08-05-2019, 04:37 AM
What other group...
rainyjim has some pretty good ideas; the closely-related issue is "anyone who decides the rules must not matter all that much".
A "typical" Puna resident in an unpermitted shack is a good example -- but nothing new, already ignored because the loss of property taxes is barely a rounding error in the County budget. What happens if someone breaks ground on a major resort addition, or a boat launch, or similar? I would have believed this impossible, or at least highly unlikely, but that was before...
Seems like County can only do one thing at a time. We're not hearing about the homeless encampment in downtown Hilo because of the protestors; we're not hearing about the protestors because of the hurricanes.
I was also saddened to realize that Ige didn't extend the TMT construction deadline beyond the end of his term.
rainyjim has some pretty good ideas; the closely-related issue is "anyone who decides the rules must not matter all that much".
A "typical" Puna resident in an unpermitted shack is a good example -- but nothing new, already ignored because the loss of property taxes is barely a rounding error in the County budget. What happens if someone breaks ground on a major resort addition, or a boat launch, or similar? I would have believed this impossible, or at least highly unlikely, but that was before...
Seems like County can only do one thing at a time. We're not hearing about the homeless encampment in downtown Hilo because of the protestors; we're not hearing about the protestors because of the hurricanes.
I was also saddened to realize that Ige didn't extend the TMT construction deadline beyond the end of his term.