Letter for Tuesday, April 25, 2023
• Wishful thinking
Letter for Monday, April 24, 2023
• Stop tailgating
OTHER VOICES: Let’s electrify Kaua‘i — fast
Happy Earth Day! However, we all know the earth is not happy.
Letter for Thursday, April 20, 2023
• Safety issue
HOOSER: Time to get our priorities straight
“When they tell you there’s no money, what they’re really saying is it’s not a priority.”
Letter for Monday, April 17, 2023
• Coco Palms
VOICES: Riding with aloha on Kaua‘i
Kudos for the new bike lanes in Lihu‘e, the Bikes on Rice rides, and the progress made on the Kapa‘a path (Ke Ala Hele Makalae).
HOOSER: Take the drivel to your beer buddies
“We’re going to close up our hotel and take our business somewhere else where the taxes are lower!” said no hotel on Kaua‘i ever.
Letter for Tuesday, April 11, 2023
• Depth of racism
VOICES: Kaua‘i farmers and businesses need tax relief
It’s budget season on the County of Kaua‘i, which means county lawmakers have been busy haggling over what to fund and what to cut in Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami’s proposed $402 million budget.
HOOSER: Civic engagement is essential for a democracy
The state House Finance Committee has scheduled Senate Bill 1543 for a hearing on Wednesday, April 5 at 2 p.m.
Letter for Tuesday, April 4, 2023
• Fight or flight?
Letters for Saturday, April 1, 2023
• ‘Lobby Day’ • Infants on planes
EVSLIN: Are Roundup-like herbicides making us sick?
Roundup-like herbicides in our food and the environment are a growing concern for experts around the world.
HOOSER: Intervention needed at Coco Palms
Sitting in the Kapa‘a crawl, heading south, and not moving at all for what seems like a long, long time, I found myself thinking, “Can’t wait until the Coco Palms Hotel opens up.”
HOOSER: Kissing Kaua‘i Zoom testimony goodbye
Kaua‘i is now the only county in Hawai‘i to prohibit remote interactive conference technology (ICT) testimony by residents. No more Zooming in from Kekaha or Ha‘ena to testify. Nope, you now have to take the day off, drive into Lihu‘e, and sit in the council chambers for who knows how long, so you can present your three minutes of testimony.
Letter for Tuesday, March 21, 2023
• Gas prices
Letters for Monday, March 20, 2023
• Seawalls • Crosswalks
Letters for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
• A better idea • Home birth
HOOSER: Dealing with the homeless on Kaua‘i
An acquaintance grabbed my ear recently saying, “Gary, how can we get rid of all these homeless people?” He went on to bemoan the presence of the poor and unwashed that seem to be sleeping under every bridge and in every doorway.