Do cities go away
Not to get overly Seinfeld-ish, but it has occurred to me with the green light for the centennial festival this weekend after being postponed last weekend .... do certain cities just not make it?
I mean, are there some cities where they go ... gee man, we tried it for like three years and man, I think we should dissolve the city. Everyone scatter to the various ends of the earth from whence you came -- we're so sorry, we apologize for the inconvenience but this city will end by the end of the year
Is 100 years a big thing? And why is the city putting on this celebration, anyways. Here's what my superficial attempt at research suggests:
1. The city's own website says that no one really knows when Honolulu was founded ... okay, so this 100 year thing is related to some other date.
2. Did you know that the original county was the County of Oahu, as of July 1, 1905? That's not 100 years
3. Did you know that two years after the County of Oahu ... by my math, 1907, became the City and County of Honolulu?
Okay, so all of this info is on the city's own website. Is the city counting it Japanese style? Should we be superstitious about celebrating a 100th when it looks like the city is only 99
I don't demand answers about this ... I'm just saying
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I think our city and state is in big trouble when they spend money on these things yet 38 million gallons of sewage just spilled into the ala wai because some clown of a mayor was too busy disneylandifying Waikiki to fix the sewer system.
Our governor is flying to China and the Philipines instead of taking care of business here. We're paying close to 3 bucks for something that isn't even GAS and on top of that its giving us LESS milage per tank!
Our roads are like third world country roads. The only beautiful place is waikiki.. or maybe not.
Schools have money allocated to them yet it takes years to actually get the money into the hands of the teachers.
The median price for a house is 650K+. How the heck is anyone making 40K a year supposed to afford that? The American dream is dead in Hawaii unless you are a rich mainlander whos bought Hawaii for Sale.
Don't even get me started about corrupt government. But other than that... lucky you live Hawaii eh?
Posted by: janitor | April 8, 2006 12:12 AM