Post #707987 by Tangaroa-Ru on Wed, Feb 12, 2014 4:18 PM

The owners of Bahooka gave us decades of great service in an outstanding atmosphere. They had every right to take a huge financial offer for their business and finally enjoy their "golden years" and not make us rib dinners anymore. We may not have liked HOW they chose to close, as I'm sure many of us would have liked more warning or maybe been given a chance to buy the property first and keep it going. However, it is my understanding that the sale originally went to someone who wanted to keep all the tanks and fish. The property was sold again, and the latest owner does not want the tanks or fish. If this really is the case, then the original Bahooka owners were under the clear understanding that the fish would remain and be taken care of. They loved Rufus, too, and I can't possibly believe they would have left him behind had they not gotten assurance from the first buyer that the fish were wanted and would stay. What happened after that initial sale is not their doing or responsibility. If you owned a pet store and sold it to someone who said they were going to keep it a pet store, but then THEY turned around and sold the property a year later to someone who wanted to turn it into a Verizon store... well, what would YOU do, as the original owner? Sure, it would be nice if we heard from the Bahooka family, and we might, with all this press going on. They might not even know about this situation until they turn on the news. So, let's not start any hating or torch-lighting. That fixes nothing. Let's just take positive and progressive action to HELP and make a real difference. We're a community filled with aloha spirit and creativity. We are much better than hate and resentment.