Comment on Mark Sheehan's "Revisiting the Visitor Industry, Part
August 14, 2009 | 08:43 PM

This is one of the very few rare, well-considered articles I've read in this publication on this subject which was clearly written in language that everyone can understand. It's frankly a damned shame that so many people have had to suffer the consequences of lazzi faire political stewardship that enslaves people with a system that teaches no work ethic or the value of a comprehensive education while allowing multinational corporations to purchase their influence in the government of the general public.

Politicians and CEOs fear an educated public more than a 9 mm pistol held at their temples: they know that anybody who reads and studies the world around them can care for themselves and add value to their communities without having to serve a clandestine master. Their entire existences depend on keeping people ignorant, fearful, hopeless and impoverished.
I surely hope that the readership takes this article to the next level and demands action from their local leadership. And if that refuses to comply with the will of the community, then there may be more assertive means of getting the attention applied that the situation warrants. All the very best of luck. And remember: "Aole loaa i ka noho wale".

Anakai McKerral - San Jose, CA