Citizens call legality of procedure to pass building codes into question
Video by David Corrigan, Voice of Stephanie Salazar
SEAVIEW, Hawaii: From their home in Seaview subdivision in lower Puna, RJ Hampton and Sativa Sultan met with Big Island Video News a few weeks back, to discuss what they say are violations of the Sunshine Law on the part of the Hawaii County Council, that go all the way back to when bill 270 – the new building code law – was first introduced.
It was chaos in Hilo’s county building on February 2nd, when protest erupted during a vote on adopting a new building code for Hawaii Island.
This group – the same group that has been actively involved in the crafting of amendments to the new codes – demanded the council “Kill the Bill”, forcing the council meeting to shut down, the chamber to close, and police to be called to the scene.
The council passed bill 270 anyway. Council chair Dominic Yagong and Kona councilwoman Brenda Ford were the only votes against.
The very next day, Hampton and Sativa explained the uproar, bringing forward hundreds of documents, detailing their investigation into the improperly agendized communications and allegedly mis-handled documentation on amendments. They were also upset by the missing section on Alternative materials.
They also invited a nieghbor of theirs to speak to Big Island Video News about how she fears the new code will affect her.
Over the weekend, Hampton and Sativa revealed that the state Office of Information Practices was looking into the matter.
I agree with statements made by Hampton, Sativa and Athena. The new building codes go to far in trying to regulate what type of materials used and how building should look. There is nothing wrong with simple structures being built and using alternative building materials.
makes me SICK TO MY STOMACH!!!! that these people would use their mainland standards in deciding Hawaii’s building codes when DUHH, Hawaii is nothing like the mainland (except where they have landscaped it to look like the mainland although that doesn’t make it the mainland)!!!!! STILL, Mother Nature, Pele, and the other Gods of Hawaii Nei prove over and over again, how FUTILE their stupid, silly codes that ONLY SERVE TO PREVENT THE PEOPLE FROM LIVING AND SURVIVING ON THEIR OWN LANDS AND ENCOURAGING NEEDLESS SUFFERING FOR FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN THEIR OUTDATED ECONOMIC SYSTEMS. Time for a change! Let’s get the backers of this bill OUT of city council and show how disgusted we the people are with their inhumane decision to restrict building a home to their extravagant measures that smack of discrimination against the economically-disadvantaged. Let us not forget the focus is on raising a family, not meeting stupid building codes that empty one’s pocketbook. I’ve signed the Free World Charter, will you? http://youtu.be/rvDKTRgoSS8
I heard that Bill 270 would fine struggling families $1000 PER DAY (!!!!) UNTIL THE STRUCTURE THAT DOESN’T MEET THEIR STANDARDS — standards that have recently been shadily shifted — IS REMOVED! STRUCTURES THAT THE WOMAN YOU JUST SAW IN THE VIDEO AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN LIVING IN SAFELY FOR DECADES!!!!! IS THE REAL AGENDA TO STEAL THE LAND AND PROPERTIES OF STRUGGLING FAMILIES THEREBY PUTTING THESE FAMILIES OUT ON THE STREETS???? FAMILIES WHO HAVE ALREADY STRUGGLED TO BUY THEIR PROPERTIES IN THE FIRST PLACE NOW FIND THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS (SO-CALLED PUBLIC SERVANTS) ENACTING LEGISLATION TO DESTROY THE OHANA, THE FAMILY, BY STEALING FROM THEM WITH STUPID LAWS!!!!! They need to find something better to do with their time and our tax dollars than destroying families and putting them out on the streets….