01-25-2015, 05:04 AM
This move to stall the relocation of a couple dozen families only benefits the county in my opinion. Geothermal probably would like to see a few close residents move, especially anti-geothermal neighbors. Geothermal probably does not need the extra testimony or health issues reaching the supposable new health study reports. I know the folks who are on the list are wanting to move sooner than later, for multiple reasons.
So why would the county put a hold on the relocation process? Personally I feel that its to allow the housing market to adjust much lower first so they don't buy to high, jmo though. Would the county when buying relocation homes recognize the owners tax essessed value when they got on the list? Or would they want to recognize the new value in a few years after un-stalling the relocation process? 130% of 200,000 homes compared to 130% of 70,000 homes is a big difference.
The folks on this relocation list don't want to have geothermal as their good neighbor for what ever the reasons may be any longer. They have already been subjected to numerous worries regarding geothermal plant operations, that has affected their qualities of life emotionally and sometimes physically. Most on the list have waited for years already and Now they must wait even longer due to what the county says are lava related impacts that they are not sure of yet. Well the folks on the relocation list have their own worries which once AGAIN seem to be ignored.
The reasons the county wants to stall this relocation process over the lava flow is some of the main concerns the good folks on the list are weary of. Why should our county allow anymore geothermal new drilling in an area so active at the moment with so many unpredictable and unforeseen events sure to come? A Three month long new drilling of a deep well in, under, and around our neighborhood has its own dangers, maybe even more now with this lava flow and more angry close residents.
So why would the county put a hold on the relocation process? Personally I feel that its to allow the housing market to adjust much lower first so they don't buy to high, jmo though. Would the county when buying relocation homes recognize the owners tax essessed value when they got on the list? Or would they want to recognize the new value in a few years after un-stalling the relocation process? 130% of 200,000 homes compared to 130% of 70,000 homes is a big difference.
The folks on this relocation list don't want to have geothermal as their good neighbor for what ever the reasons may be any longer. They have already been subjected to numerous worries regarding geothermal plant operations, that has affected their qualities of life emotionally and sometimes physically. Most on the list have waited for years already and Now they must wait even longer due to what the county says are lava related impacts that they are not sure of yet. Well the folks on the relocation list have their own worries which once AGAIN seem to be ignored.
The reasons the county wants to stall this relocation process over the lava flow is some of the main concerns the good folks on the list are weary of. Why should our county allow anymore geothermal new drilling in an area so active at the moment with so many unpredictable and unforeseen events sure to come? A Three month long new drilling of a deep well in, under, and around our neighborhood has its own dangers, maybe even more now with this lava flow and more angry close residents.