Posted on 08/15/2023 1:13:31 PM PDT by rod5591
With wildfires ravaging West Maui on Aug. 8, a state water official delayed the release of water that landowners wanted to help protect their property from fires. The water standoff played out over much of the day and the water didn’t come until too late.
The dispute involved the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ water resource management division. DLNR delayed releasing water requested by West Maui Land Co. to help prevent the spread of fire, sources familiar with the situation said.
Specifically, according to accounts of four people with knowledge of the situation, M. Kaleo Manuel, a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner and DLNR’s deputy director for water resource management, initially balked at West Maui Land Co.’s requests for additional water to help prevent the fire from spreading to properties managed by the company.
According to the sources, Manuel wanted West Maui Land to get permission from a taro, or kalo, farm located downstream from the company’s property. Manuel eventually released water but not until after the fire had spread.
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Is that last line you typed their end game?
You were a Man of Action when it mattered.
At least no Government person tried to penalize you for doing their work for them and exposing their ineptitude.
They can be petty about such things.
Officials said that civil defense sirens were not activated during the fire despite the fact that the state has the world’s largest integrated outdoor siren warning system, with over 80 sirens on Maui alone meant to be used in cases of natural disasters.
Diversity is our strength.
Everything.
Yup.
White liberal ‘elties’ will buy up the land cheap and build new mansions on ‘public servants’ salaries. Maybe Biden and his ‘family’ will build a new mansion there...
Thats my theory for the West Coast. China wants it.
About the norm for government at any level in this country...
IAC, serfs must endure catastrophes, must be poor, and must bow to their communist masters...
Shhh! They’ll take that as a challenge.
Lots a seawater all around. Lots of Navy ships next door with powerful pumps that shoot water a long distance.
They've actually announced that intent. Sorry I don't have the link.
Can you say criminally negligent homicide, sure you can...
Pass the pineapple.
obama will form a syndicate and buy it all up. most people have insurance...so its about jobs for a population of 13,000.
I’ve used those fire hoses before. 😁👍
Need helos to suck up the ocean water to fight the fire. Bet they didn’t release them for use or don’t have any
Sounds like a hanging offense to me. Quick fair trial and ten minutes after the guilty verdict find the nearest tree or anything that will suffice.
The billionaires have been trying to buy out the natives for years, offering tens of millions per acre. The natives refused. The Hawaiian government has announced the natives are not getting their land back. The government is taking it for the greater good. I am not making this up.
Every single Institution and government entity is falling apart everywhere.
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