Waikiki is the shining example of the goose that was slaughtered for its golden eggs.

It was attractive as the prime destination for tourists way back when. But it didn't take long for it to become an overdeveloped concrete jungle. 

What was a quiet place to kick back and relax has now become a glitzy cluttered mess that has to have sand hauled in so tourists can roast themselves in the Hawaiian sunshine.

Maui's Kihei is the same. Everything makai of the main road was supposed to be open space. Then Mayor Linda Lingle allowed a variance to that zoning code. That's all it took to open the floodgates.

Somewhere, someone has to say "enough". 

The author of this opinion piece, Luke Evslin, and Mayor Billy Kenoi got it right.