The prospect of having the new $1.5 billion resort at Ko Olina is both exciting and frightening (“Ko Olina’s Atlantis resort not ready to rise out of the sea, but work progressing,” Star-Advertiser, April 1).

On the one hand, what a beautiful proposal it is. On the other hand, I am truly worried about its developer running into financial issues as it did recently in Los Angeles.

Can you imagine this development over halfway done and then abandoned? It would be a huge blight on an otherwise well-developed property.

If a developer cannot write the checks, it has no business even being allowed to dig a hole on Oahu. If it can put all the funding in escrow, then OK. If not, thumbs down. Please!

Jim Kennedy

Ewa Beach

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