Mt grandpa was in a similar situation. After he worked 40 years for a ranch, he was fired 2 years before his retirement. Same thing is happening now with the financial crises, a lot of businesses are closing their gates and firing their staff.
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PEO

i can see an opportunity coming out of a tragedy, once people get over the negative energy of the blaming. we need to petition maui county regulations and their planners to allow us to provide a very needed service: providing budget rooms to the many eco-travelers who want to visit moloka'i, specially after father Damien becomes a saint. figuring that every visitor who comes here leaves a few hundred dollars behind which makes more jobs and circulates through the community. but now there are hardly any services for them. it is an opportunity lost, caused by county decisions to not permit hosts to do their jobs.
incentives, not deterrents, ought to be given to small businesses who produce ag and food products, more spaces affordable to artisans should be made available.
where there is a will there is a way. we should not take "no" for an answer. let free enterprise live!

Thank-you Molokai for sharing your lives with us this last January. Anakala Pilipo Solatario is a National Treasure to Oscar and Carrie Primm. His spiritual leadership was and is offered in perfect acceptance as illustrated in his living testimony- to not rely on our own understanding, but practice Faith. His example of walking the path of spiritual principles is one that is very rare in my personal experience and offers such Truth. There is much value in these principles!

Love is shared by Uncle Pilipo.
We found Love in Molokai.
We have Good Memories,

Pray for answers to this problem, it is an opportunity to grow.
Thank-you.
Oscar Primm

Hasn't your battle already been won? MPL is closing and they didn't get to build at Laau point. Unfortunately it came at the cost 120 jobs and will impact many more including businesses and families. Preparing for the war ahead will now include battling hundreds of outside investors that will be fighting to buy MPL land (including MCSC) and even more development proposals across Molokai. The odds will be overwhelming and makes you think that perhaps having a compromising yet peaceful plan to allow building a little yet preserving a lot more land might have been a good idea after all.

This will be a tough time for the people of Molokai. This is the moment the people of the world will be watching to see if the selfish property owner is allowed to continue being a Dictator over the lands and it's people. It's a time for warriors. Look deep into your hearts and prepare for battle. Trust not your govenor or her people. Live off the land and may God give you added strength for the war ahead. God Bless.