READING YOUR "LETTERS" SECTION OF THE MAUI NEWS I WAS AMUSED TO READ THE LETTER "VISITOR CANCELS PLAN TO MOVE TO MAUI" IT WAS FUNNY UNTIL THE WRITER OF THE LETTER ASKED THE QUESTION, "WHY ARE THE LOCAL PEOPLE NOT PROTESTING". WE AS "LOCAL" PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PROTESTING FOR MANY YEARS BUT BECAUSE OF "VISITORS" LIKE MR & MRS ODREN WHO WROTE THIS LETTER, ARE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. IT IS PEOPLE THAT COME FROM ELSEWHERE AND DEMAND NEW EXPENSIVE HOMES, GATED COMMUNITIES AND WANT THE CONVIENENCE OF STRIP MALLS, SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS TO LOOK LIKE THE PLACES THAT THEY LEFT. THAT IS REASON WHY OVER DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING HERE. IF PEOPLE WOULD NOT BUY THESE HOMES, DEVELOPERS WOULD NOT BUILD THEM.

MAYBE WE AS "LOCAL PEOPLE" SHOULD START A NEW SAYING FOR OUR VISITORS LIKE, "COME AND ENJOY MAUI AND ITS BEAUTY, BUY PLEASE DON'T STAY". MAYBE THEN THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND TOURIST WOULD NOT BE ANGRY AND SAD HOW MAUI HAS TURNED INTO A LITTLE OAHU. WE MUST ALL AGREE LIKE THE SONG FROM THE CAZIMERO BROTHERS SAY "MAUI'S NOT THE SAME ANYMORE"

CHARLES KAULUWEHI MAXWELL SR.
LIFE-LONG RESIDENT, PUKALANI

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