• Commission lauded for actions • It’s a scam • How come KIUC? • Power in numbers • The hurricane solution • Thinking inside the box Way to go, Mr. Mayor Walt Mucha Kapaa Commission lauded for actions In regards
• Commission lauded for actions
• It’s a scam
• How come KIUC?
• Power in numbers
• The hurricane solution
• Thinking inside the box Way to go, Mr. Mayor
Kapaa
Commission lauded for actions
In regards to Lester Chang’s article, “Legal action threatened against county Planning Commission,” on the Planning Commission meeting of Sept. 26, with representatives for the Koloa Marketplace’s “The shops at Koloa Town,” it was unfortunate he did not stay to hear the conclusion.
After the Marketplace representatives tried their “strong-arm,” threatening tactics with the commissioners, they went into executive meeting and emerged with a unanimous denial of the Marketplace permits.
The Kaua‘i Planning Department and commissioners refused to be coerced and bullied by these developers. It was refreshing to watch our community and government work together for the betterment of our island home.
Kudos to the men and women of our overworked and understaffed Planning Department, as well as our planning commissioners who put in countless hours of their own time at their own expense.
Mahalo for standing up and representing the island and people of Kaua‘i.
Lihu‘e
It’s a scam
To anyone who has been harassed by “Dorothy with the mortgage branch,” the bad news is that this is a telemarketing scam. The good news is that you can do something to stop their calls and expose them to the proper authorities.
You can file a complaint — over the telephone — with the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Response Center. Just call (877) 382-4357. It may take a little patience, but you will connect with a representative (real, live person) who will register your complaint, which may result in legal action.
For further information or to make a complaint, you can also report it to the Nuisance Call Division of the telephone company at 643-7111.
Kalaheo
How come KIUC?
Over a month ago you printed my letter “Here comes the meter man.” Since then I received a letter from KIUC stating “because of an uprise in oil cost in 1996, electric KW usage has gone up.”
They also state that, “If you hadn’t made those changes (solar accent lights, new refrigerator and stove, etc.) your monthly bill would have been in the $400 range, instead of the $300 range.”
Whatever.
The letter also states, “Our meter reader is highly trained to see.”
I read the meter with binoculars. Do your binoculars see around corners and then an object fronting the meter? When entering my driveway, you come in on the west side. My meter is facing south and up to a week ago I had a screen outdoor tent blocking the meter from the west. So unless you have special binoculars, one needs to walk up to the meter. Remember, my meter isn’t set up remotely.
KIUC personnel, can you ask your CEO if I can use the $700 grill sitting there at the KIUC building?
The event (in 1996) you (KIUC) wrote to me about was 10 years ago. What now? … More worse? KIUC should check into the lower oil prices.
Also, KIUC, you guys are missing my point. “You just charge too high.”
I don’t care about whatever happened 10 years ago in 1996.
Enough already with your lame excuses.
‘Ele‘ele
Power in numbers
Knowing the goal of the terrorists, which includes destroying our United States, Iraq today is really our battlefront with them. If we should leave a weakened Iraq we are retreating. Guess where our battlefront will then be: America; and terrorists worldwide will gain greater confidence against us.
Then we’re back to 9/11; and the struggle in Iraq can be made worse for us here in our homeland. We shall be at war, unfortunately, as long as the terrorists are on the loose.
This means we are actively at war until we either win or are enslaved by them to end this war. Which do we want? Divided as we are, we will be enslaved. I’d say, “America, let’s unite and win.”
“Unity” seemingly scares the terrorists. God bless America, land of the free.
Mililani
The hurricane solution
When I first visited Kaua‘i 10 years ago, it was known as “The Garden Island.”
Today tourism promotes it as “The Discovery Island.”
How fitting, since the huge condominium/timeshare sharks are swallowing up the land and the big box predators are in the process of killing off local businesses with Wal-Mart leading the charge.
Folks, I live in Davis, Calif., and we are fighting tooth-and-nail to not let these predators kill off our vibrant, localized downtown.
Kaua‘i is losing its “Garden Island” charm with all the development pushing its way in. When I was on island a few weeks ago, residents were complaining about the horrendous traffic and runaway development. Friends back here on the Mainland are all saying Kaua‘i is not the same charming place it used to be.
For example, hovering helicopters every 10 minutes and so much traffic, forget about going to Ke‘e Beach.
I hope more people stand up to try and preserve what’s left.
Personally, I know some Kaua‘i residents who wish another huge hurricane would scare the living daylights out of developers to the point they would feel it is not worth building on Kaua‘i anymore.
If no one was hurt, it well might be worth it in the long run.
Davis, Calif.
Thinking inside the box Way to go, Mr. Mayor.
After encouraging and supporting uncontrolled over-development of our beautiful island, creating a need for big box stores, you suggest we put a moratorium on big box stores. Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?
Koloa
