11-23-2007, 08:26 AM
Carolann I couldn’t have said it better, Thanks.
I wonder where Punapetah draws the line? Does he drive a car, use pharmaceuticals, and drive on asphalt roads? Large mainland companies own all these things some are international companies and this stuff has to be imported and add to the destruction of “Rural Puna”. I just wonder where he draws his line in the sand? Ya’ just can’t stand there and say only Wal-Mart is bad.
Mella I think it was about a year ago (Help me on this) the Tribune ran a few articles on this topic.
One of the chains wanted to build a 60 +/- room hotel in Keaau right next to the post office.
As I remember it the land is so polluted from arsenic that they passed on this site. The cost to remove and replace the soil was to high adding to the construction costs.
This was all due to sugar cane farming and processing.
"Many dreams come true and some have silver linings, I look for my dreams and a pocket full of gold" Led Zeppelin
I wonder where Punapetah draws the line? Does he drive a car, use pharmaceuticals, and drive on asphalt roads? Large mainland companies own all these things some are international companies and this stuff has to be imported and add to the destruction of “Rural Puna”. I just wonder where he draws his line in the sand? Ya’ just can’t stand there and say only Wal-Mart is bad.
Mella I think it was about a year ago (Help me on this) the Tribune ran a few articles on this topic.
One of the chains wanted to build a 60 +/- room hotel in Keaau right next to the post office.
As I remember it the land is so polluted from arsenic that they passed on this site. The cost to remove and replace the soil was to high adding to the construction costs.
This was all due to sugar cane farming and processing.
"Many dreams come true and some have silver linings, I look for my dreams and a pocket full of gold" Led Zeppelin
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it cost when it’s free...now here come the taxes.....