Friday, November 09, 2012

PLDC SCHEDULES NEW PUBLIC HEARING FOR NEXT TUESDAY, 11/13
But Will Anyone Be Able To Go?
























Honolulu Civil Beat - November 9, 2012

The last time the state Public Land Development Corporation held public hearings on controversial new rules for the agency hundreds of people showed up at meetings all over the state to demand that the PLDC be abolished.

Another hearing on another version of those rules is scheduled for next week in the same small Honolulu meeting room that forced an overflowing crowd out of the room. And the Tuesday hearing has been set for 10:30 a.m., a time agency critics say is aimed at ensuring as few people as possible will be able to attend.

“I think it is pretty obvious by what they are doing, that they really don’t want a lot of public input,” said Robert Harris, executive director of the Hawaii Sierra Club....




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