Kaui'i got caught in a catch 22 of sorts, when they let Marriott build
theire hugh resort there. When they saw the size of the thing, the
county (island council) put a kabash on any other operation that there
won't be any other new building erected that is taller than a palm
tree.

1, that halted a lot of further development because they didn't want
the island to turn into another Honolulu.

2. it was good for Marriott, because the island council themselves
warded off a lot of other competetion that would want to build there to
out do Marriott.

So, I would suppose that the council not only did the island a favor,
but also helped Marriott as well.

win-win situation??

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:11:20 -0500, P Fritz wrote:

I see that sort of crap all the time with developments I work on. The
surrounding neighbors pour into the Planning Commision meetings whining
about how they use 'X' piece of land for picnics etc, and how we should
not be allowed to develop it. They never want to buy it, even when
offered. They just want to continue to leach off of others. Why am I
not surprised that donny is of the same ilk?

I get offers from developers all the time and the first question I ask
them is how much open space they plan and how do they plan to allow
others to use it.

I've never had a satisfactory answer to that - ever - from a
developer.

From my perspective, developers need to take into account the users of
the land, not just the owners.