01-09-2014, 08:18 AM
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Of that, $20 million will be used for a district park in Pahoa. Ground breaking on that project is expected to take place sometime this year, said a county Department of Parks and Recreation spokesman.
I read elsewhere that said park will be a 3-year project. Debt service on $61M is about $5M/year, which means that not going into debt would have mostly paid for the park.
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“Our community has 12,000 people,” said HPPOA President Larry Brennan. “Look at a community like Waimea. It has 10,000 people and look at the infrastructure.”
Residents of Waimea pay actual property tax, unlike the Puna "tax cheats", so it's little wonder that they have much nicer infrastructure.