[luau] our economy

[Stan Baptista]

re: with a small group of businessmen controlling most
of what goes on in this economy.

That might make sense.  I was born and raised here and
I have heard this comment before.  Pardon my ignorance
but, if this is true, how do "they" go about
controlling salaries?  Sorry for beating this poor
horse to death but I just don't believe the costs here
are higher than places like Silicon Valley.

--- Jeff Zidek <z-man at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: luau-admin at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
> [mailto:luau-admin at videl.ics.hawaii.edu]On Behalf Of
> Vikram Khurana
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:38 PM
> To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
> Subject: RE: [luau] our economy
> 
> 
> > A personal observation: Nothing is done in Hawaii
> that can be done
> > somewhere else. So, if you are a tech person, your
> future here will most
> > likely depend on supporting an activity that is
> best done here. Tourism,
> > the military, state and local government, home
> repairs for movie stars
> > living on Maui.
> 
> I have lived here for nine years now and have to
> agree with Scott and partly
> with Vikram.  Part of it is our payment in "sunshine
> dollars"  but the
> biggest part is a good ole boy mentality with a
> small group of businessmen
> controlling most of what goes on in this economy. 
> Why would they want
> things to change?  They have been in control since
> 1900 so why rock the
> boat.   It is going to take a dedicated bunch of new
> entrepreneur with a
> vision of the future and maybe backing from the
> mainland to break open
> treasure chest that is here for us.  I was a high
> school teacher here for a
> couple of years an have seen first hand what we need
> to do to bring up the
> standard of tech learning in public schools here. 
> That's why I am so
> dedicated to HOSEF.  We have half the equation to
> bring good tech jobs here.
> We have a great location (geographically and for
> recruitment), we have a
> good understanding of growing Asian markets, we have
> people ready to work,
> but are lacking a skilled workforce  (top complaint
> I have heard from tech
> companies wanting to come here) we haven't built up
> the tech infrastructure
> (though that is changing) and most of all we make it
> difficult for new
> companies to do business here, leading back to my
> first point.  That why it
> so important we break down as many of those barriers
> as is humanly possible.
> I don't know about the rest of you but I married
> into a Hawaiian family and
> will probably be buried in Kaneohe cemetery when I
> go.  The mainland is
> really not an option.  For those of you who are in
> the same boat as me lets
> make this tech industry become a reality here.  Just
> my 2 cents   Jeff Zidek
> 
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