The General Contractors Association of Hawaii awarded Goodfellow Brothers the 2009 General Contractors Association (GCA) Build Hawai‘i Award for Federal Construction for their outstanding work in constructing Phase III of the Saddle Road improvement project (between m.m 19 and m.m 35).I’m crossing my fingers the DCCA Office Of Administrative Hearings will uphold the bid award to GBI to widen Queen Kaahumanu Highway between Kealakehe Parkway and Kona Int’l Airport. Thus Goodfellow can continue with their excellent road construction track record they have here on the Big Island.
I thought this letter to the editor was extremely spot-on about the need of a joint solution in regards to issue of further telescopes on Mauna Kea. I get the impression from the folks opposed to further telescope development that their voices have not been heard or have been marginalized. However that doesn’t give them the right to be steadfast in their their position. The same applies to pro-telescope folks. Thus I strongly believe both sides need to move beyond sound bites,legal decisions and come to consensus that will benefit not only Mauna Kea but the overall Big Island.
There was some interesting thoughts about the danger Hualalai poses in this WHT article here .However I’m more concerned about Mauna Loa erupting. Especially taking into account that it poses a enormous danger to large swath of Hawaii County.
Kai Landow is continuing to re post my blog postings here.He wants me to stop deleting comments from people opposed to my opinion. Then he claims he’ll stop re posting my blog entries. I strongly feel Kai is trying to hold my blog hostage by his actions. I’ve deleted comments from people in the past of this blog. However I’ve let most comments get posted regardless if they criticized my opinion. But in the case of Kai Landow’s comments I felt he was trying to monopolize my blog. On top of that, it seemed like a echo chamber with him stating the same arguments over and over again. The last straw for me was his insistence insistence that my evidence was not valid. Why should I waste my time trying to argue my position with someone who is steadfast with theirs ?
R.J Mendoza wrote up an excellent blog entry here about this debacle.
Lastly, I’ve received quite a few e-mails raising questions about Hawaii County Council Resolution 66-09.These people assert that this resolution is start of the process of bringing all of the State of Hawaii’s garbage here.
I’ve had a chance to read the resolution and saw the questionable legislative language that raised this concern :
“WHEREAS the potential of a unique opportunity exists of processing the State’s combined solid waste flow into organic composted media for agricultural enhancement and this opportunity occurs best on the island of Hawaii whereby an all encompassing solid waste solution of this scope and specificity could result in significant returns on investments and promote economic and agricultural sustainability”
I think concern about this resolution is unwarranted.For starters it doiesn’t have the force of law, it is simply a policy statement. On top of that, this trash issue is not going to be solved by Hawaii County on its own.The State of Hawaii will have to collectively solve this looming issue. Thus I applaud Councilman Greenwell for having the foresight to introduce this legislation.
Big Island Chronicle also had a interesting commentary here about this proposed resolution
"The last straw for me was his insistence insistence that my evidence was not valid."
ReplyDeleteIts funny he should post this one, that's where I responded to him on his evidence and he didn't publish it. which look great for his argument that I failed to respond.
I never said his argument wasn't valid per se. I said Robert Thomas agreed I had a point and it was possible my position [and Leon Siu] was valid as well.
So what does that prove?