07-23-2018, 04:24 AM
If you want to see the "participatory" element of the county apparatus at its mind-numbing worst, attend a meeting of the Puna Community Development Plan Action Committee. Having attended three of their meetings over a period of years, I can't decide if it's a cruel joke or a cure for insomnia. We always hear candidates and office holders "support" the CDP, but no one ever passes legislation making any of it real.