w Editors note: Old-timers might still remember the introduction from The Shadow radio program: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! Jerome Freitas, a retired state Department of Transportation worker who is now better known as Da Shadow, since 2004 has been meeting with government representatives about problems he has discovered or that have been reported to him, and reporting the countys responses.
w Editor’s note: Old-timers might still remember the introduction from “The Shadow” radio program: “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!” Jerome Freitas, a retired state Department of Transportation worker who is now better known as “Da Shadow,” since 2004 has been meeting with government representatives about problems he has discovered or that have been reported to him, and reporting the county’s responses.
Pua Nani Street repairs
What is the status of repairs and final paving of Pua Nani Street in Lihue? The road has been under repair for what seems like years.
This section of the roadway is safe for traffic. Pavement patching can occur at that location once material becomes available to the Roads Division.
Missing street name signs
Many of the street name signs atop the stop signs are missing throughout the Kapaa-Waipouli stretch of Kuhio Highway. These include, but are not limited to, Hoi Road, Aleka Loop, Papaloa Road, etc. Can the county look into replacing these, or is there a specific reason these have been removed?
This is under the jurisdiction of Hawaii Department of Transportation. County officials have forwarded this inquiry to HDOT.
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Jerome Freitas can be reached at theshadow96751@gmail.com or 635-3528. Visit his website at http://theshadow96746.tripod.com.
Sounds so typical of useless good for nothing government workers who try to avoid doing any reasonable amount of work or for that matter like spending years “fixing” a road so they can milk the system and retire with full benefits and just tabling the work for the next generation.
What’s the point of this series of stories if “da shadow’ simply regurgitates whatever he/she is told without any critical review?
What does “patching can occur at that location once material becomes available to the Roads Division” mean? Where is the “material”? Is it some sort magical fairy dust that’s only available when the Fairy Queen uses her wand? Or merely asphalt that’s available from the batch plant on a daily basis? And yes, patching “can” occur at anytime. When WILL it happen is the salient question.
And why can’t “da shadow” contact the State about the signs to get an answer? Did Kauai secede when we weren’t watching? Or maybe there isnt a method of contacting (cough, emailing or calling) the State to get the answer ?
This column is an infuriating worthless source of information, so why bother?