10-08-2019, 09:49 AM
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Originally posted by kalakoa
Safeway and Target sit on DHHL land; the Legislature doesn't provide funding at a level that allows them to develop infrastructure
The larger issue becomes: why is the State funding DHHL infrastructure in the first place?
Neither State nor County fund infrastructure for the vast "private" subdivisions, and people are managing to live there just fine. Other ethnicities get a subsidy? How is that fair?
Define "Fair"...
It was a Federal commitment made nearly 100 years ago - based on ethics and attitudes (politics) that existed at the time. No point in debating their validity today - an entitlement given is a perpetual obligation until it is fulfilled. My own attitude is that it's best not to start reneging on those prior commitments because you don't know where that road leads...
As an example: why all the angst over the protestors blocking the road? Maybe, because the State government has laws that entitle public roads to be used by all; that State laws ensure that everyone is entitled to equal treatment under the law; etc.
Unfortunately, in recent times, our political system is in a perpetual battle to offer entitlements as a means of getting elected, whether those entitlements can be fulfilled over the long term without seriously damaging the broader community.