I find it difficult to believe that no one saw this coming. Molokai Ranch will close their doors. Over 120 people on Molokai will lose their jobs. Hundreds more will suffer from the economic fallout as fewer tourists will visit the once but no longer ‘friendly isle.’
What happened? Residents of Molokai refused to allow Molokai Ranch’s owners the opportunity to develop property elsewhere on the island to offset financial losses. Faced with mounting red ink from Molokai Ranch, and with no ability to turn a profit from previous investments on the island, the developer decided to shut the doors.
What goes around, comes around.
As much as friendly isle locals may love their laid back lifestyle, mostly unchanged for decades, what they haven’t figured out is how to peacefully coexist with dictates of progress. In one form or another, change is inevitable. Even now the change of economic hardship will affect hundreds and hundreds of Molokai residents. Some will leave the island. Many more will feel the economic change in a very personal way.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
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