Many of the small Hotels and Motels in California and around the country are owned by people from India. More than a few are owned by people with the last name Patel. Why this happened is an interesting thing to speculate about, but is not my topic today. Some Motels advertise “American Owned” on their marquees. But none of the Indian owned hotels advertise “Immigrant Owned” on there signs. The immigrant owners seem to be, if not hiding the issue, at least not making it a positive. But enough people have had positive experiences in clean, economical, well run foreign owned Motels that I sense an opportunity. It seems to me that a chain of Motels called PATEL’S could thrive. Of course some people would be turned off but others would seek it out. Maybe its tag line could be “A Clean Bargain”