07-02-2008, 06:29 AM
Aloha Council Member Naeole...
Hopefully you or a member of your staff read's these posts.
The PCDP has been on-going for more than 2 years.
Why then, did you propose 20, yes, 20, amendments to the Draft Proposal at the very last minute at the County Council Meeting 7/1/08?
Why did YOU not move adoption of the Draft Plan? Cradle it in your arms as the "new baby" that it is, and keep it safe?
Your fellow Council Members seemed surprised that YOU, Council representative of the 5th County Council District, would NOT support the very document your constituents have been crafting together.
You had a precious moment to demonstrate leadership. Instead, you insulted your fellow council members, particularly Brenda Ford by name, and you brought shame to your district.
You wanted to bi forcate your amendments right there and then. I realized then that you didn't have a clue to the importance of the moment. Instead of moving approval of the PCDP, you dragged it down so that it could be dealt with bit by bit. That's not working for your district, that's helping tear it apart.
You were so insistent that YOU got to do something that your fellow council members have done (whatever that is) that you TOTALLY IGNORED ALOHA and repect for your constituents in the 5th Council District.
We need a Council Member who values all people, not a special interest group known only to you.
With sadness,
Barbara
Many of us, from many different experiences and points of view, live in Puna. We agreed to compromise, we agreed to listed to each other.
We really believed that THIS TIME THE COUNTY REALLY MEANT WHAT IT SAID IN ESTABLISHING THE PROCESS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANS.