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~ FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2004 ~ WEST HAWAII tODAY' <br /> EbITORIAL ' <br /> C a~ e the <br /> g <br /> 1<7erther this newspapez <br /> ha ~t !and t e _ <br /> nor its readers tsar frnce the <br /> it ~ co»ncll tneinberg t0 yvte"in . <br /> any 3lrrgular fa9hlOr1. ~ <br /> ~e can, hvt4ever, <br /> d sudtheiractionalie ~ ~ <br /> e~: Hear F <br /> taken m ~'OViV WN'l4~! <br /> ' exposure grid in view of di4lre~rdh~ld bgthc <br /> those whose quality of life <br /> wr1llikelvvbecompromised aoouueclmajArilyofBona <br /> C o s hire should thesiar_votaveto <br /> overrjde succeed. l~e 1'i~(~S oFwesr <br /> e ' ' by County Council Chairman James The admdnistration „ <br /> Azakald hear in ,Hilo an issue that is controversial should entertain the ITASVSn 1~1eII19C~9. <br /> to West awaii and has little impact on East Hawaii suggu <br /> Lion raised ai the <br /> residents wrong.. time it. sought boixd <br /> Arakald has p on the Sept 1 County Council agenda funding for a West Hawaii <br /> the mayor's f <br /> the 's Kona Coast pzoject, rather civic center: The County Council should be ornmpelled - by <br /> than wait until a Sept.1 meeting and decide the issrole in law - fo convene as fi~rentlyin West Hawaii as it does in <br /> Hone, before th pie o will be most impacted ifthis Hilo. That does not pzeclude meetings elsewhere, but halts <br /> Project is a11o liefore there is adegnatt infrastructure I the habitual run-and-hide-in-H'~Io voting that the Clifto's <br /> (roadway) to su rt the additional development. ,issue exemplifies. <br /> Regardless of abr1ity td waive normal procedure sad The Hawaii County Planning Commission hear, West <br /> place the issue ~ the ageuda sooner', as he has done, his Hawaii issues in a West Hawai{ venue, and East Hawaii <br /> action.speaks vol es,abnut the diszegard held by the ! 'i issues there. Matters pertainuag to both sides are heard on <br /> sound majority. Kona concerns and precisely the both sides. The Bound should !foAowsuit -and since good <br /> residems of <br /> West;Hawau tlremseIves. intention is negligible from the couacd, that procedure <br /> V1Te have already gone on the record in support of the should be compelled by law <br /> mayor's veto. The mayor's°veto message calls for amending The o!!-ated rift between East and West fiawaii is not <br /> the rezoning Biz 78 with a provision °in respect to the something created by the residents of either side. It is made <br /> allowable non-residential uses, (drat) no budding permit solidly .md increased regularly'by the actions of our county <br /> shell be issued' the construction contract for the phase government <br /> two widening of eeti Kaahumanu Highway has been let" e1 rift groins only so wide before full separation occurs, <br /> ,That makes se ; it doesn't say developer Cliff Morris that is a physical reality the council and county government <br /> <br /> ~ can't build, just, he has to do the right thing, and wait best mxognize. <br /> until the mad support the increased burden. Keep in Chairman Aralcatd, zeconsidez your diseafranclrisement o <br /> mind the state edt of Tt`ansportation said Qlreen West Hawaii's residents and reschedule your #ctioru - <br /> Kaahumanu way reached capacity in iggs. whatever they may be - to the full light of a avenue.' <br /> <br />