Lanai's silent majority must speak up, or all will be lost

By Jay Fidell

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 27, 2011

~~<p>At the hands of the Friends of Lanai, Lanai has been doing ritual seppuku. Now the word is that David Murdock, owner of Castle & Cooke, is putting Lanai up for sale. This is dire news for the people of Lanai.</p>
<p>Murdock bought Castle & Cooke in 1985. One of its assets is Lanai. Murdock thus owns 98 percent of Lanai and employs 700 out of a dwindled population of 2,500. If they fear for the future, they're right.</p>
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At the hands of the Friends of Lanai, Lanai has been doing ritual seppuku. Now the word is that David Murdock, owner of Castle & Cooke, is putting Lanai up for sale. This is dire news for the people of Lanai.

Murdock bought Castle & Cooke in 1985. One of its assets is Lanai. Murdock thus owns 98 percent of Lanai and employs 700 out of a dwindled population of 2,500. If they fear for the future, they're right. Login for more...