EDMONDS: Help is available to avoid eviction
You just got a notice from your landlord saying you’re evicted?!? NOW WHAT? Even more upsetting, your landlord has told or given you notice in writing that you have to be out in five days! Your mind is racing, and you think: Can they do that? Isn’t there a moratorium on evictions? Where can I go? What about my family? Are we going to be homeless?!?
PARACHINI: Influx of new arrivals could be permanent or temporary
Maybe it’s the fact that it’s now commonplace to see multiple out-of-state license plates on Kauai’s highways, where not long ago it was not an everyday occurrence. In a half hour driving between Kilauea and Princeville a few days ago, I saw five or them.
VOICES: ‘Thanks to your collective efforts, we are in a good place’
It’s still hard to believe we are approaching one year of our COVID response here on Kaua‘i. Throughout the past year I’ve learned a lot about viruses and public health, but I’ve learned a great deal more about our community’s grit and heart.
HOOSER: The political power you don’t know you have
Every day it seems I get an email or call from someone who wants to get involved with legislative advocacy, but they want the process “simpler.”
VOICES: Return to Safe Travels program for Kaua‘i’s sake
The pandemic has decimated Kaua‘i’s economy.
VOICES: We need openness, honesty with HB1286
It seems HB1286 is progressing, but I don’t think it should, certainly not yet, and here’s why:
HOOSER: House bill seeks to prohibit county COVID travel rules
Preventing Kauai County from putting into place strong rules protecting our communities health and safety from the risks of expanded COVID infections is the objective of HB1286.
HOOSER: Make voices heard now on state, county issues
There is a lot going on this week with a mix of good and bad, policy and politics.
VOICES: House Speaker Scott Saiki’s travel-policy bill unsafe for Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i
Under Mayor Kawakamiʻs independent travel policies, Kauaʻi has the lowest COVID incidence in Hawaiʻi.
VOICES: Automatic voter registration will improve lives
Last year was a terrible year. Who can disagree? So many things we wanted to get done got shunted to the side because of COVID19. But now we must catch up.
EVSLIN: A really bad bill for Kaua‘i
Speaker of the House, Scott Saiki, has submitted HB 1286 for legislative approval. This bill essentially calls for a unified Safe Travels program statewide. It removes the power of individual mayors to opt out of the Safe Travels program and it also appears to disable the Governor’s ability to enact emergency legislation in regard to travel and COVID.
HOOSER: Coco Palms ‘defilement’ must stop
I awoke the other morning angry and thinking about the ongoing desecration occurring at the bottom of the hill. I’ve been driving by that place every day for the past 40 years. Since 1992 it has been a total wreck. The weeds grow tall, the buildings sit in what seems like a perpetual state of semi-demolishment, and every few years there are fires.
VOICES: The Senate must convict, disqualify Trump
After months of hyping conspiracy theories and pressuring election officials to falsify results, Donald Trump incited a mob to storm the US Capitol and stop Congress from certifying the presidential election. If this does not warrant conviction in his upcoming Senate trial, what possibly could?
VOICES: Maka‘i Golf Club’s 50th birthday may be its last
Recently, I volunteered as the Kaua‘i North Shore Lions teed off for their annual golf tournament to raise money for scholarships for students in our area. Scores of community members came together at the Princeville Maka‘i golf course, which once again provided the perfect setting. The tournament raised more than $53,000—the most in its history.
HOOSER: Abolish the ADC – Support the Auditor
The state auditor recently completed a long-awaited audit of the operations of the state Agribusiness Development Corporation, declaring: “We found that ADC has done little — if anything — to facilitate the development of agricultural enterprises…the ADC has yet to develop an agribusiness plan…ADC did not follow the state procurement process…the ADC has yet to provide the necessary leadership to facilitate the transition of agricultural lands…after almost 30 years since its creation.”
VOICES: Compromised, even the cons have aloha
My stimulus money had just arrived and I was scanning Craigslist under cell phones since I’ve been contemplating upgrading my iPhone.
VOICES: Vaccination experience ‘a class act’
My wife Donna and I have reached advanced life status and thus were eligible for vaccinations to preclude the onset of CV-19.
VOICES: Look at 4 years of Trump accomplishments
This letter was in response to someone who believed President Trump was a racist, liar and fooled the Christian community.
VOICES: Are you (we) OK? Mental health in the time of COVID
The PAL Kaua‘i (Permanently Affordable Living) mission is to provide homes and sustainable living solutions, within reach, restoring hope for the people of Kaua‘i.
VOICES: Kupuna need assistance in crisis, too
In response to the article by Stephanie Shinno in The Garden Island, Jan. 17, 2021, titled “A crisis within a crisis,” I would like to commend the county agencies, County Council and nonprofits that have joined together in the effort to house the homeless.