How photo ops and politics outweigh doing things right. The job was rushed for this opening. Even has Billy Kenoi himself was up there talking about the pool being a pu'uhonua and a place for the people -- there were workers still laboring behind the scenes to get all the kinks worked out. At the opening, it was not hard to see that despite all the work, and the mayor's words, the keiki pool was still not open. Given this immense political pressure to re-open, the new system never went though a test drive. In short, the test drive is happening now as the pool is open. And so far, the test drive went kaput with this latest closing. Talk about egg in the face for the mayor, Parks and Rec, and aquatics division.

How long will it be closed now? No word, but hopefully it reopens by this week. Apparently there are some problems with gaskets and filters. Maybe the county should have budgeted a little more than 1.5 mil. []