From the Harrington Report, Pacific Command Center (HRPC):

Aloha, folks!

As I was sitting on the beach waiting for a sea turtle to bring me a Pina Colada in a coconut–made by a trained monkey no less–I caught wind of a story that most people hadn’t even heard about. President Obama is crippling the tourism industry when he vacations in Hawaii.

Hawaii’s economy is driven by tourism and there are countless ways to have fun and enjoy the tropical beauty of the islands, and one of the best ways people can enjoy the scenery is from the air through an airplane or helicopter tour… except if President Obama is in town. Wherever the president goes, a ten mile no-fly zone follows him. That’s a sizable chunk of O’ahu–the island where Obama is staying.

From the Honolulu Star Bulletin:

“This is the peak of the tourist season,” said Rob Moore, president of the General Aviation Council of Hawaii. “Here is a president trying to promote more jobs, and by … visiting us, is all of a sudden impeding business.”

So while the president may feel entitled to a rest from jet-setting all over the globe to visit Copenhagen to do nothing, or to pick up his Nobel Prize for doing nothing, or to fail to convince the Olympic Committee to bring the Olympics to Chicago, does that give him license to shut down a vital part of the island-state’s economy? Especially when there are other islands that are just a beautiful (although, all of them are more beautiful than O’ahu) that would cause fewer disruptions to the community, especially when it is struggling to bring in every dollar it can during these troubled times.

After the cut is a map from the Star Bulletin that shows the extent to which Obama’s vacation will disrupt air tourism on the island.

Read–Honolulu Star Bulletin