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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Vikram Khurana > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 3:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau ===== ______________________ Stan Baptista - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webawocky Website Designs www.webawocky.com great websites happen...by design __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
