PMAR

[kalakoa]

so tired of the "no stripmalls" Puna folks offering so many reasons why NOT to provide more economic outlets, but offer no REAL, TANGIBLE solutions to answer to poverty, crime, and other ills

Any "real, tangible" solution would also have to be "underground" because any non-Ag use of Ag-zoned land requires a Special Use Permit.

constantly whine about one road access. It is the same on all the islands

Then there must be an OahuWeb where people have the same litany of complaints -- except that they can actually afford solutions, because they have money.

Try staying in Honolulu for awhile and find an alternate to H1

This can be done -- my cab driver knew exactly how to navigate the maze of surface streets to avoid H1.

Bottom line: for whatever reason(s), County and State are NOT coming to rescue Puna from the mess that they created, so now we as a community need to either create APMAR (Alternative to PMAR) or file another Federal lawsuit against County and State.

I, for one, would like to see County explain how property valuation and permitting requirements are supposed to work when there's no utility services, public road access, or emergency services with a meaningful response time. Seriously, I've been wondering about this for quite some time -- the presumption of "property value" implies useful services.