The syndicate and the unions are not the ones failing to implement a solution to, say, a ten year old traffic problem at Laniakea beach.
A lot of the problems on Oahu at least stem from the fact that the City and County of Honolulu manages both highly urban and a highly rural areas with vastly different interests.
That problem extends to state politics as well - rural areas with low populations have little or no chance of having their issues addressed when they have only a single voice in any of the major representative bodies.
I am indeed a transplant - long term, most of my life, went to public high school here transplant - but still a transplant. My neighbors, however, are not. They are Hawaiians and most of them are pissed. Pissed enough to vote, and to see immediately that their votes in our rural district literally do not matter.
Very frustrating.
I think tourism is an important and vital industry for our state. We need to manage it effectively. The corruption and graft was so easy to ignore in the 80's, 90's, early 2000's. Not any more.
Miske's associates are singing to the feds as we speak. Oahu is crawling with alphabet agencies who have picked up the scent of blood. It feels different, but I guess time will tell...
A lot of the problems on Oahu at least stem from the fact that the City and County of Honolulu manages both highly urban and a highly rural areas with vastly different interests.
That problem extends to state politics as well - rural areas with low populations have little or no chance of having their issues addressed when they have only a single voice in any of the major representative bodies.
I am indeed a transplant - long term, most of my life, went to public high school here transplant - but still a transplant. My neighbors, however, are not. They are Hawaiians and most of them are pissed. Pissed enough to vote, and to see immediately that their votes in our rural district literally do not matter.
Very frustrating.
I think tourism is an important and vital industry for our state. We need to manage it effectively. The corruption and graft was so easy to ignore in the 80's, 90's, early 2000's. Not any more.
Miske's associates are singing to the feds as we speak. Oahu is crawling with alphabet agencies who have picked up the scent of blood. It feels different, but I guess time will tell...