•When is enough, enough? •Tragedy teaches us •It’s TEA time again When is enough, enough? Three cheers for two County Council members and one Board of Ethics member that have the guts to stand up and fight back. The actions
•When is enough, enough?
•Tragedy teaches us
•It’s TEA time again
When is enough, enough?
Three cheers for two County Council members and one Board of Ethics member that have the guts to stand up and fight back. The actions taken by both council members Bynum and Kawahara and ethics member Rolf Bieber need to be applauded and encouraged.
To actually stand up and display some backbone to the corrupt “good ole boys” system deserves a great deal of respect for these three “brave hearts” that need the support of every resident on this island that believes an old adage: “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
The manner in which Czar Asing rules over Kaua‘i’s apparatchik majority is nothing less than un-American and embarrassing. Isn’t 21⁄2 decades enough time for any one candidate to ensure their footprint in office? Wouldn’t one think that after so many years in one office one would feel confident enough to move forward to higher office?
The tactics of Czar Asing’s geriatric performances during weekly council meetings is, in essence, strangling the future of our families and our children’s futures as well as our Island’s well being and potential.
Czar Asing, as did all council members, were required to take an oath of office which, I believe and hope, swore our elected officials to “protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America as well as our Kaua‘i Charter.” If the oath was not so worded then something is definitely amiss and needs to be changed just as does Czar Asing and his gender of “governing.”
When is enough, enough? When you and your family, or just your children and grandchildren, are forced to move off island because of the lack of jobs as a result of irresponsible governance? Then it is too late.
When is enough, enough? Do we wait until our precious Kaua‘i becomes just another urbanized paved over “tourist trap” like Honolulu or Maui? Then it is too late.
When is enough, enough? When all Council meetings are held behind closed doors, in “executive session”, as corrupt decisions become the norm? Then it is too late.
Standing up to “malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office” is the only way to fight corruption. How do we fix our “age old” problem? One of two ways: Wait for the next election or by using our County Charter: “Article XXIII, GENERAL PROVISIONS. Section 23.12, Impeachment of Officers.”
Read it and start looking for “not less than one hundred voters registered in the last general election” with similar backbone that will stand up and sign the petition. It’s never too late to send our “elected and appointed” officials a message.
Our precious U.S. Constitution was written to limit government and guarantee that “We the People” would determine policies via our right to vote. It was not created to expand government to insure rule by Czars and “behind closed doors mentors and special interest.”
John Hoff, Lawa‘i
Tragedy teaches us
How many more people must die or be seriously injured on Kuhio Highway before something is done to change this trend (“2 men killed in 3-vehicle crash,” The Garden Island, June 21)?
Saturday’s collision near Wailua Golf Course was a tragedy that may have been prevented through better engineering, more enforcement and improved public education/responsibility.
My family and I visit Kaua‘i twice a year, spending up to two months annually on your beautiful island. We frequently drive this road, often commenting on how dangerous the road is.
The stretch between the Hanama‘ulu turnoff and Kapa‘a has long needed improvement. Yes, I know it will be expensive. But right now you could reduce the severity of crashes by reducing the speed limit.
50 mph is too fast for the narrow and congested highway. Long-range, county government must find the money to widen the road, install a barrier between the lanes and remove dangerous obstacles such as utility poles that stand just a few feet from traffic.
Finally, we’ve all got to slow down, put the phone and coffee away and drive like our lives depend on it.
Thomas Lee, Spokane, Wash.
It’s TEA time again
If you missed the last TEA party day (Taxed Enough Already), the up-coming holiday will provide ample opportunity to express yourself.
On July 2, after the PMRF fireworks, a group will meet by the highway in front of the seed company from 5 to 7 p.m.
On the day of July 4, a group will meet by the Princeville fountain from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Also on July 4, a group will meet on the grass in front of Kaumuali‘i Highway by Checkers and Taco Bell across from the shopping center at 1 p.m. A potluck will follow.
Bring signs, friends, sunscreen and water. Have fun while you protest bloated wasteful government spending.
Suzanne Woodruff, Kapa‘a
