Posted on 12/22/2013 12:31:02 PM PST by kristinn
KAILUA, Hawaii — Five years after Barack Obama first made Kailua his winter White House as president-elect, his arrival Friday night was a decidedly low-key event.
His sojourns have, without question, put this laid-back beach town on the map. Property values have soared here and in neighboring Lanikai, where the president likes to play golf. Chinese buyers now pop into local real estate offices inquiring about houses in "the president's neighborhood." And to the annoyance of residents, tourists wheel through the streets on fat-tired bikes snapping pictures of the Obamas' vacation rentals.
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"I pity the guy that he's had such an adversarial Congress with the Republicans," said Doug Miller, a retired Honolulu police officer who lives up the street from the house that the Obamas are renting this year. "If he came up with a cure for cancer, they would somehow be against it."
Miller, who was in his front yard Friday steering his family's pet tortoise, Petrie, away from chewing the Christmas light cords, had already put out his Obama Chia Head, which was sprouting green tendrils of hair, and said he planned to put up a sign inviting the president to come by for a beer.
After the shaky rollout of his new healthcare law, Miller said Obama needed a real break: "It's unfortunate that there's been so many glitches — that's not his fault — it's a monster for him to unfold that kind of a thing. So I'm OK with him staying here despite the significant inconvenience that it does cause the neighborhood."
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We are already in those waters without a raft and a life jacket.
Aloha Oy Vey!
That has to be living hell for the locals. Although crime should be way down,, we are talking large contingents of secret service and other agencies so who knows. ;-}
HappY Holidays to you and your’n!! Merry Christmas!
” figure how some dumb cop buys in there. “
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Dumb cop?
Idiot !
That said,some cops inherit money,just like CEOs and trash collectors.
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In your dreams, that area has always been one of the most expensive parts of Oahu. Laniki beach has been world famous forever.
And that far back, he would have been a very junior cop working at the bottom of the wage scale, probably barely able to find a rental.
Obama is probably getting a little GLAAD of his own in Hawaii. Maybe a little Reggie Love.
I agree...
Well, you may be on to something there. I know the Left wouldn’t be asking these sorts of questions.
Unless he gets some Joe Arpaio jammies instead, Hawaii is likely to be Boss Barry's very own little kingdom soon.
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