• Leave the clerk alone • Time to clean up beaches • Get involved, be aware • Get cats fixed Leave the clerk alone I have known Peter Nakamura for many years, before and after his duties as county clerk.
• Leave the clerk alone • Time to clean
up beaches • Get involved, be aware •
Get cats fixed
Leave the clerk alone
I have known Peter Nakamura for many years, before and after his duties as county clerk.
Peter has always been a great source of assistance, knowledge and caring. I have never seen any “power trip” expressed or implied.
He is a perfect public servant, he is impartial, has a good attitude, has great historical knowledge of Kaua‘i, and is hard working, but I think his most valuable asset is that he cares for Kaua‘i and Kaua‘i’s citizens.
If one were to look at who is related to who and who knows who, as far as county appointments go, we will find ourselves in a real conundrum.
Please leave the clerk where he is.
Ed MacDowell, Kapa‘a
Time to clean up beaches
Kaua‘i needs to do more beach cleanups.
I have just moved here from California. A couple times a month my community would get together and do a beach cleanup. This really helped.
We are surrounded by beaches and yet the only cleanups that I have heard about are with some of the schools on the island. Many of us do not attend school or are home schooled and still want to help.
I went to the beach the other day and what did I see? I saw trash floating down into the ocean where everyone swims and where sea creatures live. We are dumping our trash into their home.
What makes it even worse is that when a plastic bag is floating around and a turtle thinks it is his lunch and eats it. There goes one less turtle.
Even going by yourself and picking up some trash would really help.
Kaua‘i is famous for our beautiful nature spots and our beaches. We don’t want visitors coming to Kaua‘i and seeing the ocean and beach full of rubbish.
If we have more community beach cleanups, the locals and others will be able to help save our environment and protect our beaches and animals.
With a little more effort we can help the animals and ourselves on the island of Kaua‘i.
Bernadette Noonan, Kilauea
Get involved, be aware
If it wasn’t so serious, the war on terror would be the biggest joke ever played on the world. Yet our elected representatives and the general public allow it to continue.
The war on terror is against no political government and only against people of nations that our government decides to occupy for financial gain. The only terrorists besides the U.S. government policy-makers are the people fighting to rid their country of the occupiers.
Does anybody think that if Russian troops occupied O‘ahu that there wouldn’t be American individuals, that we classify as terrorists, who would fight to rid O‘ahu of the Russians?
Our country is fighting and killing not only the Taliban and Al Qaeda individuals, who attack the invading army, but thousands of what our government calls collateral damage, many times women and children.
The Iraq and Afghanistan wars are nothing more than our government’s attempt to build an empire that is bankrupting our financial system and ending a way of life as we have known it. Unfortunately the only recourse for individual citizens is to try to keep the corruption from filtering down to our state and county levels, by getting involved and being aware of local issues.
Rich Hoeppner, Wailua
Get cats fixed
Here on Kaua‘i, feral cats (aka stray cats) are all over the place. While some object to feeding the feral cats, the real cause of the feral-cat over-population is lost or abandoned kittens and cats that have not been fixed.
Cat owners naturally hope to never lose a cat or get stuck with too many kittens, but these situations happen to the most cat-loving among us. Even if kittens are dutifully given up for adoption, many are not able to find homes.
Having one’s cat spayed or neutered is the best way to ensure that the number of feral cats fighting to survive will go down.
Feral cats have been bred to live with humans and most do not become completely wild. They seek shelter and food near people, continuing to rely on people for most of their diet.
Overpopulation presents problems to the community, such as the sadness of sick and dying cats in public areas, damage to the local ecosystem, loud noises of cat fighting and mating, and the odor of cat urine (much more pungent in un-neutered males).
Life is no picnic for the feral cats. Many feral cats face starvation and sickness. Also, many feral cats continue to seek attention from people.
Help lower the population of feral cats by spreading the word that having your cats fixed is the right thing to do.
Having your cat spayed or neutered is a good deed for kitty-kind!
Rebekah Liebling, Kapa‘a
