Ige "reluctant" to set COVID benchmarks

[eightfingers2.0]

Making Puna a gated community...I like it!

[TomK]

kalakoa wrote:

"The real problem is that Hawaii government isn't competent to manage something of this scope and complexity."

Yes. I don't often agree with kalakoa. but this hits the nail on the head. The Hawaii state and county government are incapable of dealing with a pandemic. They can't even deal with day-to-day issues. Handling the pandemic is way beyond their capability. Sadly, there is really no-one else to take over.

[kalakoa]

They can't even deal with day-to-day issues.

Not to pick nits, but: they choose not to deal with day-to-day issues, and because the unions protect their jobs, they can't be fired for not working. Case in point: anything that needs a permit of any kind.

It's possible that there are undiscovered pockets of competence buried in there somewhere.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

It's possible that there are undiscovered pockets of competence buried in there somewhere.

Buried is why competence rarely sees the light of day.