05-05-2019, 04:26 AM
Confirmed here.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-property/
County officials say no decision has been made, though Mayor Harry Kim, who lost a home in Kapoho, has said it is "very questionable" whether public dollars would be invested in that road again.
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If it's ultimately decided not to rebuild certain infrastructure, the county could use the federal funds for alternative projects, said Diane Ley, Research and Development director. Those would likely be in the same area of the island, though they can be outside of it if they still serve people who were displaced, she said.
I predict that the "required" studies will be used to drag things out into election season, at which point the "alternative projects" will include the Keaau wastewater treatment plant, quietly approved just as Kim leaves office. The next Mayor will be left holding the bag; they will have no choice but to honor the WWTP contract and raise taxes to cover the mandatory raises for Kim's 93 new hires.
Rebuilding Leilani will be facilitated by County turning a blind eye to people's homemade roads and unpermitted structures. This way, future lava recovery aid requests can be summarily denied: "not a public road, no permits, you're lucky we don't fine you".
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-property/
County officials say no decision has been made, though Mayor Harry Kim, who lost a home in Kapoho, has said it is "very questionable" whether public dollars would be invested in that road again.
...
If it's ultimately decided not to rebuild certain infrastructure, the county could use the federal funds for alternative projects, said Diane Ley, Research and Development director. Those would likely be in the same area of the island, though they can be outside of it if they still serve people who were displaced, she said.
I predict that the "required" studies will be used to drag things out into election season, at which point the "alternative projects" will include the Keaau wastewater treatment plant, quietly approved just as Kim leaves office. The next Mayor will be left holding the bag; they will have no choice but to honor the WWTP contract and raise taxes to cover the mandatory raises for Kim's 93 new hires.
Rebuilding Leilani will be facilitated by County turning a blind eye to people's homemade roads and unpermitted structures. This way, future lava recovery aid requests can be summarily denied: "not a public road, no permits, you're lucky we don't fine you".