08-17-2021, 01:53 PM
Without the following items being addressed, there is no real chance of any recovery.
1. Auto theft
2. Burglary
3. Squatters
All three need to be felonies, with mandatory minimum sentencing and restitution.
As to social, cultural and economic areas, without jobs there is no recovery and the above three items only get worse. In order to have better job opportunities, the first step in this area is cheaper electricity. Lots of NIMBY's and paranoid types around here, but allowing geothermal to expand and sell electricity directly to businesses for purposes of light manufacturing would be a quick start. Create a light industrial area, next to the plant and get government out of the way. If people shouldn't be building houses in Lava Zone 1, then let light industry utilize that land, instead.
1. Auto theft
2. Burglary
3. Squatters
All three need to be felonies, with mandatory minimum sentencing and restitution.
As to social, cultural and economic areas, without jobs there is no recovery and the above three items only get worse. In order to have better job opportunities, the first step in this area is cheaper electricity. Lots of NIMBY's and paranoid types around here, but allowing geothermal to expand and sell electricity directly to businesses for purposes of light manufacturing would be a quick start. Create a light industrial area, next to the plant and get government out of the way. If people shouldn't be building houses in Lava Zone 1, then let light industry utilize that land, instead.