Be careful when spraying
We at Ban Roundup Hawaii are very concerned. The county has a sign out in Kamuela stating “herbicide spraying” and the county workers are out spraying and the wind is blowing like crazy today. (We have video evidence). Today’s weather forecast according to forecast.weather.gov shows wind gusts up to 34 mph. The Roundup concentrated Pro label states wind gusts must be between 2-8 mph to prevent potential drift causing harm to humans and animals.
Also a sign simply stating herbicide spraying is not enough to keep people and pets off the wet spray. The sign was miles back and zero effort was made to prevent anyone from entering the area. I will be filing formal complaints again with the pesticide inspector Chris Gerken on the Big Island but we are growing weary of this constant battle to protect ourselves from this dangerous overspraying of a probable carcinogen (according to the California EPA and the World Health Organization). I call out our elected officials to do something about these clear label violations and the health and environmental repercussions that will follow.
Thank you for your time and attention in this matter.
Kami Carter
Kamuela
Freedom? More like self-entitled
Vernon Dede’s “My Turn” letter should actually be titled “It’s all about me!”
His piece on motorcycle helmets is a statement of our culture’s sorry lack of any feeling of individual responsibility toward the community he lives in.
So pointing out the taxpayers will be forced to pay the medical expenses for a non-helmet wearing motorcycle rider who ends up in a nursing home for life because of his own “moronic logic” is a “cheap shot?” I call it looking out for my tax dollars!
Mr. Dede writes of “responsibility” and where it belongs. Fine. I don’t want his medical costs to be mine because he uses moronic logic and doesn’t wear a helmet while out exercising his irresponsible individual fetishism.
Bill Johnston
Kailua-Kona
Need info on cruise ships
Please tell us something about the various huge tourist ships that stop over here from time to time. We would be interested to know something about them. Where do they come from? Where are they going? How many people do they carry? All sorts of things. And please accompany your report with a picture of the ships. They are bringing thousands of people through here, and it is of interest to have a report regarding their trips accompanied by a picture of their vessel.
Hundreds of thousands of people are paying big bucks to check us out. Now please let us know something about their ship and about them.
Bob Paddock
Kailua-Kona