Telescope height should not be the issue
I am a local businessman (Waimea Instant Printing) and a second generation supporter of telescopes on Mauna Kea.
My father worked on getting the Canada France Hawaii Telescope headquarters to locate in Waimea. I worked with many others getting Keck to locate here.
I am also a paraglider pilot who would love to launch off the north side of the summit — near Subaru or Keck. However, while I probably would make it over the TMT telescope after its completion, I would probably not clear the table land of relatively flat land beyond it.
I don’t think most people know the building starts in a low area on the table land. They are focusing on its height.
I dare say that if it was not for the improved access road, no one would know it was there. And it certainly is not close to Lake Waiau or the adze quarry, which was hard enough to get to in the old days.
Neil Morriss
Waimea
What kind of people steal from a cemetery?
Shame on whoever it was who stole from the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery. I was on my way into the cemetery, where my husband and father are buried, and was stopped by an official who told me about the theft.
Now, it has been reported that it must have been an inside job because the perpetrators knew the combination and used a key to obtain the equipment. How outrageous. What kind of people would steal from a veterans cemetery? You are despicable. The veterans who we honor put their lives on the line for you.
The responsibility for the security of the cemetery lies with the Department of Parks and Recreation and it should replace the equipment and prosecute whoever did this. No excuses or cover-ups.
Paula Wallace Gillespie
Kailua-Kona
Courthouse design is appropriate for its use
The underlying principle determining successful design is that form follows function.
No wonder then that the proposed structure through which tomorrow’s legal decisions are to be dispensed is hideous, yet to victims of the current process, justly appropriate.
Kelly Greenwell
Kona