On the Representatives statement "With the final harvest comes a blank slate", I would like to point out that the blank slate has been cleared for some time, and Hawaii has yet to figure out what to really put onto it. Since the beginning of the end of the plantations - starting with Kahuku and Ewa - there has been a lot of talk about what Hawaii should transition into post-sugar. At least one generation of this youth has come and gone, and yet there is still a lot of talk - some of it saying we should revert back to more agriculture. 

I think a better goal is to achieve what the Representative wishes in this statement "May the end of the plantation era signal the end of the plantation mentality". Because without that mentality ending on many levels in this state, we are still beholden to it's whims, even though we have no more sugar.