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It has often been pointed out on this and other Forums that the only city in Hawaii is Honolulu. All other area and population centers are little more than census-designated locales. This leaves the residents therein without the services that a "City" could provide, and leavse the residents, individually on their own, and at the mercy of "The County".
I have never understood the "Why" in this situation, and offer that it might better serve the state's residents if they were able to organize into legally-recognized cities in situations where population and population densities are sufficiently high.
What do you think the "City" of Hilo be able to provide that isn't provided by the County.
Representation that is local, made up of city residents and more in-tune and concerned with the people and their needs. Also, an official collective of people, i.e. "the City" more able to get their due from the county which is more than capable of ignoring individuals on their own, but may be bent to the collective voices as a city.
It ain't broke don't fix it and this ain't the mainland. We don't care how they do it over there.
If I want to find my council person, I know exactly where and how and she knows me, so how more connected do we need to be to our local government? If I want the County to know something, I can go talk to them. Having a 'city' layer of government would be one more layer to go through to get the County's attention.
"Representation that is local, made up of city residents and more in-tune and concerned with the people and their needs. Also, an official collective of people, i.e. "the City" more able to get their due from the county which is more than capable of ignoring individuals on their own, but may be bent to the collective voices as a city."
Examples
Hilo
Pahoa and Puna
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