12-30-2009, 02:14 PM
I think that the process is being gamed here by Chairman Yoshimoto. Gaming the system seems to be a highly valued skill in our present council majority.
Just days before we found out about Bill 194 (108 pages) I was told by the Planning Department that the process for former Planning Director Yuen's amendments was that the Current Planning Director would review them, share her insights with the Action Committee, and then the Director's and AC's positions would accompany the amendments to council.
Yoshimoto seems to have no interest in such a process. This doesn't come as a huge surprise unfortunately.
There are four potential outcomes from Tuesday's CC Planning Committee meeting. Three of them are not good for the Puna Community Development Plan or community interests in general.
It is a shame that just as the PCDP Action Committee gets seated and begins to organize that our Council Chairman Yoshimoto appears to decide that ignoring the AC and the council actions that created the AC is his preferred path.
Just days before we found out about Bill 194 (108 pages) I was told by the Planning Department that the process for former Planning Director Yuen's amendments was that the Current Planning Director would review them, share her insights with the Action Committee, and then the Director's and AC's positions would accompany the amendments to council.
Yoshimoto seems to have no interest in such a process. This doesn't come as a huge surprise unfortunately.
There are four potential outcomes from Tuesday's CC Planning Committee meeting. Three of them are not good for the Puna Community Development Plan or community interests in general.
It is a shame that just as the PCDP Action Committee gets seated and begins to organize that our Council Chairman Yoshimoto appears to decide that ignoring the AC and the council actions that created the AC is his preferred path.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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