08-25-2025, 06:32 AM
I have little appreciation for Harry Kim. I don't like being lied to and Harry lied big time to the whole island on the Community Development Plans (CDP) Hundreds of people participated and invested thousands of hours based on Harry's promise that "this time it really matters". It was a lie and a scam.
It was all a shell game to keep Federal money flowing. The Feds had required the county to take community input on infrastructure planning and investment. That did happen. But what Harry left out was that while they were collecting community input there was no requirement to actually listen to it or act on it.
Puna's CPP was the first to be passed by council and we celebrated.... shortly thereafter J Yoshimoto, one of our councilmen at the time, handed the Puna community plan over to Shipman Ltd, our largest landowner, and let them make nineteen amendments so it ended up being the Shipman Community Plan. All very Hawaii style.
Screw you Harry.
It was all a shell game to keep Federal money flowing. The Feds had required the county to take community input on infrastructure planning and investment. That did happen. But what Harry left out was that while they were collecting community input there was no requirement to actually listen to it or act on it.
Puna's CPP was the first to be passed by council and we celebrated.... shortly thereafter J Yoshimoto, one of our councilmen at the time, handed the Puna community plan over to Shipman Ltd, our largest landowner, and let them make nineteen amendments so it ended up being the Shipman Community Plan. All very Hawaii style.
Screw you Harry.