• Be respectful with placement of political signs • Merge lanes need to be re-thought • Let them walk and give them wings… Be respectful with placement of political signs Aloha. This is in response to recent letters regarding the
• Be respectful with placement of political signs • Merge lanes need to be re-thought • Let them walk and give them wings…
Be respectful with placement of political signs
Aloha. This is in response to recent letters regarding the political signs. While it’s nice to be reminded of freedom and liberty, and all that swell patriotic stuff, it’s also a reminder that some people care more about their political agendas than the well being and safety of others.
I have been living on the mauka side of the main Kilauea intersection all my life and every year people venture to the mauka side to put up signs supporting their candidates.
The only problem is that visibility on the Kalamania (mauka) Road is already limited as is. Please be respectful and use some sense when placing signs.
When you have a big banner endorsing your candidate, you really shouldn’t need three smaller signs blotting out my ability to safely tell if it’s safe to pull out onto the highway. I agree with Janet Miller and Rachel Forer, it’s excessive and obnoxious. One sign should be enough for your candidate. Exactly as Rachel puts it, all you’re generating is my animosity by trying to get your candidate noticed over the others.
Will Sexton, Kilauea
Merge lanes need to be re-thought
Let me guess: The State awarded the contract to the lowest bidder on designing the traffic flow southbound after the Wailua River, you know, where the left-turn-only lane takes you to the Aloha Beach Resort and becomes the north entry route to Lydgate Beach Park? I hope we do not have any fatality crashes there before that goofy merge is fixed.
Anna Nimatee, Wailua
Let them walk and give them wings…
Society wonders why there is an epidemic of teenage and childhood type 2 diabetes, which in previous generations was almost nonexistent. The reason is that parents think they are doing the pono thing by driving their keiki everywhere, when in essence they are creating laziness and obesity in many cases.
Parents, quit pampering your kids. Let them walk and bike and enjoy kid stuff. It will save you gas, money, alleviate traffic and save you time by not having to drive them to and from school every day, plus will make your kid feel energized along with a little independence.
The old expression goes, “Give them roots to keep them grounded, give them wings so they can fly!”
James “Kimo” Rosen, Kapa‘a
