• Somebody’s eyes are watching • Let’s get Kaua‘i Path facts straight • Thank you from the Beaches Somebody’s eyes are watching “… Somebody’s eyes are watching …” I hum along with the song that’s going through my head, remembering
• Somebody’s eyes are watching
• Let’s get Kaua‘i Path facts straight
• Thank you from the Beaches
Somebody’s eyes are watching
“… Somebody’s eyes are watching …”
I hum along with the song that’s going through my head, remembering “Footloose” from almost a week ago. What a terrific production!
Congratulations to the cast, crew, parents, and supporters for sharing their time and talents. Not one misstep in the dancing. The set was simple and effective. And the voices — pitch-perfect harmonies and high notes.
The actors nailed their characters and several of us from the audience are still admiring and talking about the effective emotions that came through. Bravo! Thank you for a great show.
Terese Barich, Lihu‘e
Let’s get Kaua‘i Path facts straight
Hey, Kimo, please try and be accurate when you address my letter of April 30 with yours of May 3 — “Pay now save later.”
You state that “we should have miles and miles of trails zip zapping all around our cosmic island.” And “We need more paths so everyone has the option to bike safely to work or for leisure.”
If you read my letter carefully, you would have seen that I referenced the path that was built 35 years ago and basically circled the island but due to its seldom being used by bikers, joggers or anyone else, it was not maintained for that purpose. So there is your “miles and miles of trails” — still there but unused.
We have spend roughly $38 million so far on about five miles of this path that is finished and the price for the total path was supposed to have been $51 million — who is putting these “mystical” figures before the public and why?
Why are we not getting true cost numbers and the actual route of where it will go? Could it be that we actually don’t know or care to tell the public what the truth is?
Outside of some feel-good sound bites coming from people like you, Kimo, what documented evidence is there that shows what usage this path would get to justify the millions of dollars being spent on it?
Do you really believe that people will drive for miles from the other parts of this Island to use a two-mile path as a “preventive, health, alternative”?
You make the case that we need more exercising and I agree with you 100 percent. But we have empty land, seldom used trails, and rural streets all over Kaua‘i that can be used for walking, jogging and biking right in the people’s neighborhoods.
I have jogged and walked for 20 years on paths and roads where I live and sure don’t need this multi-million-dollar path to exercise on — nor does anyone else.
And remember that true bikers have testified before the council that they will never use that multi-use path for fear of injuring others so that leaves them out of the equation.
And lastly, Kimo, you ask “Who cares how much this trail costs?”
Maybe you don’t, but I’m sure that 99 percent of the taxpayers want to know where their money is going and what bang they are getting for their bucks.
Just stay with the facts and not the rhetoric and dream world scenario and maybe we can find points of agreement.
Glenn Mickens, Kapa‘a
Thank you from the Beaches
On May 5, our son was training on his road bike, on the back road between the old Poi Mill and the beautiful reservoir near the end of Kawaihau Road. Riding downhill at almost 40 mph, his tires lost traction in a turn and his bike went down and Rick hit and rolled, ending up just off the edge of the road.
Fortunately, a considerate motorist in a pickup truck came upon the scene and gave Rick and his bike a lift home. In the pain and confusion, our son didn’t catch the name or contact numbers of the man who had rescued him. All Rick could recall was that this Good Samaritan had lived in Santa Rosa and used to ride a road bike there.
Rick’s injuries were severe enough to require emergency treatment for a collapsed lung and serious abrasions over much of his body. He remains hospitalized and we all know it would have been much worse without the aloha demonstrated by a complete stranger.
Rick and his family would like to personally thank this kind Samaritan for going out of his way to offer aid. If you are the one who drove Rick home, please e-mail The Garden Island for our contact information. Thank you again.
Dot and Richard (and Rick) Beach, Kapa‘a
