VOICES: Here we go again with killing cats
Has everyone forgotten what we just went through a few years ago?
VOICES: Prepared to care for the community
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaua‘i has been extremely fortunate to have the lowest number of COVID-19 cases of any county in the state.
HOOSER: State House thumbs noses at working class
The House of Representatives in Hawai‘i is essentially telling that man under the bridge: “too bad, too sad. Get a second or third job, or do whatever, just suck it up and stop complaining.”
VOICES: ‘Let us have forgiveness’
A Petition to the Police Commission on Kaua‘i has begun to stop the rush to judgment of our Police Chief Todd Raybuck. Pono Market in Kapa’a already has more than two dozen signatures including people of a wide variety of backgrounds, typical of our island: Japanese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Caucasian.
VOICES: Biden must do more on criminal-justice reform
President Biden’s executive order canceling contracts with private prison operators was a nice gesture.
VOICES: Fight fossil fuels, support a healthy environment
Getting ‘back to normal’ is not a desirable goal for many people — back to polluted, unhealthy environments, wages that cannot sustain, prejudices and lack of opportunities that stifle one’s humanity.
VOICES: Suggestions for landlords and tenants preparing for court
Kaua‘i’s landlords and tenants may face some difficult choices when Gov. David Ige’s moratorium on residential evictions is eventually lifted. Now is a good time to consider your options for resolving any outstanding payment disputes.
VOICES: Landlord-Tenant disputes? Try mediation
Hawai‘i’s eviction moratorium will likely end sometime this year, and landlords and tenants will have to resolve their disputes over unpaid rent, utilities, and other monies owed. This is the time for those with impending disputes to begin looking for their preferred solutions.
HOOSER: Making law via the ballot box
What if Hawai‘i residents, fed up with the lack of leadership at the state Legislature, decided to take matters into their own hands and change the law themselves?
VOICES: Kaua‘i Astronaut, Millie Hughes-Fulford, passes away
On February 2, 2021, an unusual sight caught my eye. The sun glinted off a silvery object sailing silently overhead far above the earth, crossing the sky then passed behind a cloud. The Space Station. Millie, I thought. My phone rang. “Millie just passed away.”
VOICES: Please, help stop Hokua Place
We can stop the 760-house development, Hokua Place, behind the Kapa‘a Middle School.
VOICES: Reflecting on a year of pandemic reporting
It’s been one year since the pandemic started, and through my eyes Kaua‘i has been on an emotional roller coaster while we wait for our turn to be vaccinated.
VOICES: Lives at stake with Ke‘e lifeguard decision
It’s certainly appropriate that ocean safety on Kaua‘i has become a back-burner issue, given all the crises that are on the front burner: Namely the pandemic and the crushing implications it has had on so many facets of life on Kaua‘i: Devastation to businesses large and small; loss of in-person school learning and peer socializing; loss of school sports; homelessness; depression/anxiety; loneliness of our kupuna who are in care homes — to mention just a few.
HOOSER: Political labels and the man under the bridge
A “radical centrist” is how I’ve recently taken to describing myself and my politics. Needless to say, I’ve taken flack from progressive friends on the left who see centrists as the enemy, blue dogs and regressive corporatists in hiding.
VOICES: Small business looks at minimum wage increase
Businesses on Kaua‘i have weathered many storms, but none have been quite as long or as devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic. As a small island community with limited resources and significantly lower visitor counts, local businesses have severely felt the brunt of the pandemic shutdowns.
VOICES: Trump, the limelight, P.T. Barnum and the rest of the story
Donald Trump is always 10 chess moves ahead of everyone.
VOICES: Good journalism is not dead
I haven’t written a letter to the editor in a while, but as a journalist for many years who believes good journalism is integral to democracy, this subject is dear to my heart.
VOICES: Buy local more than ever before
Kaua‘i, I pleaded for help for local businesses (Forum, Feb. 25), and I hope this helps you understand why. If you aren’t a business owner and want to understand what is happening to small businesses, let me try to break it down for you.
VOICES: A plea to help local business
Aloha, I’m Addison Bulosan, owner and operator of The Specific Chiropractic Centers — Kaua‘i and Maui, and Tasting Kaua‘i.
HOOSER: Respecting workers, employed and unemployed
Today on O‘ahu, representatives from dozens of community organizations are gathering at the State Capitol in a demonstration of support and solidarity with workers, both the unemployed and those on the front-lines working in stores, restaurants and offices everywhere.