[Logic] How many Countys

Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:05:11 -0400

Aloha, Jim....good to hear from you....

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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 7:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [Logic] How many Countys

Aloha from Kaua'i County,

Was written by N8DXR (ME):

> While I have people thinking:  Why aren't Moloka'i and Lana'i
also considered counties??

They have always been,  officially, part of Mau'i County.  Why?
Because there is no economic foundation,  nor sufficient
population to support the necessary tax base to fund county
government/services.  Moloka'i has fewer than 7000 residents,
and a very high percentage of them are on welfare,  as there
are essentially no jobs on Moloka'i;  just small stores,  one single
service station and a few "motel" and B&B type places for
the very few tourists who visit there.  Lana'i has only a few
hundred permanent residents;  the only businesses are two
resort hotels.  The pineapple plantation is essentialy closed.

** Thanks for the name correction, btw...will do that on my Excel
spreadsheet so as to remind me in the future...and thanks for the info as
well.  One question I have:  Why is Moloka'i not such a hot tourist
attraction?  BTW:  My map in the AAA 1999 Road Atlas has the county name of
KALAWAO printed on the Moloka'i map...a bit interesting there....and there's
also a small island to the southwest of Maui called Kahoolawe.  Is that one
any relation to Kalawao County?  Just curious...

Your best chance to get a QSO from the County Hunter's
county of Kalawao is to talk Paul and Jamie into going
up there again for a Saturday "expedition", as they have
done at least once before.  Said they had a pretty good
time and did make several contacts.  Gives them some
thing else to do, living on a very "quiet" island,  hi.

**  And I'll tell you what would be THE feat for these guys:  Bringing
Kalawao on the Geratol Net (3.768) and the 40/80/160m Century Club
nets....now THOSE nets would probably bring out pileups along the lines of
P5/4L4FN....

73,  Jim  KH7M

And 73 back....Thom  N8DXR

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