Invitation to help clean up always open
I’m writing in response to Richard Saunders’ letter published Jan. 9.
Mr. Saunders appears quite upset that the graffiti was removed from the side of the highway and was quite dismissive of the people who did the work, (it was a lot of work).
All of that coral is still around, it’s at the beach in various places and there is no law saying that it can’t be put back alongside the highway, however, that also would be a lot of work and I doubt that the folks who objected to the removal are quite as dedicated as the folks who removed it.
I would like to point out one other issue he brought up in his letter, he guaranteed that the folks who put in all the hard work were not involved with the protests against TMT, I can assure him that he is wrong, the very same people were heavily involved with TMT protests. Those same folks are also cleaning up fish ponds and trying to restore some of the neglect this island has suffered for years.
Let’s not be so quick to question the efforts of others. There are lots of folks out there who spend all of their free time trying to make Hawaii a better place, I’m sure they would all welcome Mr. Saunders on one of their weekend projects.
Duane Sherman
Ocean View
What’s happening to our state?
Ending the sugar industry by Alexander Baldwin further convinces me that corporate greed continues and I for one don’t like it. What happened years ago was traumatic to Hawaii and here we go again. Has anyone considered rum or even ethanol?
I love my run and the Hana Bay Distillery on Maui. What will they do without sugar cane, maybe ferment cattle dung or worse? And what about affordable clean burning fuel? Wasn’t it Carol King who sang, “And they put up a parking lot?”
Big corporate greed for sure looking for the real estate dollar with little concern for our unique natural product and the soon-to-be unemployed. I hope that they realize the consequences that they are causing, and the many rum lovers of Hawaii will have to spend our local money on Caribbean imports. Shame on AB!
I can’t believe the recent headlines in West Hawaii Today, either, like the closing of Maui’s cane sugar industry and 40-year banana producer to shut down and to top it off some wise guy at our state government is suggesting that the “solution for our state” is to grow hemp of all things. We can supply the world with organic GMO manilla rope or maybe the world’s best smoke! Yikes!
Well, I guess it’s my turn to share my “idea du jour.” Hawaii does not have an official state flower so I suggest we adopt the opium poppy and share the wealth. I’m afraid that our “paradise” may be going to hell in a bong, dude!
Dick Medve
Hawi