Came across an interesting travel column from a Las Vegas writer who touched on a topic few travel writers dare address when writing about Hawaii: moments when anti-tourism resentment surfaces in plain view of tourists, and why it might happen.
I thought it was a reasonably thoughtful response to a ""Hawaii Isles for Hawaiians, not for Haoles" yard sign and a suspicious horseback riding incident.
Hawaii, Las Vegas face same problems posed by growth
George "Knappster" Knapp, Las Vegas Mercury, June 17, 2004
His drawing of parallels between Las Vegas and Hawaii were generally plausible, but the big blinking exception would be the experiences of Hawaii's indigenous peoples and the overthrow of its former government, something I suspect few in Nevada (save Native Americans) can identify with.
I thought it was a reasonably thoughtful response to a ""Hawaii Isles for Hawaiians, not for Haoles" yard sign and a suspicious horseback riding incident.
Hawaii, Las Vegas face same problems posed by growth
George "Knappster" Knapp, Las Vegas Mercury, June 17, 2004
No matter how much anger there is among native Hawaiians, there is no way the state will ever be allowed to withdraw from the union. There's too much money involved. The best that Hawaiians can hope for is they somehow get their runaway growth under control. If they leave it up to developers and their supplicants in government, every inch of the islands will be covered with condos and convenience stores. And growth will end up destroying the very things that have made Hawaii such an attractive destination. Good luck, Hawaiians. Let us in Las Vegas know how it comes out.
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