Letters for Monday, August 8, 2022
• To boost tourism, get rid of building-height requirement • Aloha spirit extends to animals
Letters for Sunday, August 7, 2022
• Conservative, progressive, liberal; someone clarify • Affordable housing should be the people’s choice • We are in a crisis, need housing solutions • Stop destroying what nature gives us
Letters for Friday, August 5, 2022
• Vote them out, start over • Encourage officials to support Alzheimers research
VOICES: Poisoning chickens dangerous, disrespectful
I am writing, as I am beyond concerned about some obvious and extensive animal poisoning that is occurring in the properties in and around my home in Poipu Beach Estates, Koloa.
Letter for Wednesday, August 3, 2022
• Hawai‘i Democrats must defer to the voters on financial disclosure
HOOSER: Lieutenant Governor – it’s time to come clean
I’m as sick and tired of this conversation as anyone. We should be talking about the future and solving the many challenges facing our community, not asking an elected official seeking higher office to do the bare minimum that any other state employee with a suspected conflict of interest would be asked to do.
Letters for Wednesday, August 2, 2022
• Teachers need affordable housing • Kaua‘i deserves free job training too • Hawai‘i representatives fight for native birds
VOICES: Should the county fund affordable housing? Let the voters decide
On the County Council Agenda this Wednesday is one of the most important elements of an affordable housing solution.
Letters for Monday, August 1, 2022
• Mahalo for Kaumakani Plantation Reunion • Beware of affordable-housing con men • Now is the right time for political change • Keep Kamalu Road bridge closed
Letters for Sunday, July 31, 2022
• Japan tourists no longer coming to Hawai‘i • Kaua‘i lifestyle under theat by over-development • Election time is here again
Questioning safety of unregulated blasting in Koloa
What’s being done to protect and preserve our past?
Letters for Wednesday, July 27, 2022
• Kaua‘i too slow to implement mandatory recycling • Is Hawai‘i ready for legal gambling? • Surfers, responders provided kokua, aloha to injured visitor
HOOSER: Kaua‘i County Council election, by the numbers
There are 19 candidates now in the race for election to serve on the Kaua‘i County Council. On August 13 that list will be whittled down to the top 14 vote-getters. Then on November 4th, the final top 7 will go on to serve Kaua‘i County for the next 2 years.
Letters for Sunday, July 24, 2022
• Watching TV is not as easy as it used to be • Federal minimum wage is poverty wage • Caregiving often a thankless job
Letter for Wednesday, July 20, 2022
• Candidates should have criminal background checks
HOOSER: Kaua‘i — Counting votes for affordable housing
The lack of affordable housing is cited as the #1 issue by just about every candidate on the ballot in the Primary Election scheduled for August 13.
Letters for Tuesday, July 19, 2022
• What’s ‘woke?’ • Waipouli construction wall dangerous • Navy think humans haven’t done enough damage to planet
Letters for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
• Consider new faces this election • One World Order is openly in the news
VOICES: Kaua‘i sequel: ‘Return of the Ugly Tourist’
This summer’s movies listings include “Jurassic World Dominion,” “Top Gun Maverick,” “(Buzz) Lightyear,” “Thor Love and Thunder.” What do these movie titles have in common? They are all sequels to successful movies. Some of them like “Top Gun” will be blockbuster successes. Others like “Lightyear” will be flops and disappointing at the box office.
Letters for Sunday, July 10, 2022
• Supreme Court changes needed • Elections crucial concerning abortion • Homeless need bathrooms, water • Please enforce fireworks laws