tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post149156440498942969..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Facing FutureJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-84261553713239026122011-10-14T08:37:11.810-10:002011-10-14T08:37:11.810-10:00Thanks for the update Joan. Please keep a close e...Thanks for the update Joan. Please keep a close eye on this process. The Great Mahele may be minuscule in comparison to the profound changes these decisions will have. Aloha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-10652555913021457202011-10-10T23:09:14.034-10:002011-10-10T23:09:14.034-10:00Hurricane? Nope. Supplies would simply fly into ...Hurricane? Nope. Supplies would simply fly into another island and be barged over via Matson/Young.<br /><br />Trouble on mainland west coast? Nope. And extremely doubtful. Supplies would come in from other parts of the country.<br /><br />More expensive for a while? Sure. The plan is to afford it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-10310859892907857332011-10-10T22:32:43.132-10:002011-10-10T22:32:43.132-10:00Hurricanes Iwa and Iniki ring a bell? Food prices ...Hurricanes Iwa and Iniki ring a bell? Food prices threw the roof is all the incentive most people need to want to be self-sustaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-6946101398025446472011-10-10T15:05:58.484-10:002011-10-10T15:05:58.484-10:00Under what reasonable scenario would the planes, b...Under what reasonable scenario would the planes, boats and Costcos not remain operating? <br /><br />Hurricane, earthquake on west coast, airline strike, social unrest.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-32263725449238742852011-10-10T14:46:18.063-10:002011-10-10T14:46:18.063-10:00"Let's have democracy."
And what if..."Let's have democracy."<br /><br />And what if public opinion goes against going back to an agrarian culture but instead desires more "tropical affluence" fueled by mainland and foreign money?<br /><br />What if public opinion wants better infrastructure and social services that only tax revenues on developed land can bring?<br /><br />Could happen.<br /><br />I'd love to see a real poll based not on "one person - one vote" but weighted based on either percent private fee simple land ownership or percent tax dollars paid. You own more land or pay more taxes...you get more votes. Kind of like the "percent common ownership" thing in condos where the votes of people owning larger units get more weight than the people owning smaller units.<br /><br />Not everyone...maybe not a majority based on weighted or unweighted poll votes...wants self sufficiency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-82066919724088425162011-10-10T05:59:41.187-10:002011-10-10T05:59:41.187-10:00Would you really accept a vote that didn't sup...Would you really accept a vote that didn't support your position.<br />If so there have been elections every other year and the voters have spoken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-91143019382249384462011-10-09T17:32:11.337-10:002011-10-09T17:32:11.337-10:00And therein lies the problem: Kaua'i's (an...And therein lies the problem: Kaua'i's (and Hawai'i's) complete dependence on the failing/collapsing American economy. Hawai'i was once self-sufficient. No more. America's destructive addiction to the dollar is destroying it and us too. Time for change. Occupy Kaua'i. Get rid of the stacked deck. Let's have democracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-76925641010805336902011-10-09T13:01:30.064-10:002011-10-09T13:01:30.064-10:00Under what reasonable scenario would the planes, b...Under what reasonable scenario would the planes, boats and Costcos not remain operating? <br /><br />Do you really think that mainland America would jettison this state?<br /><br />Or are you reading way too many dystopian novels?<br /><br />I believe that things will remain pretty much as normal, other than prices. All will be available to those that can afford it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com