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What’s your reaction to thie controversy started about where the best Hawaii visitors come from?
Hello,
My family is in Hawaii, I have lived there and visit often. Where is the Aloha? the people of Hawaii that do the tourism work need a better livable wage so they don’t have to leave their children at home during major hurricanes. Time to look in the mirror Hawaii. Aloha is measured on how well you treat the most vulnerable in your society, and you failed and left the most vulnerable unprotected. And then dare to shame others, the ones that should be welcomed. shame on you Hawaii, too many tears for those lost. Time for Hawaii to quit judging others and look in the mirror. What have you become? You want others to respect your land and people yet you do not. We come because we love you, your people and your land. Shame. Do better.
Instead of a ‘Green Fee’ how about an infrastructure fee to bring power lines up to standard. This could have been avoided if some of the geen expenditures had been used for hardening and burying power lines. Poor management by Gov and Hawaii Elec. This whole thing is tragic beyond belief. To much green thinking and not enough critical thinking and common sense. You have to ask the question, will adding more wind mills prevent the next fire or will upgrading the delivery grid be a smarter option? We need more common sense solutions and less political driven decision making. Good luck with that. It is, after all, Hawaii.
Agree with everything in your post. More common sense is needed on the mainland too.
Kay,
Common sense is on vacation!
Aloha
Absolutely!
James,
I heard the Gov say climate change was at least partly responsible.
People have to challenge these politicians every time they blame climate change for a disaster or a reason to spend more money on solar/wind power. The more these fail, the more bad Govs, mayors, congressmen, senators, and ignorant presidents will blame the one thing they know nothing about – the climate.
Climate change in this instance is an accountability deflection from a real person – the elected official – to a nebulous ideology that has no address, phone number, or other means of direct accessibility by the citizenry.
President Harry Truman said “the buck stops here.” However, today’s politician says “don’t look at me, it’s someone or something else’s responsibility.
Mark,
You couldn’t be more spot on!
Aloha
Thank you so much for your newsletter. I learn important news reach time I read it. We are not wealthy but have prioritized visiting Hawaii at least once a year. I’ve immersed myself in the history, culture and music for 30 yrs. The loss of all those historical pieces in the Lahaina fire have broken my heart. I hope people Dig Deep to donate. What many people may not realize is that a lot of those houses on the streets behind Front street were simple homes that people have lived in for their entire lives ..several generations too. Those hard working people are the heart beat of Hawaiian culture, and so many ways. Please donate.
Being from LA, it doesn’t sit well with me either. Besides being insulting, as you point out, it’s just plane wrong. It’s also wrong headed! I get, and tend to agree, that Hawaii needs fewer “budget tourists”, but saying that those only come from LA is silly.
Joerg, we vacation in Hawaii nearly every year and will spend 16 days there from Sep 14-30.
I have no idea if there are too many “budget tourists,” whatever that is, or not.
Hawaii could not survive without a Mix of tourists from budget to extravagant.
Joerg,
The governor of Hawaii is calling for tourists, no mention of budget tourists staying home.
As I mentioned before, we will be coming next month. And, on the day after the disaster struck, I made a cash contribution to one of the on-the-ground charities in Maui (The Salvation Army). I hope all Americans will send whatever they can afford to help our fellow Americans on Maui.
Why does HI “need fewer budget tourists”? That is incredibly elitist and exclusionary.
CFitz,
That was a statement the governor of Hawaii made a few days before Lahaina was destroyed. More recently, he’s been asking for visitors without asking the largest group of visitors to go elsewhere.
I’m from Las Vegas and I try to go to Hawaii every year… I love it there… I wonder if residents of those 2 California locations actually make up the majority of tourists going there or is it just the flights since most other starting destinations have a layover in LA or SF first before Hawaii….