Be on the look out for big money sway
The school tax referendum issue will impact a lot of big money interests. We can expect to see many expensive full page newspaper ads and television commercials from “independent” sources and PACs, claiming to be working in the public interest to try to influence your vote.
There is a lot of money at stake here. I encourage you to look carefully at the source of these ads, and be careful to fact check them. Are these organizations, paying all this money for those ads, really concerned about you? Are they paying this ad money for your benefit, or are they only trying to influence your vote on behalf of their big money clients?
Please be careful, and be sure to vote in your own best interest, and in the interest of your family, friends and neighbors. Money talks, but in the end, your vote counts.
Joel Aycock
Hawaiian Acres
Thoughts on headline error
I, like many I am sure, took the WHT added headline to Aunty Anne Hamilton’s letter to the editor last week to be the writer’s sentiments. “Letters/Your Voice” is misstated.
I, like you, Aunty, have seen the slant the WHT puts on the news. I did not expect it in letters to the editor. Another lesson learned.
My comments hold true to those who are guilty of all the negative and angry comments to the conservative view, which I understand now is not you.
Once again, I am sorry because at first you pushed my button but, in fact, it was not you at all. I have no idea if my letter will be printed, but I feel better just putting it on paper.
Truly, stay well and thank you, Aunty, for the happier take on how we are being treated by the press and their selected printing of fiction.
Millie Tanaka
Kailua-Kona
Don’t take voting privilege for granted
I consider voting to be my sacred right as an American citizen. The first election for me was 1976, and I have not missed voting in a single election since.
I grew up in Cranbury, New Jersey. We voted at the fire station on Main Street. It was a small town, so there were never more than 15 or 20 people in line. I liked to vote early in the day, and always enjoyed when the lady would tell me I was the 74th or 149th person to vote that day. I don’t know if most people voted back then, but in my family, we voted.
Here is what I know. President Richard Nixon resigned from office in 1974, a deeply corrupted man. But because we have a Constitution to rely upon, we know these circumstances have been anticipated and planned for.
In 1974, I was a witness to the government changing hands because of this corruption, and not one shot was fired. I was only 18 at the time, but I remember marvelling at this and feeling so blessed. No matter what happens, remember, we have a Constitution. Vote Nov. 6. Better yet, vote early.
Rebecca Wright
Kailua-Kona