05-14-2009, 03:44 PM
It's all valid questions, but the PMAR corridor is an item that's been in discussions for a long, long time. It's passed the point of social commentary. Government and community have all said its needed and the science behind the need has been debated and settled. What is now the pressing issue is the route of this road. The only thing to stop it is, as Seeb put it, they decide Puna is a bunch of rejects, misfits, and idiots so to hell with them and screw the road. But the money will be spent; in Puna, the west side or on the mainland. The funds will not go to build a community social economic get together ramada, it will be for a public road.
As I said before, there is time to discuss the road design and restrictions. But the clock is ticking fast on the available funds and when they are gone, you can kiss off everything. If you decide a single alternating lane restricted to cars running on used Kona Coffee grinds, with walking trails, horse paths, pig chariots HOV lanes, and a bike path for use by stoned out Rasta bicyclists is what it will be, decide that when that is on the table. The only item where funds are available to complete the task is route selection. If funds are available to select a site to establish a food pantry, what the heck will the discussion over the causes of hunger, what color bags to use, or if the people should enter left to right or right to left, have to do with the issue at hand?
As I said before, there is time to discuss the road design and restrictions. But the clock is ticking fast on the available funds and when they are gone, you can kiss off everything. If you decide a single alternating lane restricted to cars running on used Kona Coffee grinds, with walking trails, horse paths, pig chariots HOV lanes, and a bike path for use by stoned out Rasta bicyclists is what it will be, decide that when that is on the table. The only item where funds are available to complete the task is route selection. If funds are available to select a site to establish a food pantry, what the heck will the discussion over the causes of hunger, what color bags to use, or if the people should enter left to right or right to left, have to do with the issue at hand?