10-08-2019, 04:39 AM
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Originally posted by kalakoa
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I refer to this as the "sacred surcharge", but then people think I have a "bad attitude".
Where were "the" Hawaiians when Safeway+Target "desecrated" 13 acres of prime Hilo real estate?
Simple answer to that: at the front of the line...
Safeway and Target sit on DHHL land; the Legislature doesn't provide funding at a level that allows them to develop infrastructure on their lands at an adequate rate; DHHL leases some of their lands to provide income that can be used for that purpose (and I have no problem with that - the DLNR could do a tremendously better job leasing some of their land to generate funds for the State as well, but are too incompetent and indifferent to make that happen).
You've heard of situational ethics? This is situational sacredness: if I no get paid, this is sacred lands, brah, no can... I get paid, maybe not so sacred... (cf. ethnic extortion).