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. At Saturday's townhall meeting held by Senator Joy San Buenaventura for an underflowing crowd of 14 at the Pahoa Community Center, it wasn't all current legislative information, statistics, and audience diatribes about the Hawaiian Homes debacle and Child Wellness programs. We also learned why the long-promised new library for Pahoa is not being built despite the fact that funding for the design and construction has already been allocated by the State Legislature. It seems that County Councilmembers Ashley K. and Matty K.-K. still can't agree on where to put the Puna Bus Hub, and where the next library will be built depends on where the Hele-On fleet congregates. And the community pays the overdue fines.
Also -- in all honesty -- Joy rocks a miniskirt!
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Both the library and the bus are obsolete paradigms. We can do better.
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obsolete paradigm
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(05-17-2022, 02:16 AM)kalakoa Wrote: Both the library and the bus are obsolete paradigms. We can do better.
Somewhat true.
A library could be a place with free internet service and computer usage.
A bus station could be some sort of pickup/drop off location.
But, yeah, everything changes over time.
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Specifically, a climate-controlled building for paper books seems like a bad investment. A multipurpose community center with tech education and outreach would be more useful. We could build it next to the Pohiki boat ramp.
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Is it possible to comment on the library without providing your judgment about the quality of a woman's body?
Certainty will be the death of us.
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that miniskirt really tied the room together...
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As I learned from my DIL librarian (Masters in Library Science, In charge of educating other librarians for a large county.), libraries ceased being a "Specifically, a climate-controlled building for paper books" several years back. Yes, they still have books but they are much more than that now. "A multipurpose community center with tech education and outreach" is a more accurate description of what most libraries are now. They just still call them libraries, and why not.
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In addition to providing computers and internet access, they also have dvd's and CD's for people who can't afford or are unable to receive streaming services, as well as librarians to help researchers and students. I think they are still valuable.
Certainty will be the death of us.
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Not saying libraries aren't valuable, only that their current mission scope could be accomplished with far less costly infrastructure.
It's a specious argument given that all government programs are jobs-first, so we will get the most expensive building possible, so much so that it will never be fully opened due to constant "waiting for parts from the mainland" and "hiring consultants for installation", just like the pools.
