Goldsmith suggests that we "...turned into a university site. The [Barber's Point] infrastructure was already there (though a bit old), and it would have allowed for expanding the state as a profit center for Asian students who crave an American education."

The state's 30 year plan is for diversified economy and a strong university. Save his idea for the for-profit colleges - not the UH. If you want to build up the Kapolei site, then you need to start from scratch. Manoa is not going to support funding West Oahu to be out of Honolulu.

I would rather focus the education dept at W, Oahu on early education programs. Let's invest in kids in poverty who never receive adequate early education. They do very poorly in school and in life if they miss the important developmental tasks in their early years. For them it's a basic need. And for us it's an investment in their futures that they cannot afford. Studies show that even at ages 27 and 40 they lose out and are on the bottom of the heap.