HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0027.015 2000-2002 IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID--REMENBER THAT?
WELL THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN IT, IT HAS
TURNED OUT TO BE "THE STUPID ECONOMY!!
AND IN THIS NEW MILLENNIUM WE ARE
DRAGGING THE SAME OLD ECONOMIC GAMES
THAT ARE NOW, MORE THAN EVER, BEING
SHOWN TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO A SOCIETY AS
A WHOLE, RIGHT ALONG WITH US. ECONOMIC
GAMES THAT HAVE FORCED US INTO THIS
POSITION. WHERE THE MOTTO IS "MORE IS
BETTER" AND THE GOLDEN RULE IS NOW
"THOSE WITH THE GOLD RULE."
~I~THIS STATE IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS MADE
;SUP OF ISLANDS, THAT IN THEMSELVES ARE
i ~~~~`~ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.
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F8 BUT ALL, ARE UNDER THE ECONOMIC CONTROL
OF MULTI-INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS
THAT ANSWER TO NO ONE, EXCEPT THEIR
STOCKHOLDERS. CORPORATIONS THAT GET
PEOPLE ELECTED WHO WILL BUY INTO THEIR
GAME AND DO THEIR BIDDING WHEN THEY
FEEL THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR THEIR BOTTOM
LINE. CREATING THE WORST KIND OF
BIGOTRY--- ECONOMIC BIGOTRY.
WHICH MANY ARE NOW, AND RIGHTFULLY SO,
QUESTIONING. THESE MULTI-NATIONAL
CORPORATIONS SUPPLY THE MONEY TO ISLAND
(MONEY POOR) BUT LAND RICH CORPORATE
LAND BARRONS--AND WE ALL KNOW WHO THEY
ARE, ONCE THE DEAL IS MADE AND THEIR
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES ARE IN PLACE
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THE GAME IS STARTED AND WITH ENOUGH
VOTES THEY CAME VIRTUALLY TAKE
PARADISE AND MAKE IT A PARKING LOT.
REMEMBER OAHU USE TO BE JUST AS
PRISTINE AS THIS ISLAND IS NOW
W.H. SHIPMAN, LTD. KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT
IT IS DOING AND CARES NOTHING ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC HAVOC THAT THEIR, NOT NEEDED,
GATEWAY SHOPPING CENTER, WILL BRING TO
ALL OF EAST HAWAII AND MOST OF ALL TO
HILO. THEY CARE NOT ABOUT THEIR NOW
EXISTING KEA'AU COMPLEX IT WILL FIND
IT'S OWN LEVEL OF SURVIVAL AND UNTIL IT
DOES THE LOSES CAN BE USED FOR TAX
PURPOSES.
THIS PROJECT IF ALLOWED WILL CAUSE MORE
DESTRUCTION THAN ANY BENEFITS CREATED
BY IT'S CONSTRUCTION, OF ALL THE JOBS
CREATED UPON IT'S COMPLETION EQUAL
NUMBER IF NOT MORE WILL BE LOST, ALONG
WITH A LOT OF SHATTERED DREAMS.
ONE ONLY HAS TO LOOK AT ALL THE EMPTY
STORES IN EAST HAWAII TO SEE WHAT THE
CORPORATE BATTLE FOR DOMINANCE HAS
SPAWNED. A BATTLE THAT IS STILL UNDER
WAY.
THIS IS A STRATEGIC LOCATION AND SHOULD
BE USED TO BENEFIT ALL OF EAST HAWAII
AND NOT JUST ANOTHER SHOPPING CENTER TO
LURE CUSTOMERS FROM GOING INTO HILO TO
JUST MORE SHOPPING CENTERS.
WE CAN NOT CONTINUE THE SAME OLD
ECONOMIC GAMES, THAT IS RIGHT NOW IN
HILO BEING SHOWN FOR WHAT IT REALLY
IS. MORE IS NOT BETTER---BETTER IS
BETTER .
THERE ARE SOME GREAT ALTERNATIVES FOR
THAT PROPERTY, WHICH TIME WILL NOT
ALLOW ME TO GO INTO AND IF THE PAST IS
ANY INDICATION, THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR
IT ANY WAY, THIS IS JUST A PROCEDURE
THAT THEY MUST GO THROUGH TO GET WHAT
THEY ALREADY HAVE PAID FOR, THE RIGHT
TO DO AS THEY PLEASE, BUT AFTER ALL
ISN'T THAT LIFE "THE COMPETITION
DESTRUCTIVE BLUES"
I GIVE YOU THIS TO PONDER---THE HOLES
IN THE OZONE LAYER ARE GROWING, THE
FOUR SEASONS ARE BEING COMPRESSED INTO
TWO--DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL
WARMING, THE DELICATE ECOLOGICAL
BALANCE THAT SUPPORTS SO MANY VARIED
FORMS OF LIFE IS UNDER THREAT, THIS
ISLAND'S DUMPS ARE FILLING UP AND TO
TOP IT ALL OFF WE LIVE ON AN ISLAND
THAT HOUSES ONE OF THIS PLANET'S MOST
ACTIVE VOLCANOS. AND AS OUR NOW MAYOR
HAS SAID "THE FURTHER YOU GET FROM THE
LAST ONE THE CLOSER YOU GET TO THE NEXT
ONE, FOR IT IS NOT IF IT IS WHEN."
YOUR HONOR YOU HAVE THE "VETO" USE IT
FOR THE PEOPLE FOR THE AINA.
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