Keep our beaches and parks safe

Sunday drivers are the best

I have volunteered for and served on a number of committees, councils and commissions. My experience has been frustrating. In each case, before we could really get anything started, we were sworn in, often at a difficult time and place.

On aquarium collecting

Limit the amount

Alienation is harming our communities

Find and know the truth

Nothing seems so uncommon as common sense.

Keep ‘em coming

How do Gov. Josh Green’s general excise tax (GET) cuts help low-income people who pay hardly any taxes? Cuts in taxes benefit rich folks. Removing the 4.5% general excise tax from medical services, like bills for doctors and dentists, blood tests, MRIs, X-rays, and drugs would keep more money in the pockets of the citizens of the Big Island. A tax cut that is felt every day.

Last year, the 117 th U.S. Congress cooperated in a bipartisan effort to pass the $1.7 trillion Emergency Infrastructure Bill. The allocation of funds created by this legislation will be determined according to both equity and need, with need being the primary focus.

A heartwarming learning experience

Writing a book is the easy part, getting it published is the hard part. One has about the same odds as playing the Powerball lottery. Most publishers do not accept unsolicited manuscripts from a writer without an agent they know. Most agents are just as picky. You can’t get either one until you have the other. It is like: You can’t get loan unless you can show you don’t need the money. Most books, nine out of ten, by established authors do not sell enough copies to profit, but the tenth one is a blockbuster that covers all the losses. If the author is already famous, or infamous, they have a better chance

Martha Hodges’ recent letter (WHT – 01/13/23 – “I like rules!”) was rightly critical of political partisanship and societal tribalism.

Who decides?

I like rules!