• Superferry better for people • Why the meeting? • Concerns merely hoopla • Fight the whole fight • Extend the path Superferry better for people I just wanted to say that Hawai‘i finally has the opportunity to travel at
• Superferry better for people
• Why the meeting?
• Concerns merely hoopla
• Fight the whole fight
• Extend the path
Superferry better for people
I just wanted to say that Hawai‘i finally has the opportunity to travel at an affordable price, and bring their cars as well with the service of the Superferry. What I don’t understand is what all the commotion is about. Is it because the people of Hawai‘i have too much pride and would rather pay high prices for airline tickets and car rentals?
It seems like when something good happens in Hawai‘i, there are so many protesters trying to knock it down. Could someone please explain the theory behind this ridiculous protests?
Please think about the future of Hawai‘i and its people.
Change is a hard thing in Hawai‘i and most don’t take it well, but think about our children, if we cannot afford these outrageous prices, how can they? Competition is good because it brings down rates. When Island Air came into the picture, airline prices went down, and it was a good thing. The Superferry is for the betterment of all the Hawaiian Islands and its people.
Kathy Brede
Centennial, Colo.
Why the meeting?
Once again I’m amazed at how easy it has been for the money-powers-that-be to roll over the people, the environment; now a meeting in a grammar school cafeteria, at 2 p.m. With over 1,000 people at the last meeting, does a little common sense tell us that this won’t work? How many people will fit in the cafeteria? Where will we park? … This meeting will be an exercise in confusion. We are going to have this ferry shoved down our throats, no matter what the people want. And the mess that comes with it. We are dealing with gross arrogance here, from start to the upcoming finish on this fine example of not “for the people, of the people, by the people.”
Woe the day of Lingle’s election.
Joe Metzger
Kalaheo
Concerns merely hoopla
To me the whole hoopla with environmental concerns and the Superferry is bogus. The chance of some errant seed coming in on the wheels of a truck is so overblown in comparison to the myriad of other ways a seed or a bug can get here.
How did the coqui frogs come to Lawa‘i? Isn’t there a botanical garden in Lawa‘i? Most likely they were shipped in with plants. If everyone was so genuinely concerned about invasive species, why aren’t we inspecting and sterilizing plants that are shipped inter-island for gardens and landscaping?
An EIS? With all the negative and microscopic attention focused on the Superferry, don’t you think every possible bad thing under the sun has already been dug up and dragged out by our environmental friends as an objection to Superferry operations?
The environmental concerns have already been analyzed to death. And how is anyone going to ascertain with any degree of accuracy, much less credibility, just how many whales are going to be sliced up by the Superferry? … 1, 150, 10,000.
No one knows or will ever be able to predict it short of shamanistic revelations.
No, the EIS isn’t going to reveal squat that we don’t already know. Only operating the Superferry will tell us how many whales will be killed. If we see their carcasses littering the ocean, then we need to take action. If one or two don’t make it … so be it.
What’s really going on here is that lots of folks just don’t want a bridge built between the islands. They like the isolation that living on an island affords. People are just using the “e” word to impede the implementation of the biggest improvement to inter-island transportation in our lifetimes. Eco-concerns are the only righteous and politically correct reason that can be brought up against the Superferry. It’s not pono to be anti-aloha. The environmental impact that’s going to be felt with the Superferry will be substantially cultural. It’s all about pulling up the drawbridge.
A few more cars? Maybe. Then why aren’t we harping on the state, not the impoverished county, to widen the state highways that are so clogged? In my mind the tremendous utility of being able to drive your vehicle to the various islands in a few hours completely trounces the anti-bridge advocates’ overstated or misdirected objections.
P. Keat
Makaweli
Fight the whole fight
I would like to comment on a quote Jimmy Trujillo of the Kaua‘i-based protest group Hui-R said to the Honolulu Star Bulletin. He stated that all the Superferry protesters want is the state law applied to everyone.
If Trujillo truly believes his own rhetoric, then all Kaua‘i protesters should join the bandwagon in asking the Legislature, governor and judicial branches of government to apply the same law to all parties, such as all airlines, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Matson, Young Bros., and all shipping companies such as UPS, Fed-X and DHL which are not currently abiding by this same law.
I’d like to point out that if these companies were asked to comply with these same demands, our state would come to a screeching halt. No passenger travel, no freight in or out of the state until an environmental assessment or impact statement is done.
Step up Kaua‘i protesters, fight the whole fight and not target one company.
Ross Komenaka
Hilo, Hawai‘i
Extend the path
My husband and I have been coming yearly to Kaua‘i for over 20 years. We are condo owners here. We always bring our bikes with us and bike the shoreline from Kapa‘a to Anahola. When we do have to ride on the road we are very careful.
We are so happy to see the beautiful bike path and are hoping that it will be continued around the island. So many people are using it … all ages, all abilities. The beach belongs to all of us. There is still work to be done. Garbage left on beaches needs to be addressed. Pack it in, pack it out. Be responsible.
A big “mahalo” for all the hard work being done.
Dee Sarich
Kapa‘a
