11-12-2014, 05:13 PM
First and foremost, the current single local authority on this island is not capable of passing legislation that could be uniquely applied only to Puna. That would violate equal application clauses. This is perhaps the most important reason why most Counties were established in order to deal with the unique features of given geographical locations.
These are proposed measure that if the current County adopted would become applicable to the entirety of the County. When you have representatives outside your unique geographical location, they may find a measure completely inappropriate for their region and therefore vote against what another region may need. This is why Puna is as it is today.
What's self apparent with regard to the application of roads in Puna. This would be outlined through mitigation recommendations set forth by geological engineering assessments. This has not been done for Puna. I won't bother with stating the obvious on that point as it would not be well received here.
Until Puna has it's own local County authority separate from the County of Hawaii, we won't be seeing any form of a successful or practical development plan. If that wasn't bad enough, because the State of Hawaii does not allow for voter based referendums or initiatives etc and has placed the sole authority of County designation within the hands of the State legislature, forming such a County has about zero chance in hell at this time.
So all in all. We are wasting our time talking about a development plan for Puna.
First things first. Start talking about how to make Puna into it's own County. Maybe discuss how an outline should be drafted for taking the correct steps in forming a development plan accompanied by all the other outlines necessary to setup and run a County effectively. It all goes hand in hand.
These are proposed measure that if the current County adopted would become applicable to the entirety of the County. When you have representatives outside your unique geographical location, they may find a measure completely inappropriate for their region and therefore vote against what another region may need. This is why Puna is as it is today.
What's self apparent with regard to the application of roads in Puna. This would be outlined through mitigation recommendations set forth by geological engineering assessments. This has not been done for Puna. I won't bother with stating the obvious on that point as it would not be well received here.
Until Puna has it's own local County authority separate from the County of Hawaii, we won't be seeing any form of a successful or practical development plan. If that wasn't bad enough, because the State of Hawaii does not allow for voter based referendums or initiatives etc and has placed the sole authority of County designation within the hands of the State legislature, forming such a County has about zero chance in hell at this time.
So all in all. We are wasting our time talking about a development plan for Puna.
First things first. Start talking about how to make Puna into it's own County. Maybe discuss how an outline should be drafted for taking the correct steps in forming a development plan accompanied by all the other outlines necessary to setup and run a County effectively. It all goes hand in hand.