Post #307503 by christiki295 on Sat, May 19, 2007 9:40 AM

This thread is not political, like do are you in favor of the death penalty, etc.
To the contrary, land use issues have represented the history of Hawaii, ever since the Gand Mahale, the Bayonet Constitution or Sanford Dole appointing himself governor and imprisoning Queen Liliuokalani - all over tarif and labor issues regarding the exportation of agricultural products from the plantataions. In other words, Dole and others (with the overt or tacit approval of the US) took over Hawaii so as to ensure continued profit from exploiting/farming the land.

Land use issues continue to be the paramount issue facing the Hawaiian islands.
For example, how many of us like, or would stay in, the Kahalui area of Maui, even though it is an ocean front location? Probably not many as the area is defined by the Costco, HomeBase and K-Mart stores.

Each Walmart poses the question, does Hawaii want to become like Southen California, with "big box" stores ruining its landscape for the benefit of $10-12 hour part time jobs with little in the way of benefits? Is that a good enough trade-off to put one in Lahaina?

Is sacred ancestral land in Hawaii - which Walmart desecreted (read the article) worth creating an injunction to prevent building on it, or should there be a law that every potential development have some sort of a historical geological survey before escrow closes or before the development?

Are big box stores and oceans of asphalt surrounding them on almost every island consistent with Hawaii as the tropical paradise?

[ Edited by: christiki295 2007-05-19 10:18 ]