Reed Flickinger’s recent commentary about Sen. Josh Green was way off base. There has been a lot of rumors implying Sen. Green may vacate his Senate seat. However, Sen. Green sent me this e-mail on November 9th, 2010 refuting this rumor.
I called up Sen. Green today to make sure he hasn’t changed his mind since then. Sen. Green reiterated that he loves working for the people of Kona. So, I hope these persistent rumors regarding his possible departure will cease.
Dennis Moresco has apparently filed a petition urging the State LUC to reconsider reclassifying O’oma from conservation to urban. This new petition will be heard by the State LUC at their next meeting in Honolulu on December 2nd and 3rd, 2010.
Armstrong Builders has pulled the first batch of building permits for the soon to be built homes in Laiopua Village five subdivision.
The resurfacing of Keanalehu Drive and Puohulihuli Street may start as early as next week, according to the latest update I received from DHHL.
The Makalei Fire Station project consultant should be submitting the final bid specifications and designs to the county within the next two weeks.
I was a bit miffed that Hawaii Reporter used one of my photographs without my authorization. I’d love some suggestions to prevent this from happening again.
Lastly, I sent this e-mail to the HCPD and the county regarding the enormous cost increase for the proposed South Kona police station.
Aloha,
I’m very perplexed why the cost to build the proposed South Kona police station suddenly doubled overnight. The increase is apparently attributed to excavating the uneven topography of the property. However, I believe this issue should’ve been determined earlier in the engineering process.
The community was lead to believe the cost of constructing this facility was between 15-17 million dollars. Then the cost magically doubles to between 35 million and 40 million dollars. So, I believe the original estimate (which was even included in the FEA) was based on incomplete engineering data.
This is akin to a store doing a bait and switch on customers. Those customers are the residents of South Kona.
I urge the county to reexamine the plans for this police station and remove unneeded features. This will likely bring the cost of this facility back in line with the original estimate.
November 26th, 2010 at 6:40 PM
Did Hawaii Reporter include the link to your blog before or after you discovered they had used your photo?
Your Creative Commons license allows others to use your content WITH attribution, so this is a key question.
November 26th, 2010 at 6:47 PM
Hawaii Reporter did include a link to my blog before I complained to them about this issue.
November 27th, 2010 at 4:11 AM
I’m no fan of Hawaii Reporter, but if they gave attribution then I don’t think they violated your CC license.
If you don’t want anyone to use your content without permission, then Creative Commons licensing may not be for you. …or at least not the version of the license you have now.
November 27th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Doug,
I created a new blog page that explains the proper use of my content and removed the Creative Commons copyright. Please feel free to give input on these new rules.
November 27th, 2010 at 1:11 PM
That makes your policy clear. Your rules are, well, your rules, what I think of them really is irrelevant.