05-21-2015, 04:42 AM
quote:Aloha kakahiaka, HOTPE, keep in mind I SUPPORT THE TMT. Walmart/HPM are not built on "Conservation" designation/zoning is more the concern, worse, DHHL is in charge of that crap, and Walmart got a GREAT deal in their lease years ago (O/T). The price apparently goes up (ie. educational "donations") if the project needs to be approved on lands (Ceded lands, too) appropriated as "Conservation".
Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
Of note, this 1.4 BILLION dollars number being thrown around does NOT mean it is spent here in Hawai'i. Big misconception for a lot of people. What trickles down to us here is lease rent, education "donations/funding", which is minimal compared to the overall costs
But isn't that true about anything in East Hawaii?
Walmart for instance. Local contractors were hired in the construction process, but the walls, roofing materials, fixtures, all of those items were built elsewhere, just like components of the TMT. What about the items now sold in the store, how much is made by local people in Hawaii?
The same can be said about a "local" store like HPM. Most everything they sell is shipped in.
The difference is what trickles down from the TMT to local education is far more than donations Walmart or HPM make to local schools. Probably far more than all the donations made by every business on the island added together.
JMO.
ETA: Kalakoa, no kidding. Oh, and in your experience, do you happen to know how to measure testosterone that seems to be in great magnitude around here lately? (j/k, sorry, but this thread is getting difficult to respond to anymore. [xx(])