11-04-2008, 01:24 AM
Sean,
You assume a lot, using the words "anti" and "stop".
What people are expressing dislike for is the bigger picture, not just about Pahoa or Puna, although this being our home such degradation in our face makes it impossible to ignore.
Stop 'em? Haven't seen any posts here proposing to do that.
It may be that the task at this point is to raise real and legitimate concerns at this early point in time, rather than later.
Maybe the owners will take note and seek some resolution. Maybe they won't.
Traffic -- not just delays but deaths. Ecological destruction. Poor health resulting from diet and higher medical costs as a result. Long-term negative impacts on local investment and local community empowerment. All of these, and more, are legitimate concerns for the proposed commercial development of the the nature it is and at the site it is proposed.
What is to be done? Time will tell.
Meanwhile, the owners would be served notice that not everybody likes our community being used this way and that what is happening is being watched very closely.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
You assume a lot, using the words "anti" and "stop".
What people are expressing dislike for is the bigger picture, not just about Pahoa or Puna, although this being our home such degradation in our face makes it impossible to ignore.
Stop 'em? Haven't seen any posts here proposing to do that.
It may be that the task at this point is to raise real and legitimate concerns at this early point in time, rather than later.
Maybe the owners will take note and seek some resolution. Maybe they won't.
Traffic -- not just delays but deaths. Ecological destruction. Poor health resulting from diet and higher medical costs as a result. Long-term negative impacts on local investment and local community empowerment. All of these, and more, are legitimate concerns for the proposed commercial development of the the nature it is and at the site it is proposed.
What is to be done? Time will tell.
Meanwhile, the owners would be served notice that not everybody likes our community being used this way and that what is happening is being watched very closely.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park