06-27-2021, 09:02 PM
"All the way back to the creation of our subdivisions lies an almost endless collection of stories of self serving politicians more concerned with their own profits than actual governance. Nobody wants to air that much dirty laundry." - MyManao
Indeed. I once asked Harry Kim about this in a face to face meeting. He agreed that the whole mess with the Puna subdivisions was created by powerful people who wanted to make a quick buck, thinking nobody would want to live in them. He then added with his best patronizing good old boy smile, "Of course, it would bankrupt the county to fix things now, so there's nothing we can do." His smile disappeared when I mentioned a class action suit as a possible remedy, but that has never happened. The subdivision "leaders" are too busy playing internal power games to band together for redress of common issues. And a state level suit might not even work because the Hawaii judiciary is well trained to step back and let the whole mess go on without interference. If you look at the history of some of the HPP lawsuits, you'll see what I mean. It's a litany of delay, send to worthless arbitration, go back to court, delay again, ad infinitum.
Indeed. I once asked Harry Kim about this in a face to face meeting. He agreed that the whole mess with the Puna subdivisions was created by powerful people who wanted to make a quick buck, thinking nobody would want to live in them. He then added with his best patronizing good old boy smile, "Of course, it would bankrupt the county to fix things now, so there's nothing we can do." His smile disappeared when I mentioned a class action suit as a possible remedy, but that has never happened. The subdivision "leaders" are too busy playing internal power games to band together for redress of common issues. And a state level suit might not even work because the Hawaii judiciary is well trained to step back and let the whole mess go on without interference. If you look at the history of some of the HPP lawsuits, you'll see what I mean. It's a litany of delay, send to worthless arbitration, go back to court, delay again, ad infinitum.