• PMRF and land • Kapa‘a traffic • Iraqi prisoners • Waialeale river boats PMRF and land The recent request by the Navy to lease 5,000+ acres from the state is causing a lot of name calling and blame-gaming by
• PMRF and land
• Kapa‘a traffic
• Iraqi prisoners
• Waialeale river boats
PMRF and land
The recent request by the Navy to lease 5,000+ acres from the state is causing a lot of name calling and blame-gaming by conservation and anti-war folks.
We should instead take the request as an opportunity to create a win-win situation for the Navy and the community.
The Navy wants something — a large buffer for the PMRF base.
The island desperately needs something — affordable housing.
The DLNR can lease the land for money that could go to the county housing authority to build affordable rental units.
Grove Farm leases ag land for $50/acre/year.
The same rate would generate $250,000+ each year the lease is in place.
Housing doesn’t require much land, so it could come by exchange from the Navy/State/County.
Navy/State and County should also share infrastructure costs.
The rental monies would go to the (County) Housing Agency for additional housing/infrastructure maintenance, etc.
A win-win.
Let’s do It!
John Patt
Koloa
Kapa‘a traffic
In reference to the letters about the traffic in Kapa‘a, I offer the following:
The Theory of Social Entropy states: People will continue to move until all places are equally undesirable.
Kaua‘i will never be better than it is right now.
Terry Beckhelm
Iraqi prisoners
I have watched with anger and disappointment the story of the humiliation of the Iraqi prisoners of war.
My first thought is we owe no apology to any of the Islamic countries.
I for one do not care if they were humiliated.
Was it proper?
No.
Were they tortured?
I don’t think so.
As I recall, not one single head of any Islamic country spoke out against four Americans being burned to death and drug though the streets.
Did any of them apologize for this horrible action by the muslims?
Not at all.
Did any of their heads of state condemn 9-11?
I don’t think so.
Did they condemn the crowds who cheered when the Americans were brutally murdered and their bodies burned?
I don’t think so.
We in America must soon face the fact that what is called a religion, Islam, is evil.
Those people will never like us, no matter what.
They behave as animals, and then proclaim that Islam is a peaceful religion.
They cheer when women and babies are blown up.
They only respect one thing: the aggressive exercise of military power.
To win, we must totally defeat them by the brutal exercise of power.
Robert W. Yount
Koloa
Waialeale river boats
Imua Waialeale and all the other Kaua‘i island folks willing to make a stand against the non-State/government entities, their continued harassments, and continued genocide attempts obviously including not only stupid blood quantums now all the way to the business platform, so very much like the non-sovereign status in Iraq wouldn’t you agree, except unlike the tyrants Bush, Saddam, and sons are/were,…at the time of the overthrow, the Queen saw it prudent to relinquish the thrown in order to save the bloodshed, such as that which is currently being sweated out in Iraq for the same principles.
Progress, I see folks being assertive and an escalating movement long overdue for renewed assessments in stewardship of lands under the concept of the lo‘i, and/or associated with the Royal Patent Seal or other such pertinent documentation.
At least from my observation the areas between Hanama‘ulu-Kapaia to Wai‘ale‘ale mountains and back to the sea via Wailua are by all accounts well ahead of where I thought anyone was willing to go.
Anyway, this letter references front-page article of a hard working Hawaiian family name, as well as, their business namesake successfully owned and operated business for all these years.
Their efforts along with an undercurrent of other well-versed individuals is a thrilling new flower just waiting to explode into a rainbow of change that will make history every bit as unique as what is currently happening around the would.
D. Kekaualua
Wailua Homesteads
Hurricane ready
Regarding your article on hurricane preparedness, I was very surprised to see you did not include in your list of emergency supplies, and in fact at the top of the list, garbage cans lined with trash bags and filled with water. This water is not for drinking, but rather for flushing the toilet.
We were without water for two days and soon learned it takes about two buckets of water for a good flush. Fortunately we had a jacuzzi with enough water to get us through. You can get along without electricity (we did for 28 days), but you cannot get along without enough toilet water.
JAMES ITAMURA
Kapa‘a
