11-12-2016, 04:05 AM
you keep harping on HPP suing the county
Yes, HPP has money and lawyers that could be put to better use than wasting the road dues on infighting. But the lawsuit would need to be class-action ("all the fake-ag subdivisions in Puna") and ideally filed in Federal court.
HPP IS NOT UNITED AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE.
Exactly: if it did, it could probably manage the relatively simple effort required for "collect money, arrange road maintenance".
You want county roads?
Not exactly; I don't want to be taxed for a $1M/mile paving bond.
I want County to enact a standard for "Unimproved Farm Lot Road" that brings a little crushed rock, some grading, and occasional shoulder-clearing with the big trimmer. I would be willing to pay a modest increase in property taxes for this. Unpaved roads are part of the charm that is "country living", but they need more maintenance than the associations can manage, especially when all that money is redirected into lawsuits and embezzlement.
Either that, or let's skip ahead to an alternative transportation infrastructure, where small packages are delivered by drone, and trips to town involve riding my quad down to the park'n'ride lot where I catch the biodiesel express bus.
Yes, HPP has money and lawyers that could be put to better use than wasting the road dues on infighting. But the lawsuit would need to be class-action ("all the fake-ag subdivisions in Puna") and ideally filed in Federal court.
HPP IS NOT UNITED AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE.
Exactly: if it did, it could probably manage the relatively simple effort required for "collect money, arrange road maintenance".
You want county roads?
Not exactly; I don't want to be taxed for a $1M/mile paving bond.
I want County to enact a standard for "Unimproved Farm Lot Road" that brings a little crushed rock, some grading, and occasional shoulder-clearing with the big trimmer. I would be willing to pay a modest increase in property taxes for this. Unpaved roads are part of the charm that is "country living", but they need more maintenance than the associations can manage, especially when all that money is redirected into lawsuits and embezzlement.
Either that, or let's skip ahead to an alternative transportation infrastructure, where small packages are delivered by drone, and trips to town involve riding my quad down to the park'n'ride lot where I catch the biodiesel express bus.