I’m very happy to see that ground has been broken on the new Kona Int’l Airport air traffic control tower.This project will replace the old and outdated existing tower that has increasingly become a safety hazard over the years. They had to cut back the coconut trees at the gates to increase the tower’s visibility of the tarmac and the runway when I used to work at the airport . The latter won’t be an issue after the new air traffic control tower is completed in 2012 on the Kohala side of the airport by the waste water treatment plant.
Lastly, it is now predicted that Hawaii won’t be seeing a economic recovery until 2011.This means the State of Hawaii will still be facing a tough budgetary picture for the foreseeable future. The latter won’t be solved by raiding the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund, increasing the general excise tax, or running a deficit.
However we need to take strong look at other solutions like creating a state lottery,legalizing gambling, and legalizing sales of marijuana to medical marijuana patients. to help the state out of the serious budgetary mess it is currently in.
