Star Bulletin Says Full Speed Ahead On Buying Turtle Bay

The Star Bulletin had an editorial encouraging the State to Buy Turtle Bay. My response in their comments below. This is a win win for the North Shore Serial Protester Surfers. Townies pay the bill, North Shore stays the same.

Most of what is written about Turtle Bay is very inaccurate. I cover a lot of this in my open letter to Governor Lingle on my blog - My Open Letter to Governor Lingle. The worst is the news and the Serial Protesters always saying Oaktree was going to start building 3,500 units. The truth is they were starting to build on land that is zoned for up to 3,500 units. That is a HUGE difference. The market is over for mega hotels. People want boutique hotels - less expensive and dense. That is what would have been built.

So now what is going to happen? Hawaii's economy is going to be very bad for the next 2-5 years. Oaktree will not be able to sell the property, there will be a massive lawsuit and you SUCKERS over in town will be paying the North Shore surfers somewhere between $600 -$800 million after all the lawyers, accountants, bankers, bureaucrats all get their fees.

Governor Lingle screwed this one royally and will be running for the US Senate by the time you all pay the bill.

Gil Riviera and Carol Philips Are REPUBLICANS?

So the party of Ronald Reagan, George Bushes, Dick Cheney and John McCain is also the party of Gil Riviera and Carol Philips? I saw that Gil is running in the primary for the North Shore Senate seat and we all have to assume the perpetual candidate Carol is going to run (would someone please give this woman a job).

I also heard that Gil worked in Mike Magaoay's office. Was he a Republican then?

Call me cynical, OK, really cynical, but do you think they are both running as Republicans because they do not have a prayer of beating Michael in a Democrat primary?

I can not think of any aspiring politicians that are more left than these two "Republicans". I guess I should not be surprised as our "Republican" Gov. Lingle wants to nationalize Turtle Bay Resort.

So strange, so true, so North Shore.