LA Times: What’s Obama’s Rightful Place in Hawaii?

The California newspaper weighs in on the debate over where President Barack Obama should build his legacy library.

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Los Angeles Times writer Michael Memoli was part of the press pool that recently trailed President Obama around Oahu while he was here with the family on vacation.

Memoli took some time to pen this thoughtful examination of what, if anything, Hawaii means to Obama and what Obama means to Hawaii.

It’s true that hardly anything in Hawaii is named after the president who calls this place his home. But do we (collectively) love him any less? Hmmm.

President Barack Obama’s motorcade rolls out of Kailuana Place on his way to Marine Corps Base Hawaii. 25 dec 2014. photo Cory Lum/Civil Beat

President Barack Obama’s motorcade rolls out of Kailuana Place on his way to Marine Corps Base Hawaii on Christmas Day.

Cory Lum/Civil Beat

 

 

 

 

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