Re: PING! Michael

On 2024-11-25, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 01:27:43 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
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My brother used to spend his summer working for Dole on Lanai picking
pineapples. I guess a lot of kids did that. They got housing and fed and
God knows what the hell they did during their off times. He seemed to
enjoy it.
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These days, Lanai is owned by a rich tech dude. I was doing some work on
the island some years ago. There's not many people there. The rich guy
built a couple of resorts there. I saw some pictures of it - quite
strange! The resorts were empty. I got a chance to talk with some of the
locals. They're just glad that somebody dumped some money on their laps.

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Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, owns 98% of the island of Lanai.
My question is who, in their right mind, sells an entire island to
some rich guy. The Hawaii state government?

Ellison own only 98% of the land.  And Lanai is a mere 364
square kilometers.  A hobby farm, in essence.

Land ownership derived the way much of the U.S. was settled.
Somebody (several somebodies) settled there and staked a claim.
Ownership of Lanai was really consolidated by James Dole, the
pineapple guy.

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Cindy Hamilton