04-30-2014, 12:49 PM
Apparently the "problem" is Belly Acres' flagrant violation of land-use regulations, compounded by County's refusal to either issue a Special Use Permit or shut them down.
Their representative floated a bill through the legislature which would have required County to create a suitable permit process; this bill failed due to organized opposition from the whinging NIMBYs.
Net effect: nothing changes, Belly Acres is still "in violation", nobody is offering a solution.
Seems to be how things are done around here -- if nothing else, the handling of this issue proves that citizen involvement is neither requested nor desired, Puna is just a bunch of people doing whatever they want.
Their representative floated a bill through the legislature which would have required County to create a suitable permit process; this bill failed due to organized opposition from the whinging NIMBYs.
Net effect: nothing changes, Belly Acres is still "in violation", nobody is offering a solution.
Seems to be how things are done around here -- if nothing else, the handling of this issue proves that citizen involvement is neither requested nor desired, Puna is just a bunch of people doing whatever they want.