Federal Funding Secured for Hawaii Island Power Grid

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

But that's obviously a problem for the keiki to deal with.

The Revolutionary War was fought with borrowed currency in the denomination of the era.  Inflation set in and Ben Franklin’s (founding father, can do no wrong) solution was to let the money become worthless and start all over with a new currency. Lenders were never repaid properly, but everyone else got a new country.  

Will the newly elected chiefs of Puna after this November address any of these problems?  Or the wires in the jungle?

[ironyak]

Edge - Inflation set in and Ben Franklin’s (founding father, can do no wrong) solution was to let the money become worthless and start all over with a new currency.
Having the money become worthless might also be the current plan. Time to hit the local beaches and prep for the new age of shell money.

Lenders were never repaid properly, but everyone else got a new country.
I wonder if the calculations would have been different if the lenders were instead large nation states, some of them nuclear armed? Franklin may have been a skilled diplomat, but convincing the rest of the world to allow for a multi-trillion dollar debt jubilee would be something else entirely. Or maybe the plan is to French Revolution / Coup all the lenders, in the style of Venzuela or some local sugar plantation owners?

Will the newly elected chiefs of Puna after this November address any of these problems?  Or the wires in the jungle?
If past performance is actually an indicator of future results, then the answer is probably no. HE has shown that things will likely be patched back together just enough to keep the bonuses rolling in, while pushing billions in debt forward for someone else to deal with - plan accordingly.

Privatize the profits while externalizing the costs, even onto your children - it's the American Way!

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Maybe a law stating that planting or allowing to grow on your property, 

When I had some rock walls built, the crew insisted they could place one on the front of the property 6-7 feet from the roadway.  It was easier access for them and required less materials placing it there.  They assured me they’d built many walls that close to the road.  It didn’t seem right so I called the HPPOA office and they said they’d have me tear it down if I built there.

So no construction is allowed in the setback.  One would think planting or allowing another type of obstruction, trees, would be similarly classified.

I’ll add it to my list of finding out what is or is not allowed in the setback, what classification of obstruction is or is not enforced there, in HPP.

[kalakoa]

So no construction is allowed in the setback.

No construction above ground.

[Punatang]

I’ll add it to my list of finding out


Maybe you should consider enlisting that Patricia person in your crusade, Edge.  If she shares your passion, there is certainly much to indicate that you two should make an excellent team and work well together.

Either way, your focus, and dogged determination, are admirable.

Carry on.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Yes.
Driveways OK.
Encroachment of billionaire’s underground bunkers probably all right too, might have to squeeze in a subterranean bowling alley to regulation length.

[Punatang]

subterranean bowling alley

Surely, you jest.

Fore!

[HiloJulie]

Clarifying question:

Would it be OK if someone planted a grove of Ohia trees in the setback versus a grove of Albizia trees?

Asking for the next generation when it comes time to cut them all down. Will some still be called sacred, others the work of the devil?

[ironyak]

Edge - When I had some rock walls built... So no construction is allowed in the setback.
By HPPOA because of their road/front setback rules? Plenty Puna folk have 4ft+ rock walls and fences within, but immediately along, the property lines so... Also doubt shrubs and trees of any size have the same restrictions as construction from any of the authorities, but do let us know what you find out from the overlapping restrictions.

Driveways OK.
Also wells, pools, etc... Here's some dated, but HPP-focused and related Punaweb discussion.

[Obie]

6 or 7 feet from the road is inside of the easement. Inside of your property line you are allowed to put up a wall and if it's under 6 feet tall, you don't need a permit.
You can also put up a fence or plant just about anything you want.