Miulang
February 17th, 2005, 10:46 AM
John McAfee is what most people would describe as a very successful businessman. His suite of antivirus software has made him a very rich man. And as with most rich people, he exudes the kind of hauna smell that we ascribe to haoles in the worse sense of the word...someone who doesn't care about anyone or anything in his path.
This has been made pretty evident in his recent announcement (http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=6045) that he intends to sell over 1,000 acres of land just east of Kaunakakai, Molokai in an auction. The same group that stopped cruise ships from making Molokai a port of call is planning to hold protests against the impending sale.
"...When reached Tuesday at a home in Colorado, McAfee seemed not to be bothered by any of the criticism. He said the auction will go on – and disputed the real reasons for the community outrage.
“I’m a rich haole moving into a Hawaiian place, and nobody likes that,” he said....
As for fitting into the Molokai lifestyle, McAfee said he’ll continue to live as he chooses. He owns other property on the East End as well as land on the West End.
“I didn’t move to Hawaii to live as a Hawaiian,” he said. “I moved there to enjoy the beauty and live my own culture as everybody should. That’s what America is.”... :eek:
"...McAfee said he decided to sell the parcel in question because “activists” made it difficult for him to develop the land. Last year, according to state records, he was fined $13,000 by the Board of Land and Natural Resources for failing to obtain approvals to remove trees, cut a road and build a structure within the conservation district.
McAfee told The Maui News that he needed to do those things because his land was inaccessible and that Hawaiians often do the same thing but “nothing ever happens to them.”
The landowner said he would return to Molokai on Feb. 26 and would meet with the community – but with one restriction.
“I’ll be happy to talk about anything except the sale of my property,” said McAfee. “If they want to talk about my arrogance, I’ll talk about it. If they want to talk about me being a rich haole, I’ll talk about it. If they want to talk about my (former) drug addiction, I’ll talk about that, but I won’t talk about the sale of the property.”..."
This guy will never understand what aloha is. And you can bet the people of Molokai aren't going to sit quietly while he makes money off the land by selling it to more people like himself. :mad:
Miulang
This has been made pretty evident in his recent announcement (http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=6045) that he intends to sell over 1,000 acres of land just east of Kaunakakai, Molokai in an auction. The same group that stopped cruise ships from making Molokai a port of call is planning to hold protests against the impending sale.
"...When reached Tuesday at a home in Colorado, McAfee seemed not to be bothered by any of the criticism. He said the auction will go on – and disputed the real reasons for the community outrage.
“I’m a rich haole moving into a Hawaiian place, and nobody likes that,” he said....
As for fitting into the Molokai lifestyle, McAfee said he’ll continue to live as he chooses. He owns other property on the East End as well as land on the West End.
“I didn’t move to Hawaii to live as a Hawaiian,” he said. “I moved there to enjoy the beauty and live my own culture as everybody should. That’s what America is.”... :eek:
"...McAfee said he decided to sell the parcel in question because “activists” made it difficult for him to develop the land. Last year, according to state records, he was fined $13,000 by the Board of Land and Natural Resources for failing to obtain approvals to remove trees, cut a road and build a structure within the conservation district.
McAfee told The Maui News that he needed to do those things because his land was inaccessible and that Hawaiians often do the same thing but “nothing ever happens to them.”
The landowner said he would return to Molokai on Feb. 26 and would meet with the community – but with one restriction.
“I’ll be happy to talk about anything except the sale of my property,” said McAfee. “If they want to talk about my arrogance, I’ll talk about it. If they want to talk about me being a rich haole, I’ll talk about it. If they want to talk about my (former) drug addiction, I’ll talk about that, but I won’t talk about the sale of the property.”..."
This guy will never understand what aloha is. And you can bet the people of Molokai aren't going to sit quietly while he makes money off the land by selling it to more people like himself. :mad:
Miulang