Cellphone fines haven’t changed accident statistics
Eight hundred and twenty four citations at $297 each, no wonder the politicians are beaming. That’s an extra $244,728 in the slush fund for their pet programs.
The reality is that the accident statistics have not changed in any significant way since the first bill was passed. The first year accidents went up, then next year down, but always within the range statisticians would call noise.
Responsible drivers will use their phones safely, irresponsible ones will text unsafely.
Ken Obenski
Kona Traffic Safety Committee
Kaohe, South Kona
Mahalo for bringing chemical sensitivity issue to light
Mahalo Sandra Gray for your response regarding chemical sensitivities. I too suffer from this and you’re right — it is something you do not want to get.
Holly Hickcox
Peepekeo
Misuse of pCard potentially a crime
In response Hugo von Platen Luder’s letter of May 18 about our mayor, I could care less if the mayor’s wife, like Hillary Clinton, doesn’t care what he does with other women. That is not the point.
The only point I would like to make is that he used the taxpayers’ money to purchase personal items for himself and others. This is a violation of the county rules and regulations at best and at worst a criminal offense by an attorney who should have the highest ethical and moral standards.
Is this the kind of person you would trust to spend millions of your tax dollars? Would you want him to be a cashier in your restaurant? If this were not potentially a crime, then why is the prosecutor investigating his use of our credit card for his personal use?
Tom Madson
Kona
If women ruled …
Imagine if this were a world where women were bigger and stronger than men. Where the finger could come down and the awful words “You, buster, are in big trouble.” Maybe a few less wars and more gardens.
Richard Swann
Captain Cook