12-29-2007, 08:00 PM
Match, I agree with much of what you say but there were some stereotypical prejudiced in there. Welfare for single women with kids, victims of domestic abuse I have no problem paying taxes to support. It's about the only thing this county does I can support.
The trash? no doubt, tourists aren't dropping off refrigerators, But I have seen plenty film pack wrappers at say Rainbow Falls or many other trails all over the island. Locals aren't seeing the sights.
We have towed cars to the dumps that were not ours but weren't going to wait on the AV county program. As well as carcases, boats, sofas and 50 gal. drums that had who know what besides oil in them. But we done see it as any big volunteer deal, it's just right keeping the aina as long as we can the way it is.
As far as the cops giving tickets for littering? Never heard of it ever happening. They don't even follow through on burglaries or domestic violence. Unless it make the paper it probably won't even make it to the prosecutors office.
The laws are there, but there are the personnel on the island like Oahu has for hazardous waste and public health. Send a letter to the Health Dept. in Hilo and they'll forward it to Oahu anyway. Where it will die in bureaucracy.
I agree with loff that we don't need more tourists. We need more police and firefighters. So when the lava does cross the highway and starts a fire storm who's gonna put it out?
Besides the way the rip lots pin to pin it there are any rusty cars, bottles, frigs on the lot they'll just be buried with the forest that goes down with it. Worst dumpers I've seen were construction crews off loading building debris because they were to lazy to drive it to town.
Again loff hit's it on the head. This blogs seem like a pretty like minded group, in that they all "discuss" how Puna should be "developed". Half or more it seem aren't even taxpayers of the state or are partime residents. One year living here makes you a resident but to understand the culture that was here and that everyone came to enjoy seems to be going the way of all other exploited beautiful places on the planet.
I've lived in several resort places around the world and there are pluses and minuses everywhere. But I agree with the topic that the Aloha has been fading since the "boom". The amout of trash I see on the roads is about the same. Only with more and more people there will be more and more trash. More road rage, more people stuck in traffic.
Less aloha.
So recycle, rebuild, reuse, and THINK when you buy things what's the life expectancy of the product and where will you dispose of it?
You know how we get ripped off on shipping anything here from the mainland? Cause we ain't in the continental states. Free shipping to all states but Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Well here's a tip, ask them for a return ups sticker with your order in case you need to send it back. And take all the stupid catalogs they send all the way to Hawaii en mass, L.L. Bean etc.? Fill a box with them and all the styrofoam packaging materials they send, return them to sender rather than put them in our land fills. Send them some mac nut cookies and a thank you for charging you 9.95 shipping for an 5.89 item. They have bigger landfills on the mainland and I think the way stuff is over packaged is a major waste. Return to sender.
The trash? no doubt, tourists aren't dropping off refrigerators, But I have seen plenty film pack wrappers at say Rainbow Falls or many other trails all over the island. Locals aren't seeing the sights.
We have towed cars to the dumps that were not ours but weren't going to wait on the AV county program. As well as carcases, boats, sofas and 50 gal. drums that had who know what besides oil in them. But we done see it as any big volunteer deal, it's just right keeping the aina as long as we can the way it is.
As far as the cops giving tickets for littering? Never heard of it ever happening. They don't even follow through on burglaries or domestic violence. Unless it make the paper it probably won't even make it to the prosecutors office.
The laws are there, but there are the personnel on the island like Oahu has for hazardous waste and public health. Send a letter to the Health Dept. in Hilo and they'll forward it to Oahu anyway. Where it will die in bureaucracy.
I agree with loff that we don't need more tourists. We need more police and firefighters. So when the lava does cross the highway and starts a fire storm who's gonna put it out?
Besides the way the rip lots pin to pin it there are any rusty cars, bottles, frigs on the lot they'll just be buried with the forest that goes down with it. Worst dumpers I've seen were construction crews off loading building debris because they were to lazy to drive it to town.
Again loff hit's it on the head. This blogs seem like a pretty like minded group, in that they all "discuss" how Puna should be "developed". Half or more it seem aren't even taxpayers of the state or are partime residents. One year living here makes you a resident but to understand the culture that was here and that everyone came to enjoy seems to be going the way of all other exploited beautiful places on the planet.
I've lived in several resort places around the world and there are pluses and minuses everywhere. But I agree with the topic that the Aloha has been fading since the "boom". The amout of trash I see on the roads is about the same. Only with more and more people there will be more and more trash. More road rage, more people stuck in traffic.
Less aloha.
So recycle, rebuild, reuse, and THINK when you buy things what's the life expectancy of the product and where will you dispose of it?
You know how we get ripped off on shipping anything here from the mainland? Cause we ain't in the continental states. Free shipping to all states but Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Well here's a tip, ask them for a return ups sticker with your order in case you need to send it back. And take all the stupid catalogs they send all the way to Hawaii en mass, L.L. Bean etc.? Fill a box with them and all the styrofoam packaging materials they send, return them to sender rather than put them in our land fills. Send them some mac nut cookies and a thank you for charging you 9.95 shipping for an 5.89 item. They have bigger landfills on the mainland and I think the way stuff is over packaged is a major waste. Return to sender.