01-24-2017, 12:13 PM
Shockwave, I'm focusing on the area in question from the article. DHHL properties are pretty much exempt from the zoning laws, and a lot of the port facilities, etc. were there when DHHL and its predecessors chose those particular residential locations rather than other properties they own farther from town. When I asked one of their community leaders I met at a road meeting how that happened, I was told that people wanted to live closer to town. Yes, they have gotten some less than ideal arrangements in the past, but many of those have been due to their own leadership. At some point, the Hilo dump will close, and that will be one less point of aggravation. Is there no way the composting facility can be made quiet and odor free? Seems like somebody should be looking into that.