Chip Taylor

A brief break from non-blogging

One of these days I'll again be a blogger. Until then, I thought I'd note this news item:

HONOLULU - In an effort to gain some control over what tourists pay at resorts, Hawaii on Wednesday became the first state in the U.S. to set caps on the price of hotel rooms.

The 2004 law authorizing the caps was intended to force Hawaii's hotel industry to set its prices closer to mainland rates. Proponents of the law said the hospitality industry was taking advantage of the small, isolated market to charge exorbitant prices.

Well... That's not exactly what they did.