Wells need to be fixed now
Why are all the well pumps broken? All the same time? What’s up with the maintenance? Why does it take so long? We have signs and trucks telling us not to water our investment. Hotels don’t seem to be in the mix.
You cannot tell me they are waiting for parts! Country’s build roads faster. Don’t wait for mail! Send one person on a jet. First class. Buy the parts. Come back and get it up and running. Much cheaper than paying state workers putting up signs. And trucks on the side of road. Looks like a real Third World here.
David Bertuleit
Kona
Aren’t we just as bad as our enemies?
Current culture of dominance, anger and violence is not progress from the past and no one group can be blamed.
The ridiculousness of seeing groups of people espouse a defeated and disgusting belief system (Nazism, white supremacy or any violence prone group donning conflict paraphernalia) that advocates the eradication or non-inclusion of other peoples reminds us of our scariest enemies, ISIS, the Taliban, North Korea.
But it also reminds us that this fear of the other is endemic among humans. Are we actually champions of the earth and humanity, or are we just as endemically fearful and potentially as evil as our worst enemies we claim to be better than?
Having a flawed president and seeing the underside of our own society peeking out from the extremes is a wake-up call. It’s a challenge to our better nature, not our worst. It seems the roots of our destruction are not simply outside ourselves, but from within.
Can we examine our own lust for violence and dominance at this moment? Or should we all don the hideous uniforms of intolerance and hatred to protect ourselves from the truth?
Shelly Brown
Kealakekua
Partners thankful for judiciary support
The Hawaii State Judiciary appreciates the support of the Kona community for the Kona Judiciary Complex currently under construction in North Kona, and we wanted to take this opportunity to provide some additional information about the complex.
Funding for this critically needed facility was passed by the Legislature and approved by Gov. David Ige after receiving strong backing from House and Senate leadership, Hawaii Island elected officials, many members of the bar associations and the community. They all recognized that continuing to hold court proceedings in three separate locations in buildings not designed to serve that purpose was no longer meeting the growing needs of the West Hawaii community.
Moreover, the new, more technologically equipped facility will enhance the security of the facility for its users and those in the surrounding area. This site was selected after a thorough environmental impact review of multiple locations in West Hawaii. Some might remember that the first choice proved to be unacceptable after an endangered uhi uhi plant was discovered in an adjacent property. The public was also invited to several community meetings, coverage of which was provided in West Hawaii Today.
The Kona Judiciary Complex is scheduled to open in mid-2019. When completed, it will provide the West Hawaii community with a permanent, full-service court facility equipped to handle all court-related matters in a centralized, convenient, and safe and secure environment.
Rodney Maile
Administrative Director of the Courts, Hawaii State Judiciary
Common theme
The wells, the buses, the roads …
The problem is not lack of resources.
The problem is governance.
Harvey W. McDaniel
Naalehu