Friday, November 27, 2009

Community Organizes!

Heard about this story on Rush this morning. I nope I can get a link to it. On the island of Kuaii in Hawaii, there was a state park and access road that had been damaged by a storm. The locals were waiting for the state to provide help to repair it. The estomates from the state was 2 million dollars and 4 years. The help wasn't coming and estimates were 2-4 years before the park would be reopened. The people got together and - at no cost to taxpayers - did the repairs in 8 days. Outrageous! An example of American principles of self reliance. This is great! When I hear the term Community Organizer, this is the picture that comes to my mind. This is what it should be, not people working to get voters for a particular group. It should be a term for activities that pull people in a comminity together to get projects done not lobbying for Liberals.

3 comments:

Dan said...

i have to say i dont think i would want to have anythig to do with this. i dont think i would want to be held liable in a law suit if there were any structural failures or people hurt while using the road. its just something i could see happening. its not quite the same as helping out your neighbor.

Patrick! said...

The people involved in the repairs were some of the same contractors who would have repaired it anyway, they just did it without the government. Just because the government authorizes something, doesn't make it better or safer.

Patrick! said...

Dan, It's nice to see someone actually read a post. Thank you. How's Tricia and the baby?