I agree Kailuakeith. Oahu has no surplus of homes! The illegal vacation rental problem is harming many communities around the world. Berlin is another City that has banned vacation rentals from residential neighborhoods due to lack of housing for their residents. Clearly, Oahu was ahead of the curve and designated resort-zoning as the appropriate place for vacation rentals to proliferate.  It's apparent that AirBnB and VRBO want to turn "all" of our neighborhoods into defacto resort areas because it fits their business model and grows their bottom-line.  I wonder if Mr. Palmer has an association with  AirBnB, VRBO or operators of illegal vacation rentals? If he does, he should disclose those facts.