• Without kokua, Dad would have died • Mahalo, Mr. Robinson • Sierra Club did its homework • Election brings me down • Government we can’t trust • Ridiculous viewpoint Without kokua, Dad would have died On behalf of the
• Without kokua, Dad would have died •
Mahalo, Mr. Robinson • Sierra Club did its
homework • Election brings me down •
Government we can’t trust • Ridiculous
viewpoint
Without kokua, Dad would have died
On behalf of the entire Bowers family, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the search for my uncle. An avid hiker, we were consumed with worry when no one was able to get in touch with him. Had it not been for the laudable efforts of Kaua‘i’s finest, he would have died. Thanks again for the great work.
Sarah Kelty, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.
Mahalo, Mr. Robinson
Mahalo to Keith Robinson for his effort in working to save native plants here on Kaua‘i (“Restoring endangered flora, 1 species at a time,” The Garden Island, Oct. 23).
Sad to hear that his work will end when his time ends — brings me grief. I don’t know how or what I can do to see his work continue. I offer whatever kokua I can to Mr. Robinson to keep his efforts going.
Mahalo nui piha Mr. Robinson.
Sharon Pomroy, Mahiai, Anahola
Sierra Club did its homework
In response to the Oct. 26 letter “Do Your Homework, Sierra Club,” the Sierra Club endorsed Neil Abercrombie for governor precisely because we did our homework by thoroughly examining the entirety of Mr. Abercrombie’s extensive record of support for the environment.
The Sierra Club endorsed Mr. Abercrombie because we know that he — unlike his opponent — understands the importance of preserving Hawai‘i’s ‘aina to our present and future economy. Mr. Abercrombie firmly supports maintaining our park system, preserving fragile native habitat, and ensuring clean air and water for everyone in Hawai‘i.
While Mr. Abercrombie did in 2008 propose to lift the moratorium against offshore drilling for natural gas, the bottom line is that he ultimately decided to vote against that proposal. And in any event, that single issue was not particularly relevant in deciding which gubernatorial candidate to endorse. (Hawai‘i has no oil resources and the next governor simply won’t be putting drilling rigs off of the coast of Hawai‘i.)
But on the other hand, the next governor will have a primary role in shaping Hawai‘i’s environment. And after weighing all of the pros and cons, the Sierra Club determined that Abercrombie’s vision of ensuring sustainability for future generations to come is the far, far better choice for Hawai‘i.
Judy Dalton, Kaua‘i Group, Sierra Club
Election brings me down
Like many others this election year, I’m considering not voting at all on November 2. My reasons are as follows:
1) the negativity of all candidates, no matter what party, in their commercials
2) the intolerance of all candidates, be it for religious views, cultural views, social views or lifestyle
What started out as a clean campaign before the primaries has become totally unacceptable. They sound like a bunch of kindergartners fighting on the playground instead of telling us what they believe. Even Sen. Dan Inouye has had to come out and tell candidates to put a lid on it and get back to running a clean campaign.
Mollie Peck, Kalaheo
Government we can’t trust
Who and What to trust, that’s the question.
The Democratic and Republican parties are spending millions of dollars running TV, radio, and newspaper ads bashing each other with as much negative “politics as usual” in order to get control over the people.
The Democratic party spent hundreds of millions just to elect a president and after the Nov. 2 election is over they will realize it was a bad investment. Today they are doing the same thing here at home.
It’s been eight years, and the people have forgotten why the majority of voters elected Linda Lingle. Mr. Abercrombie promises “government we can trust.” He too has forgotten that all of our states problems were created by the Democrat party 42 years before the Lingle administration took office.
Mr. Abercrombie, you get real. This is more of “government we can’t trust.”
Steve Martin, Wailua Homesteads
Ridiculous viewpoint
The problem with your solution, Kimo (“Problem solved,” Letters, Oct. 28), is that for those who have such an issue with “gay marriage,” this sense of offense over the misappropriation of the word “marriage” is just a disingenuous smoke screen.
That isn’t what upsets these people — there has been not one credible argument presented as to why calling a union between two homosexuals “marriage” weakens that bond between two heterosexual couples. The reason is because it doesn’t. If your marriage is weak, it’s because you shouldn’t be married! This is about denying legal rights to people whose “lifestyle” one doesn’t agree with.
If homosexuals universally agreed to calling homosexual unions something else as you and many others recommend, then that would simply be used as an argument to deny legal rights. Since that union would not be “marriage,” those engaged in it can not claim the rights afforded to “married” couples.
If homosexuals then tried to get the same rights for this new brand of union, the protests would switch to something else — for example, “government should not be condoning such ‘behavior’ by ‘rewarding’ people for it.” Someone already tried to do this in the comments section a few days ago with the idea that “you wouldn’t reward a drunk driver for a DUI.” Likening a committed homosexual relationship to drunk driving — that should be a clear enough indication of how ridiculous this viewpoint is.
Michael Mann, Lihu‘e
