02-15-2009, 04:19 PM
I gotta' say that the first project that caught my eye was repaving the "highly deteriorated" Kaiminani road and I was on that road today. It doesn't even come close to "highly deteriorated" and it saddens me to see that the people in the government who are supposed to ensure the projects are truly needed are sleeping on the job (and yes there are people in the government who do treat the money with respect). The Saddle Road project is needed, assuming the MP's listed are for the South Kohala stretch.
A park in HPP sounds good, but who owns the land? I thought that the HPPHOA owned the 20 acre parcels in HPP, but I'm not sure. Can the HOA even receive a CDBG? Brief research seems to indicate that unless the HOA doubles as a "a Community-based Development Organization" the answer is no. I wonder if the 20 acre parcel have been declared blighted by the County (or a slum)...
Pahao and a new police station -sounds good if the current station is in bad shape. A new station for the simple purpose of putting it next to the fire station doesn't sound like a good use of taxpayer money.
Hey, how about a new station in HPP? Or a new Post Office there? How do I add those to the list? Maybe on the next stimulus go around.
Cheers,
Sean
A park in HPP sounds good, but who owns the land? I thought that the HPPHOA owned the 20 acre parcels in HPP, but I'm not sure. Can the HOA even receive a CDBG? Brief research seems to indicate that unless the HOA doubles as a "a Community-based Development Organization" the answer is no. I wonder if the 20 acre parcel have been declared blighted by the County (or a slum)...
Pahao and a new police station -sounds good if the current station is in bad shape. A new station for the simple purpose of putting it next to the fire station doesn't sound like a good use of taxpayer money.
Hey, how about a new station in HPP? Or a new Post Office there? How do I add those to the list? Maybe on the next stimulus go around.
Cheers,
Sean
See you in the surf