12-06-2018, 04:19 AM
Harms to LCA? Those are minimal. Harms to Leilani residents? Those are many, some of them wrought by nature, many of the wrought by county government, a few wrought by others (squatter, thieves, looky-loo's, etc). I spent a fair amount of what was supposed to be relaxing time off the last couple weeks talking to all sides, and seeing / hearing an awful lot of self-serving interpretation of the facts, and very little attempt at positive engagement between county government, LCA leadership, and actual members of the community. Even the way decisions were communicated (handing slips to individuals going through the checkpoints, when even earlier in the day both administration and council officials were in the dark) reflected playing for position rather than attempts to serve the public.
The LCA is supposed to be very limited in it's scope. Unfortunately, a good organization (the Neighborhood Watch) is being expanded to fulfill a role (enforcement of access restrictions) that properly belongs to law enforcement. Using vague fear, the LCA leadership is not providing community leadership, but inciting deep concerns using little evidence to try to discharge it's private agenda of gating the community and making welcoming Leilani Estates into something they perceive as more "exclusive". With very limited time for training new members of the Neighborhood watch, and limited patrol by real law enforcement authorities, sadly I think we expect some unfortunate incidents to occur. I've been followed home a number of times in the past, in the dark, by these folks, and am reluctant to turn into my driveway and get out (unarmed) because it's tough enough to tell who they are.
Let's knock off the fear, knock off the Banana Republic government and work out some real solutions. Aloha and communication would be far better than fear-mongering and arrogance.
Benny
The LCA is supposed to be very limited in it's scope. Unfortunately, a good organization (the Neighborhood Watch) is being expanded to fulfill a role (enforcement of access restrictions) that properly belongs to law enforcement. Using vague fear, the LCA leadership is not providing community leadership, but inciting deep concerns using little evidence to try to discharge it's private agenda of gating the community and making welcoming Leilani Estates into something they perceive as more "exclusive". With very limited time for training new members of the Neighborhood watch, and limited patrol by real law enforcement authorities, sadly I think we expect some unfortunate incidents to occur. I've been followed home a number of times in the past, in the dark, by these folks, and am reluctant to turn into my driveway and get out (unarmed) because it's tough enough to tell who they are.
Let's knock off the fear, knock off the Banana Republic government and work out some real solutions. Aloha and communication would be far better than fear-mongering and arrogance.
Benny
Benny