07-23-2016, 12:40 AM
Imemine (you sound like "oneself" [remember him?] even your nickname I and mine). Please identify your name if you dare since you appear to be running for office so I know to actively vote against you. You don't think we know where we live? You don't get that most of us live in Puna as we want to live in Hawaii but cannot afford anywhere else xcept HOVE? We accept the risk along with the poor infrastructure cause we love the aina.
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Originally posted by imemine
If elected (it’s election season, one can imagine yeah?) I will advocate, tirelessly, for legislation that acknowledges that Kilauea is an active volcano. That it is erupting, and is expected to continue to erupt into the foreseeable future, and that all government policies take into consideration that all but a very small portion of the land within Kilauea’s boundaries is a hazard zone that has the potential for catastrophic eruptive activity within a short period of time. As such all government expenditures shall be limited to the bare necessities required for safe access to and from the homes in the area, a minimum police and fire department presence, and recreational infrastructure, and, going forward the government will not participate in any other infrastructure development.
Further I will insure that a clause is added to all deeds of land in the entire area that must be signed by all land owners upon transfer of title by which they acknowledge the dangers of an active volcano and wave all rights to claims for damages due to volcanic activity, and expectation of governmental services beyond the minimum described above, within an active volcanic zone. All current land owners will be expected to sign said acknowledgement or have their property taken through the imminent domain process.
As part of this legislative act it will be made clear that while it is considered reasonable by some to establish communities within an active volcano’s boundaries that the government itself, to the extent that it does elsewhere, does not condone these activities and as such the citizens are free to do so but entirely at their own risk. As such the government will continue to issue residential building permits and oversee private development in the area but it will not issue permits for commercial development.