Sen. Will Espero wrote an excellent op-ed today regarding the pending closure of Kulani Prison.He feels that it would be a big mistake to shut down this facility when we already are spending 55 million dollars to jail 1,800 prisoners on the mainland. On the other hand,closing down Kulani would only 6 million dollars a year.Thus this is yet another example of Governor Lingle’s misplaced fiscal priorities.
The Hawaii County administration should definitely not be trusted to have to have taxpayers best interest when selling county owned land.This why we need to eliminate the current lassiez faire approach when selling these lands and bring more transparency and accountability to this process.
It perplexes me that there was a nearly an even split of people opposed and for the Hawaii County Council re-organization.I wonder what planet these individuals came from. Especially since it seems they don’t want any transparency and accountability on the council. (BIVN covered the public hearing here)
A friend of mine took this YouTube video of the newly completed phase of Sadle Road between m.m 35-42.
I was thinking more about the threat posed by Hualalai today. Hualalai will undoubtedly erupt someday.However I feel that there is other areas, like South Kona and Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, that face a higher risk for lava inundation than the Kona area. The USGS lava hazard maps support this assertion. Thus its not only just the Kona area should be the focus of creating lava flow evacuation plans. (I previously blogged here about that letter to the editor)
This statement on Hawaii Free Press about Hokulia shutting down is factually inaccurate.
“Hokulia furloughs most of its staff (destroyed by OHA greenmail–finished off by the Obama economy”
I’m sorry to say, Andrew, it was due to the lassiez faire economic policies of former President George Bush, not President Obama’s,that caused Hokulia to shutdown.
Lastly, Sandwich Isles Communications figures prominently in this report to congress regarding entities receiving the most Universal Service Fund subsidies.
