• Daryl ‘sweetie’ Kaneshiro • Pay now, save later • No shark tours! Daryl ‘sweetie’ Kaneshiro In response to witnessing Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Darryl “sweetie” Kaneshiro’s actions in Council Chambers on Wednesday, I would like to opine. Women
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Daryl ‘sweetie’ Kaneshiro
In response to witnessing Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Darryl “sweetie” Kaneshiro’s actions in Council Chambers on Wednesday, I would like to opine.
Women have made great strides overcoming sexism in island businesses, homes, and particularly government.
Sacrifices by women of the past have carved the trail for more recent female government leaders including: Gov. Linda Lingle; Mayor Marianne Kusaka; Mayor and Council member JoAnn Yukimura; State Rep. Mina Morita; 5th Circuit Judge Kathleen Watanabe; County Attorney Lani Nakazawa; Prosecuting Attorney and Council member Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho; Administrators Beth Tokioka, Sue Kanoho, Mattie Yoshioka, Janine Rapozo, Theresa Koki, Mary Daubert, Allison Fraley — and even newly elected Kaua‘i County Council member Lani Kawahara, just to name a few.
Kaua‘i’s government and civic organizations are brimming with talented, hard-working women.
Council member Kawahara has earned her title the same way any council person has, and does not deserve a diminutive and sexist punctuation like “sweetie” attached to the end of a rant or directive in disagreement of one’s debate around the council table. It’s disrespectful, unless of course we’re addressing all our colleagues, male and female, with “sweetie.” Doubtful.
I suggest this kind of old-world, back-handed, snide remark be relegated only from horseback on private plantations and ranches to a consenting subservience — not in the people’s government chambers addressing a peer, and certainly not in front of the Ho‘ike cameras.
It just doesn’t play well to some of the constituency.
Rolf Bieber, Kapa‘a
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Glenn Mickens is on his rant again about the bike and pedestrian path. (“Kaua‘i path is a waste of our money,” Letters, April 30)
Glenn states; “For the record, let me say that I am not opposed to bike paths per se. I am opposed to this ill-planned, ill-conceived path on Kaua‘i that is costing us taxpayers millions of dollars.”
We should have miles and miles of trails zigzagging all around our cosmic island. Since the completion of the pedestrian trail from the Kapa‘a Neighborhood Center to Kealia Beach, there has been a huge increase in power walkers, joggers, moms walking with babies in strollers, people walking their four-legged companions and bicycles.
People are getting out and exercising, which is a beautiful sight in this day and age of virtual realities. People are actually getting out exercising, smiling and giving head nods to each other. The aloha spirit is alive on the trail!
The pedestrian trail is a preventive health alternative which may save millions of dollars in future health care problems. Obesity is at an all-time high and Type 2 diabetes is now a common diagnosis in children.
We need more paths so everyone has the option to bike safely to work or for leisure.
Who cares how much this trail costs, if you look at the savings in health care because of a great alternative it becomes obvious this trail is the best example ever exhibited on our exotic hamlet of taxpayer money being spent wisely by our local and national government.
James “Kimo” Rosen, Kapa‘a
No shark tours!
Aloha to our Neighbors on Kaua‘i. The East O‘ahu community has spoken out against shark tour operation in Maunalua Bay. Shark tour operators have left, but they may return or go elsewhere.
We do not want shark tours in Kaua‘i, Maui, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Lanai‘i, Hawai‘i island and Papahanauomokuakea.
We know sharks are all around us in the ocean; however community safety is compromised by the man-made congregation of sharks in Hawaiian waters for commercial gain.
No shark feeding at all (a.k.a. chumming or palu) is allowed in state or federal Waters. It is against the law.
Shark tours operators speak about teaching ocean education and conservation. However, we learn about the ocean from our kupuna and the experts in our communities; our fisherman, boaters, paddlers, surfers and swimmers. Our experts are each and every one of you.
George Helm wrote, “Faith is the bud that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”
Let us have faith in our community and let each and every one of our community voices join together in chorus and let it be known — we do not want shark tours in Hawaiian waters.
We must honor the waters our kupuna cared for and make sure our keiki can safely enjoy the ocean n Hawai‘i, this special place we call home.
Please join us Kaua‘i in working toward statewide legislation to ban shark tours in Hawaiian waters.
George Downing, Save our Surf
Ann Marie Kirk, Ka Iwi Coalition
Elizabeth Reilly, Livable Hawai‘i
Alyssa Miller, Malama Maunalua
