There is a lot of mis-education out there about this issue. Your comment echoes an antiquated rhetoric that has been repeated for more than 60 years, and is used to defend an unwillingness to provide services to Puna. The reality is that Puna as a whole is contributing very close to the same amount in property taxes as S. Hilo at this point, and we are receiving a tiny fraction of the investment into infrastructure. Puna residents are the most economically disadvantaged in the state, they already pay their fair share in taxes and receive barely anything as a result of those taxes. There us no easy solution, but establishing an improvement district is asking the poorest citizens to pay an additional amount that they cannot afford, for the "luxury" of basic government services. Please feel free to fact check me.