Who Is Dividing The Community?

From time to time 'Against' is accused of dividing the community on the issue of the planned waste processing facility near Ainakea homes.  Here are two examples of what WasteStream supportes had to say.

• Instead of bringing our community together, 'Against' is dividing it.

• In reference to 'Against's" activism, this comment was emailed to me; "... And the harm that is being done in this way can only hinder the great efforts that NKCRC has made to benefit and support this community as well as unnecessarily divide and confuse our community. ..."

From where I stand, the opposite is the case; 'Against' has brought the community together in this common cause, to oppose this heartless selection of the current site for a waste processing facility.  If there is indeed a division than it is dividing about 10 WasteStream members and a few potential beneficiaries from the rest of the community.  So far the ratio appears to be 327 to 11 or 12, i.e., at best, 327 against and 12 for the current site selection.  I must say, I like this kind of a division. It is WasteStream, and its supporters, who by their actions have separated themselves from the mainstream of our community.  It tells me that WasteStream does not know, or refuses to understand  the simple requirements of our community; requirements such as,

 Clean air
 No damage to our coastline and the ocean
 No groundwater contamination
 No fallout of any kind
 Quiet neighborhood
 No increase in road noise and carbon monoxide pollution
 Safety for our children walking to and from school
 Leaving only access road free from traffic congestion for emergency traffic
 Keep rodents away from homes and children at play
 No noise from a waste treatment plant
 No stench from a waste treatment plant
 No harm to North Kohala’s reputation of its unpolluted pristine nature

Our community is not confused, as the writer, quoted above, thinks.  We know exactly what we want, and what we don't want, and that is why well over 300 residents have already rejected WasteStream's present site proposal/plan.