Laughter Therapy: July 11, 2020

Just received my tax information from my taxman….and you expect me to be funny??? Yep…I will just becauseit is in my blood. Two kids are looking at a book on the floor. One says to the other, “My Mom says it’s called a book, but I’m not sure where the batteries go!” Same two friends are sitting at the dining table looking at a book with Mom standing over them. She chuckles and says: “Just open it…you don’t need a password!”

My Turn: More about Lalamilo Wind Farm

I thank West Hawaii Today’s Max Dible for his excellent reporting on the Lalamilo Wind Farm. As County energy coordinator for almost a decade, the Lalamilo Wind Farm comprised seven years of my public service. It was a remarkable journey, first, convincing County Administration it could be done with no taxpayer dollars, then designing a request for proposals (RFP) attracting the best renewable energy developers to build a cost-effective power project for a system responsible for moving water consuming 25 percent of the $20 million Water Department energy.