06-05-2026, 03:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-05-2026, 03:18 PM by Durian Fiend.)
(06-05-2026, 12:15 AM)ironyak Wrote: Mountain View resident Seraph D’Alerta testified via Zoom, pointing at a large TV screen displaying one of the document’s zoning maps as alleged proof that the plan sought to remove private property rights.
“This area is being rezoned for natural use, which means where I live I will not be able to live,” D’Alerta said. “This means everything I have ever worked for to have a place to live, for my family to have a place to live, for me to grow food — I will not be able to do that here anymore if this plan is selected.”...
South Kona resident Juhl Rayne also testified via Zoom and called climate change a “stupid lie,” claiming that council members voting in favor of the bill could be held legally accountable....
“This sounds like an agenda for a prison encampment, a dystopian reality by government, NGOs, and foreign interests to rule over the people like Mao once did in China,” she added.
Sara Steiner described the plan as “junk,” warning the council that if they approved it, she would “join the lawsuits,” which elicited scattered applause from the audience and forced the council into a five-minute recess." (more at link)...
The ignorance and stupidity on display here is really pathetic.
This is a good read that touches on the general plan. https://tamhunt.medium.com/what-are-the-...9f704fa736
"..It narrowly advanced on a 6–3 vote, and it leans hard toward the things I care about: steering growth into existing towns to protect rural and agricultural land, planning around watersheds using the ahupuaʻa framework, monitoring local food production, and pushing renewable energy. A competing, slimmed-down version (sometimes called the 2026 plan) has split the Council mainly over how detailed the document should be — a reasonable debate about what belongs in a blueprint versus what belongs in actual ordinances."