01-08-2017, 08:27 AM
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Originally posted by Katarina
Some keep mentioning the county. Usually the comments are about how poorly the county takes care of roads. So we pay taxes but there is not enough money from the county for roads. This just means that they are not appropriating fund correctly which is no surprise at all. we pay them and get nothing and that is how they like it.That situation is not going to change. We know we can not afford to fight the government. They would rather spend thousands of dollars in court than spend that money on roads.
Here is the deal. We had pretty darn decent roads less than 3 years ago and the running of HPPOA was efficient. our fees were not going up each and every year either. There were minor issues and that is it. NOW, for 2.5 years we have been in law suit, arbitration,lost all transparency, have no clue how anything is being managed, have an inept nasty mean GM, have board members who call members names and go after them feeling free to do what they want and run to attorneys regularly, there is no respect from the board, there is an office with an employee who would have been fired anywhere else for her attitude. Following bilaws are a thing of the past and why follow state statutes. No reason because attorneys are willing to drag any case out to line their pockets and our road funds are being funneled elsewhere while our roads are the worst they have been in 10 years.
Some want to try little band aid fixes. This all wastes time and has gotten us no where. Absolutely nothing good has come from any of it. Does any one really think the emperor Jo will leave? Ha! What is the saying.."fooled you once shame on me,fooled you twice shame on thee.
There is only one solution that is right on our horizon. That is to have decent people get on the board, you know...ones who respect our bilaws.
You know Katrina, I understand and share your concerns but I wish we could stop painting Ms Maynard as the Hellish Empress of the Lower Realms. It almost seems that you have a personal issue with her and it is really distracting from the very basic problems. Ms. MAYNARD may very well be a negative factor but she is not God, so let's focus on how to enact a permanent change without getting so tied up with personalities otherwise a bad problems just gets absurdly worse!
Yes, we had better management years ago, God bless them all, but we don't now and we didn't many times in the past. People are not always reliable, permanent or capable to fulfill expectations LET ALONE WHEN THEY DON'T GET PAID FOR THEIR SERVICES.
The bylaws don't mean a thing if we continue to HOPE, someone else in the future, perhaps by the Grace of the ALMIGHTY would be perfect enough to follow the rules. [:I] I got news for you...
We need a total change of the paradigm...
We pay our taxes to build infrastructure elsewhere in the island, and we have A BIG ZERO ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE Park! What a bad sarcasm to hear we need to pay more! I tell you what, if someone lives in Hilo let them raise the money themselves for infrastructure, what about that Alaskyn 66?. By the same token we use our taxes and fees to build our own Infrastructure!
The County does absolutely fkall for Hawaiian Paradise Park:no roads, no running water,no sewer system, no garbage collection, no police patrol and get this we don't even have enough post office boxes to get our mail. But we pay out of our okoles to satisfy the County building regulations.
Many in Puna are angry because our roads are private and we are opposing opening Railroad for their convenience. Lower Puna desperately needs a secondary road, why not negotiate with the County and give them all the access they need in exchange for paving and maintenance?
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