06-28-2007, 07:44 AM
Nobody anywhere can freeze a place in time to keep it exactly like they want it or have convinced themself is ideal. Sorry. Localities and cultures which embrace sensible change and try to adapt it to their unique situations are the ones that survive. Others tend to get swept aside by history.
The people in HPP have chosen this "improvement" perhaps because it is the only one they have any control over at this time. The road (maintenance and construction) financing system has been tested in court and is a legal framework for getting something done. Other issues we Puna residents frequently complain about such as law enforcement, commercial zoning, public education, transportation, etc. all fall under either County or State authorities. The County and State have not exactly been forthcoming with significant help for Puna, have they? Hell, the highway department doesn't even like to talk to us.
So the way I see it is at least one group of people in Puna have taken the initiative to do something about the one issue they have the means to do something about. It may not be some people's first choice of priorities, but the side with the most votes won, and they won't have to wait decades for an indifferent county or state government to act.
No disrespect, Kapohocat, but your questions should be boiled down to "What is the best way to deal with the inevitable changes that are going to happen?"
The people in HPP have chosen this "improvement" perhaps because it is the only one they have any control over at this time. The road (maintenance and construction) financing system has been tested in court and is a legal framework for getting something done. Other issues we Puna residents frequently complain about such as law enforcement, commercial zoning, public education, transportation, etc. all fall under either County or State authorities. The County and State have not exactly been forthcoming with significant help for Puna, have they? Hell, the highway department doesn't even like to talk to us.
So the way I see it is at least one group of people in Puna have taken the initiative to do something about the one issue they have the means to do something about. It may not be some people's first choice of priorities, but the side with the most votes won, and they won't have to wait decades for an indifferent county or state government to act.
No disrespect, Kapohocat, but your questions should be boiled down to "What is the best way to deal with the inevitable changes that are going to happen?"