Use reward money better
I too feel bad for the feral cat that was shot with an arrow but a reward of $8,000? How about you take the $8,000 and buy new tents for the homeless down the way a bit or even better yet, maybe some food or books for the kids who live there.
I just think the time and money being spent on a feral cat could be better put to use.
Jim Mezzasalma
Kailua-Kona
Another dig at column’s final line
Hooray! I was delighted to read Debra Sims’ reaction to the closing remark Dennis Gregory made in his informative column about Kelii Akina. Gregory is obviously not in favor of the TMT and Akina is admirably for it. Gregory says, “I said he was great, I didn’t say he was perfect.” I agree with Sims, and admire Akina’s stance for the TMT.
Like Akina, I am proud that Hawaiian blood is part of my DNA and reaches far back into our island history. Although I live in California, I return to the Big Island every winter for several months. Each time I come, I see that the opposition to the TMT by native Hawaiians still rages on. This always confuses and confounds me. I consider the construction of a world-class telescope to be a great honor to be bestowed on our majestic Mauna Kea. We have an island whose volcano still spews lava from the very core of this ancient planet, giving birth daily to new land. The TMT represents the perfect blending of the ancient with the yet to be imagined future, a small but powerful window into this amazing universe that will unlock some of the mysteries of our planet earth and our relationship to it. How wonderful for Hawaii’s children to be able to visit and perhaps study the secrets it will eventually reveal, not just to them, but also to all of mankind.
I would ask those of you who oppose this project to look at it from a more positive and enlightened point of view and, with the spirit of aloha, as a gift from Hawaii to the entire world. What better use could there be for sacred ground?
Helene Iwalani Robertson
Wailea Bay and San Anselmo, Calif.