The Price of Paradise I

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Authors and Cartoonist Biographies
Chapter 1 – David McClain on Hawaii Competitiveness
Chapter 2 – Robert W. Gardner on Population Size in Hawaii
Chapter 3 – Leroy O. Laney on Cost of Living in Hawaii
Chapter 4 – James Mak on Foreign Investment in Hawaii
Chapter 5 – Lowell L. Kalapa on Interisland Fairness in Hawaii
Chapter 6 – Lowell L. Kalapa on Paternalistic Government in Hawaii
Chapter 7 – Jack P. Suyderhoud on Government Size in Hawaii
Chapter 8 – George Mason on Government Efficiency in Hawaii
Chapter 9 – Christopher Grandy and L. Dew Kaneshiro on Role of Government in Hawaii
Chapter 10 – James E. T. Moncur on Sewage Problems in Hawaii
Chapter 11 – Randall W. Roth – Marcia Y. Sakai – Lowell L. Kalapa – Paul H. Brewbaker on Government Spending Smoke and Mirros in Hawaii
Chapter 12 – Robert Ebel on Tax Hell in Hawaii
Chapter 13 – Paul H. Brewbaker on Level of Taxes in Hawaii
Chapter 14 – James Mak on Tourist Taxes in Hawaii
Chapter 15 – Jack P. Suyderhoud on Taxing Retirement Income in Hawaii
Chapter 16 – William F. Fox on Excise Taxes in Hawaii
Chapter 17 – William F. Fox on Taxing Food and Medical Care in Hawaii
Chapter 18 – Randall W. Roth on Property Taxes in Hawaii
Chapter 19 – Thomas M. Foley on Property Tax Fairness
Chapter 20 – Jack P. Suyderhoud on Business Taxes in Hawaii
Chapter 21 – Sumner J. La Croix on Cost of Housing in Hawaii
Chapter 22 – Michael A. Sklarz on High Rents in Hawaii
Chapter 23 – Louis A. Rose on Speculators in Hawaii
Chapter 24 – Bruce S. Plasch and Louis A. Rose on Affordable Housing Requirement in Hawaii
Chapter 25 – Bruce S. Plasch on Gold Courses in Hawaii
Chapter 26 – David L. Callies on Development Fees in Hawaii
Chapter 27 – James E. T. Moncur on Water Policy in Hawaii
Chapter 28 – David L. Callies on Ballot Box Zoning in Hawaii
Chapter 29 – James Mak on Leasehold Conversion in Hawaii
Chapter 30 – H.K. Bruss Keppeler on Native Hawaiian Claims in Hawaii – Hawaiian Sovereignty
Chapter 31 – Coralie Chun Matayoshi on Women and Jobs in Hawaii
Chapter 32 – John P. Dolly on Public Schools in Hawaii
Chapter 33 – Sumner J. La Croix regarding the University of Hawaii
Chapter 34 – Bill Wood on Airport Expansion in Hawaii
Chapter 35 – Louis Rose on Funding Rapid Transit in Hawaii
Chapter 36 – Walter Miklius on Out Migration from Hawaii
Chapter 37 – Edwin Fujii on Welfare in Hawaii
Chapter 38 – Bud Smyser on Hawaii Future