08-30-2019, 04:36 AM
In reference to the (finally) enhanced enforcement effort on the Saddle Road, I found this interesting from today's Trib:
“There’s a feeling from a lot of us that, you know, they were trying to provoke a reaction from our community,” (Lakea) Trask said.....
“We’re not going to let it deter what we’re there to do. We knew these kind of things would come from the state, these little types of underhanded actions and microaggressions, because … all over the world, that’s how the state works. They can afford to take little cheap shots and chip away and try to bleed us out, in a sense.”
Clearly, Mr. Trask believes that the laws don't apply to his cohort - enforcement of which, in his opinion, constitute "underhanded actions and microaggressions" (he certainly has his PC-speak down, I'll give him that). It certainly doesn't give you any confidence in the County or State government that a group attitude such as that exists here - although, given the very long record of selective enforcement that prevails in Hawaii, not surprising...
“There’s a feeling from a lot of us that, you know, they were trying to provoke a reaction from our community,” (Lakea) Trask said.....
“We’re not going to let it deter what we’re there to do. We knew these kind of things would come from the state, these little types of underhanded actions and microaggressions, because … all over the world, that’s how the state works. They can afford to take little cheap shots and chip away and try to bleed us out, in a sense.”
Clearly, Mr. Trask believes that the laws don't apply to his cohort - enforcement of which, in his opinion, constitute "underhanded actions and microaggressions" (he certainly has his PC-speak down, I'll give him that). It certainly doesn't give you any confidence in the County or State government that a group attitude such as that exists here - although, given the very long record of selective enforcement that prevails in Hawaii, not surprising...