VOICES: COVID facts are important
There’s an old saying: “Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.”
VOICES: Help yourself, island; get vaccinated
Too much talk, not enough action. Look at the first column on the left side of the front page of The Garden Island newspaper and see how many cases of the COVID-19 are being reported daily. It’s phenomenal!
HOOSER: Land for affordable housing must remain a priority
Kudos to the Kaua‘i County Council for voting this past Wednesday to approve purchase via eminent domain of a 23.5-acre lot in Kilauea for affordable housing.
VOICES: Young people: Get on (a) board
I want more people my age (30s) to serve on a nonprofit or government board.
THE PAL PAPERS: “Grow your own” – It’s easier than you think
The PAL Kaua‘i mission is to provide homes and sustainable living solutions, Within reach, restoring hope for the people of Kaua‘i.
VOICES: Celebrate Beach Safety Week safely
Aug. 22 to 28 has been proclaimed Beach Safety Week in the state.
VOICES: Isle residents need relief from Jones Act burden
Visitors to Hawai‘i probably experience sticker shock when shopping at our local grocery stores. But Hawai‘i residents are shocked by those prices every day, and for that they can partly blame the 101-year-old Jones Act.
HOOSER: Time to put health over politics
We must keep our eye on the prize. This COVID thing must end or normalize at some point in the not-too-distant future. To be clear, by “normalize” I don’t mean we accept a pandemic that returns to overcrowded hospitals, shortages of ventilators and more deaths.
VOICES: Moving back to a ‘circular economy’
We are presently living in a take, make, use and throwaway society. It hasn’t always been this way.
HOOSER: From Governor to Council, money by the numbers
The latest fundraising numbers posted by the Campaign Spending Commission tell an interesting story, both locally and state-wide.
Distance learning a necessary option for elementary students
Seriously, no distance learning for elementary schools on Kaua‘i?
VOICES: Couple facing eviction would help homeless again
Waimea family given 45-day eviction notice after helping homeless from Salt Pond.
VOICES: Making your own decision about COVID vaccinations
Like most people, I must work to make sense for myself about Covid vaccinations and protocols. I am not a medical expert nor am I an expert to understand the tons of information on the internet. Talking to many friends about this has shown I am not alone. But several things have become apparent to me through my own inquiries into making big decisions as a series of questions I ask myself.
HOOSER: Money needed to preserve Coco Palms site
The auction of the Coco Palms Hotel held this past Monday at noon on the courthouse steps was at best anti-climatic.
VOICES: Panel: Make DHHL lands available to houseless
With the end date for the housing (eviction) moratorium looming on Aug. 6, we as a community will be facing more families on the streets.
PAL PAPERS: A tale of three topics: evictions, home-selling, home-buying
TENANTS – HELP IS AVAILABLE! If you are behind in your rent, your landlord can give you notice to leave the property on August 7!
VOICES: Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i no place for missile radar system
We live on Kaua‘i. Our island’s delicate ecosystem is exceeding or near its capacities in solid waste, housing, clean water, electricity and military demands.
VOICES: Offering ideas for updated solid-waste plan
Thanks for receiving these comments on the 2021 ISWMP. I hope that the public input on this issue is significant and meaningful.
VOICES: Support builds for cultural site at Coco Palms
In a statement released yesterday and published statewide in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, Kaua‘i residents Pua Rossi-Fukino, Makana Reilly and Fern Anuenue Holland, speaking on behalf of the I Ola Wailuanui Working Group, released a statement: “The place formerly known as the Coco Palms Hotel will never ever be developed again as a hotel or resort property. Of this, we are sure. Elvis has indeed left the building.”
VOICES: Work together to keep Kaua‘i pono
My perspective on the vandalism of the Hi‘iaka Mural at Waimakaohi‘iaka aka Salt Pond comes from my position as a Kaua‘i born and raised wahine and who is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit, Kamawaelualani Corp.