HOOSER: The politics of debate and dialogue
Either I’m evil or I’m ignorant was the message delivered to me recently via email. Another scolded me, saying she was offended that I had not responded to her email within three days.
Letter for Saturday, December 16, 2023
• Misguided support
HOOSER: What law would you change or create?
Let’s talk law-making for a moment. If you could pass any new law at the county level, what would that be?
Letter for Friday, December 8, 2023
• Princeville siren
HOOSER: Dems pass ‘cease-fire’ resolution
This past Saturday, the State Central Committee (SCC) of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i (DPH) unanimously adopted a formal resolution calling for an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Letter for Tuesday, December 5, 2023
• Rescue costs
HOOSER: Zoom testimony returns to Kaua‘i County Council
Hooray! The Kaua‘i County Council is once again accepting remote public testimony “live” via the internet. Members of the public must sign up via email to testify no later than noon on the day prior to the meeting.
Letter for Tuesday, November 28, 2023
• Enterococci
HOOSER: The policy and politics of gratitude
Being thankful and celebrating our own good fortune comes with an obligation to reach out to help others.
HOOSER: Hawai‘i — a blue state charade
Am wishing today, we were more like Minnesota.
Letters for Tuesday, November 14, 2023
• Thank you DOT • Common sense
HOOSER: Lawmaking 101 — tools of the trade
Rules and regulations, mandates, outright bans, plus financial incentives and disincentives. These are the primary tools used by lawmakers and administrators to accomplish public policy goals needed to preserve and protect “the commons” — our health, natural environment, social justice, and balanced economic interests.
Letter for Saturday, Novemeber 4, 2023
• Support for Israel
HOOSER: Yes, in my backyard!
Yes, in my backyard! Putting affordable housing in my backyard is totally fine, and if government just gives me a little help — I’ll build it myself.
HOOSER: Policy, politics, ethics and avocados
Walking 5 miles a day provides valuable exercise of course, but it also gives me two hours of peaceful solitude and outdoor “thinking time.”
HOOSER: What can we do to stop the madness?
Innocent civilians: men, women, children, the very old, the very young, are being slaughtered daily. Whether it’s death by bullet, bomb or bayonet, people are being targeted and killed in their homes, sleeping in their beds, shopping in the market, or running through the fields. Their deaths are senseless, criminal, and unjustifiable — regardless of the flag that flies overhead.
Letter for Thursday, October 12, 2023
• Bike path rules
HOOSER: 3 steps toward 6 important priorities
Please don’t tell me it’s a waste of time, nobody listens anyway, or that you’re busy. You can be part of the solution or part of the problem. I ask that you please, please, please — today be part of the solution.
Letter for Saturday, October 7, 2023
• Traffic woes
HOOSER: Talking trash: two easy and important things you can do
Our one and only Kekaha landfill is approaching maximum capacity. Micro-plastics are being found in the guts of fish and other living things. The trash on the beach, at the side of the road, and floating in huge garbages patches in our oceans — has a direct and negative impact on the health of people and the planet.