10-27-2014, 05:33 AM
The sort of violence described by Orchidlandguy is a natural extension of the verbal abuse that has been going on for months now. The threat to the lady who withdrew her pending appointment to the board can also be considered violence in both the moral and legal sense. This is unacceptable, and while I don't want to seem to be criticizing the lady for trying to protect herself, the withdrawal is giving the thugs what they want. The reason I don't want to criticize her is the fact that we all know the limits of law enforcement in Puna and can be pretty sure that the police either shrugged it off or weren't able to assure any real protection.
Where this leaves us is with an even more fragile and dysfunctional system. With only five sitting board members, getting a quorum to get any business done becomes very difficult. The current board seems more focused on keeping its head above the shark-infested political waters and on running the day to day operations than in doing its real job which is setting policy and oversight. It's been three months now, and there's no talk of hiring a new manager. Instead, board members continue to do this work on an interim basis. We have gone way past the time for that.
The county is about to channel several thousand cars per day onto our privately funded roads, and I haven't seen anything from the board indicating that an agreement is in place for managing this without disastrous consequences. There was a plan discussed at the public meeting we had with county officials, but word is out that the county has backed away from their promises. What's with that?
Receivership, anyone? I don't think financial ruin is necessarily a prerequisite. Administrative breakdown that threatens the existence of the organization should do well enough for a reason.
Where this leaves us is with an even more fragile and dysfunctional system. With only five sitting board members, getting a quorum to get any business done becomes very difficult. The current board seems more focused on keeping its head above the shark-infested political waters and on running the day to day operations than in doing its real job which is setting policy and oversight. It's been three months now, and there's no talk of hiring a new manager. Instead, board members continue to do this work on an interim basis. We have gone way past the time for that.
The county is about to channel several thousand cars per day onto our privately funded roads, and I haven't seen anything from the board indicating that an agreement is in place for managing this without disastrous consequences. There was a plan discussed at the public meeting we had with county officials, but word is out that the county has backed away from their promises. What's with that?
Receivership, anyone? I don't think financial ruin is necessarily a prerequisite. Administrative breakdown that threatens the existence of the organization should do well enough for a reason.