• Telemarketer tactics • Make contra flow permanent • Police and the path • We applaud destruction and yawn at creation • I can dream can’t I? Telemarketer tactics This is in response to “Telemarketers test patience,” Letters, March 3.
• Telemarketer tactics
• Make contra flow permanent
• Police and the path
• We applaud destruction and yawn at creation
• I can dream can’t I?
Telemarketer tactics
This is in response to “Telemarketers test patience,” Letters, March 3.
Helen of Hanalei’s inundation of telemarketing calls from “National Auto Warranty Service” really hit home.
We have also received countless of these calls; they are obnoxious. Today, after reading your letter, when the expected call came in, I took it to the limits:
I asked the “live” representative “Janine” (who would not give me her last name or employee No.) if I could speak with her supervisor. She flatly said “No.” These people are very well-trained to screen all calls; it is disgusting that these leeches can and do prey on anyone, let alone older or less skeptical folks who might fall for their “warranty expiration” scare.
Upon “googling” their caller ID: (702) 520-1399 “Paging Phone NV”; one can find out they are well known creeps.
One can also file a complaint very easily with the Federal Communications Commission at www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints_tcpa.html
David Baker
Kilauea
Make contra flow permanent
Traffic congestion between Kapa‘a and Lihu‘e seems to be getting worse from the moment the contra flow markers are removed. From then on, the back up from Wailua builds up all day long; including weekends. I would like to suggest that the two lanes to Hanama‘ulu from the bypass be a permanent fixture. After all it is more important that traffic to the airport and Wilcox Hospital be accessible 24 hours a day. This will save the county many hours of manpower that can well be utilized toward making the new bypass from one lane to two lanes from the Kapa‘a roundabout to the main road. Reducing a few of the crosswalks in Kapa‘a town would help for smoother flow of traffic as well.
Syd Jacobs
Kapa‘a
Police and the path
In response to “KPD will monitor bike path to help ensure safety,” A3, March 5:
Will these KPD officers be on regular pay? Hourly or salary? If so, why not hire them on their day off on voluntary basis with lesser pay? And only on a 10-speed racer bicycle (ATV uses fuel and there is no reason for a motorized vehicle to be on the path) armed with a pair of handcuffs, pepper spray, a baton and a radio on the duty belt.
Also, how many officers per day per shift will be needed?
This way the officers can get their exercise. The bicycle/walking path will still be user friendly and there will be a sense of security and safety there.
It would be a win/win situation. Officers get their exercise, the public users will be educated and safe and the taxpayers and the county won’t have to pay out so much money.
Howard Tolbe
‘Ele‘ele
We applaud destruction and yawn at creation
We proudly wage war in the name of freedom, training our new enemies of tomorrow.
We yawn when the trees in Koloa were torn down in thoughtless progress, because we bow down to those who are our superiors.
We make ourselves forget about the damage we allow, so that we can live with ourselves, only to allow more damage in the future.
And for this, God will bless us?
Dennis Chaquette
Kapa‘a
I can dream can’t I?
I’m going out on a limb on this one. I’m going to make a prediction that I’m not even sure Barack Obama has given any thought to … not yet, anyway. What if Barack Obama were to ask Oprah Winfrey to be his running mate on this November’s ballot? She would make a fine vice president of the United States, if you were to ask me. Wow, wouldn’t that be something. Writing this down for the very first time, and giving it a moment to sink in, I got goose bumps (chicken skin) just thinking about it.
Having said that, if I may address all you Republicans out there, with your sworn loyalties to the Republican Party. I respect your opinions and beliefs, and in no way am I attempting to influence your views, your vote, or the candidate you might feel is best qualified to be running this country for the next four years. All I’m saying is, it’s time for a change. You know it, I know it, we all know it. If you really want to make a difference come this November’s election, then make one. This country is broken, and needs fixing. Maybe if we could all just recognize that, and stand united at this crossroad of the United States of America’s very existence. Together, we could make a difference. Together, we could make this country the great nation that it once was, and we all know that it can be again.
If we could only set aside all party loyalties and differences this election year, and vote with our hearts, and minds, and with great compassion toward our fellow man (and woman) that we have always been capable of. What a difference it would make. It just very well could change the world you know. It has in the past. History has proven that. And it can again. One country, under God, with liberty and justice for all.
Like I said earlier, “I might be a dreamer, but I can dream, can’t I.”
Joe Callen
Princeville
