09-30-2009, 10:36 AM
Methinks Frankie may have figured it out. What stuck in my mind throughout all this process was the fact that there were already quite a few people living in tents and other makeshift arrangments on a long-term basis all over Puna. There has been virtually no enforcement of whatever ordinances may prohibit such arrangements. While legalizing the practice may have prevented some construction site thefts (something I certainly agree would be good,) the County's lack of will to enforce the sanitary, setback, and other regulations attached to Emily's bill would open a Pandora's Box of nasty unintended consequences. Like Frankie, I think she was throwing a bone to some segment of her base.