> In today's advertiser.
>
> The state's technology tax incentives are expensive
> and have not produced measurable growth in technology
> jobs, according to a new report by the state Tax
> Review Commission.

>
> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>

>> In today's advertiser.
>>
>> The state's technology tax incentives are expensive
>> and have not produced measurable growth in technology
>> jobs, according to a new report by the state Tax
>> Review Commission.

>
> Congradulations Jerry for reading the Advertiser. You
> have said in the past that you don't read the Honolulu
> papers.

> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1165360200-sch@news.lava.net...

>>
>> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>>

>>> In today's advertiser.
>>>
>>> The state's technology tax incentives are expensive
>>> and have not produced measurable growth in
>>> technology jobs, according to a new report by the
>>> state Tax Review Commission.

>>
>> Congradulations Jerry for reading the Advertiser.
>> You have said in the past that you don't read the
>> Honolulu papers.

>
> I read the web sites everyday.

>
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>

>> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
>> news:1165360200-sch@news.lava.net...

>>>
>>> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>>>

>>>> In today's advertiser.
>>>>
>>>> The state's technology tax incentives are expensive
>>>> and have not produced measurable growth in
>>>> technology jobs, according to a new report by the
>>>> state Tax Review Commission.

>>>
>>> Congradulations Jerry for reading the Advertiser.
>>> You have said in the past that you don't read the
>>> Honolulu papers. ...

> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1165446302-sch@news.lava.net...

>>> Well, since my major was electronics, I can tell
>>> you that when I graduated, I did not even try to
>>> get a job in Hawaii. The reason is simple. There
>>> are basically only two places to work...

>
> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>

>> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
>> news:1165446302-sch@news.lava.net...

>

>>>> Well, since my major was electronics, I can tell
>>>> you that when I graduated, I did not even try to
>>>> get a job in Hawaii. The reason is simple. There
>>>> are basically only two places to work, for one of
>>>> the electric utilities and for the military. I
>>>> chose to work in Southern California, because there
>>>> were a whole lot of companies that would hire
>>>> people with my major. As for the number who
>>>> graduate from U of H, I would then want to know, of
>>>> those who did graduate, how many are working in
>>>> Hawaii?

>>> ...

> "Alvin E. Toda" lava.net> wrote in message
> news:1165533302-sch@news.lava.net...

>> For example, a company here that used to be called
>> Adtech had interesting engineering work in a variety
>> of areas. But they would hire at lower rates than
>> the mainland. At the time I heard about this, they
>> were offering new graduates a salary of $45K when
>> these students were also receiving offers of $55K
>> from mainland companies. Also, Adtech seemed short
>> of staff because they worked such long hours.

>
> Which is one reason people do not work in the
> islands...you are confirming what I said.

>
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Jerry Okamura wrote:
>

>
> No... If this is your assumption also, then what is
> your question?

>

>> Which is another reason why people do not work in the
>> islands...another confirmation of what I have been
>> trying to say....

>
> No. If you have been trying to say that this is not
> voluntary, then we disagree. If we agree that it is a
> voluntary choice to leave, then what is your problem
> with a purely personal decision?