I live four blocks away from the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel, but from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m., I and thousands of other Waikiki residents are bombarded with incessant drums, bells, megaphones and general cacophony.

Is there a law about disturbing the peace? These striking adults are ruining the vacations of their financial lifeblood: tourists.

Are my taxes paying for the police guards while their parked cars block traffic lanes?

I can hear the union bosses now: “Vote for a strike. We don’t want a strike but we need your backing to scare management. We have lots of money in our strike fund. It won’t last but a couple of days.”

I roughly calculate that after 30 days of losing $200 a day in pay, incentives, health benefits, vacation, sick leave and tips, a worker has lost $5,000 and counting. If they get a $2 per hour raise, it would take them 2,500 hours to make up the loss.

Can the goodwill ever be made up?

John Wollstein

Waikiki

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