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County Government is the "New Plantation".
I think someone else said that. Not that it isn't true.
The economy is tourism, Federal monies,and retirees. Period.
Which would be almost tolerable if they did it really well instead of just raising our taxes.
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When you have lemons, make lemonade.
What happened to the old CocoJoe's maker of lava tiki statues and trinkets. With all the new lava flowing and plenty old lava everywhere, getting CocoJoes's back into production or something similar would help the lava economy with a unique Big Island product that could be sold to tourists.
Slow boat to High-Low
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Ever tried one of these? They work wonders. Volcanic Lava Pumice Stone Foot Skin Pedicure Callus Dead Skin Remover at Amazon.
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quote:
Originally posted by kalakoa
The way things are currently being run, we will all need County jobs just to keep up with the tax increases.
Didn’t Senator Kahele propose something like this? Maybe it was state jobs though...but basically a job for every resident?
