Why such short notice on mooring meeting?
A story was printed July 23 indicating that the “talk story” of Keauhou Bay was occurring the following day (July 24) at Kealakehe High School. For such an important issue as to adding additional moorings to an already crowded bay — I call this underhanded work by our state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
This is a plan of “privilege” by DLNR. This meeting should have been given at least a one month notice to ensure that all interested parties could adjust their schedules so they could attend. Additionally, this meeting should have been held at the site, not miles from it. There are facilities in the immediate area that could have been contacted to hold many people for such an important meeting.
Many months ago I informed William Aiala of DLNR that this plan is wrong for the bay and I strongly oppose this plan. You cannot add seven moorings to an already crowded bay bringing the total to 16 moorings without impacting the environment of the shoreline and the fish that swim these waters.
Keauhou Bay has many sacred Hawaiian sites and should be respected, protected and enjoyed by all and not a chosen few. The bay has a natural cove and for many generations of Hawaiians and visitors it has been a safe fishing area and recreational area for people to swim, canoe and kayak.
I am 88 years old, I was born near the bay and grew up swimming, diving and fishing in this bay. Over the years I have seen many changes — and not all of them were good for the bay.
I open my heart to an onsite “Talk Story” so people could decide for themselves and visualize what these changes could mean to our beloved bay. I would like to have attended this current meeting, but on such a short notice it is difficult for me as I no longer drive and depend on others for transportation.
Please reconsider a morning onsite meeting so that the impacted community can see just how busy it currently is and visualize what additional moorings would look like in our small harbor cove.
Lily Haanio Kong
Keauhou
Bicyclists also should respect rules
I would just like to thank Kapihana O. Kealoha for the July 24 letter in the paper.
Bicyclists should respect the rules of the road and not act like we differ to them. It is scary when they come upon you and you don’t know they are there nor are they minding the rules of the road.
We are asked to be aware of bicyclists but they should have the same road courtesy.
Arrogance goes along with road rage.
Richard Allen
Kailua-Kona