HONOLULU — A 120-year-old Hawaii dam that reached worrisome levels during heavy rains and devastating flooding, prompting thousands of residents to evacuate for fear of life-threatening failure last week, will soon be taken over by the state. The state’s land board on Friday voted to acquire certain irrigation lands from Dole Food Co., clearing the […]

The state has sent Dole four notices of deficiency about the dam since 2009, and five years ago it fined the company $20,000 for failing to address safety deficiencies on time, according to records.

  • bearboiblake@pawb.socialEnglish
    16·
    10 hours ago

    That’s capitalism for you, the gains are privatized, and the losses of the dam breaking and destroying countless lives don’t show on the balance sheet.

    The working class need to take back control of the state from the Epstein billionaires currently in charge, by any means necessary. Our lives depend on it.