07-27-2018, 04:28 AM
The industrial park in Hilo is and always has been State land
Yes, by some "amazing coincidence", State owns most industrial land and much of the prime resort land, which is then leased to whomever State thinks is appropriate -- not who we might choose at the County level -- why do we need control of our local economy?
dumping arsenic (used by Puna Sugar - a leassee of Shipman)
Shipman was sued for contamination at the jungle parcel just mauka of Keaau Foodland, they agreed to clean the site, but while the case was winding through the courts, the economy tanked. This is why the land is still jungle instead of the 60-room Travelodge (permits still on file, attached to the parcel, look it up).
Yes, by some "amazing coincidence", State owns most industrial land and much of the prime resort land, which is then leased to whomever State thinks is appropriate -- not who we might choose at the County level -- why do we need control of our local economy?
dumping arsenic (used by Puna Sugar - a leassee of Shipman)
Shipman was sued for contamination at the jungle parcel just mauka of Keaau Foodland, they agreed to clean the site, but while the case was winding through the courts, the economy tanked. This is why the land is still jungle instead of the 60-room Travelodge (permits still on file, attached to the parcel, look it up).