08-17-2015, 01:55 PM
Most of the article focuses on "how the State has violated its own rules". As a resident of one of the many fine "illegally created" private subdivisions, this principle of "following the rules and laws" has lost much of its meaning. If the State is ever somehow held responsible for their actions, there will be a watershed of lawsuits covering every questionable land-use decision since Statehood if not earlier.
KAHEA figures that over 10 years, approximately $500 million in rental income that could have fuelled the economy and improved people’s lives has been lost.
Not building the telescope guarantees that over the next 10 years, approximately $350M in economic stimulus will simply not be applied to the local economy.
I would further suggest that money spent on lawsuits does very little for the public good.
I'm also fairly certain that our elected leadership doesn't care either way, because they can always just raise taxes (or short the pension fund) until the budget is balanced.
Perhaps the protestors can "win" by dragging everything out until it's simply too expensive to do business in Hawaii. Then, when business packs up and leaves, there will be no more "desecration".
KAHEA figures that over 10 years, approximately $500 million in rental income that could have fuelled the economy and improved people’s lives has been lost.
Not building the telescope guarantees that over the next 10 years, approximately $350M in economic stimulus will simply not be applied to the local economy.
I would further suggest that money spent on lawsuits does very little for the public good.
I'm also fairly certain that our elected leadership doesn't care either way, because they can always just raise taxes (or short the pension fund) until the budget is balanced.
Perhaps the protestors can "win" by dragging everything out until it's simply too expensive to do business in Hawaii. Then, when business packs up and leaves, there will be no more "desecration".