• Politics devoid of common sense • Pay teachers more • Illegal aliens keep prices affordable • Appreciate their hard work • Hot diggity dog! • Please ease up Politics devoid of common sense It’s a good thing we have
• Politics devoid of common sense • Pay
teachers more • Illegal aliens keep prices
affordable • Appreciate their hard work •
Hot diggity dog! • Please ease
up
Politics devoid of common sense
It’s a good thing we have county furlough days, including those on Dec. 10 and 17, otherwise we might not be able to afford to give the county clerk a raise and pay him more than the mayor.
Where is it written that politics has to be completely devoid of common sense? Maybe its just the chemtrails clogging my brain.
Robert Reynolds, Princeville
Pay teachers more
It occurs to me that the clerk’s salary of close to $115,00 a year could fund two teacher’s positions in our schools. When you consider the rest of the pay raises, we could have had six or more teachers. Or maybe pay our teachers more for the hard work they do.
Teri Freitag, ‘Ele‘ele
Illegal aliens keep prices affordable
Carlos White wrote an opinion in a Dec. 13 letter “How illegal immigration hobbles America” that I totally take issue with. Here’s why:
If you think prices are high now imagine going to the grocery stores and paying $5 for one tomato, or $7 for a head of lettuce. That’s what would happen if we shut down employing illegals.
Look what’s happened in society, cleaning ladies are now making $25 to $50 an hour at a job that used to be quite affordable, often times making more than highly educated professionals.
Everyone from gardeners to cleaning services, to massage therapists are demanding outrageous wages for the service provided.
When we the consumer accept it, it has a trickle down effect that effects everyone.
If Illegals were to totally disappear, most of us would not be able to afford groceries.
I still don’t know why they call them illegal aliens, has anyone ever seen a legal alien?
James “Kimo” Rosen, Kapa‘a
Appreciate their hard work
I am kinda not a big fan of the county clerk or the prosecutor, but that’s personal. However, I do agree with the pay that they receive.
I also believe that they truly are dedicated to their jobs while focussing on what they are hired to do. I know they show up at work at 7 a.m. and don’t go home till late at night. It is not because they want to, it just goes with the territory. If they want to do a good job for us they have to punch in those kind of hours.
When you break it down they don’t make much per hour. We need to show more appreciation for their hard work, as well as all the non-union department heads.
Ron Agor, Lihu‘e
Hot diggity dog!
The “dumbing down” of Kaua‘i has ended! JoAnn Yukimura is back to shake us and TGI from our ennui. The governance of Kaua‘i has re-emerged from ‘behind closed doors.’ No more secret shenanigans.
OK, staff writers, please wake up the sleepy-headed council members. Let’s hear some informed quotes from all of them. No more mumbling and “passing the buck.”
Mahalo for your research and tenacity, JoAnn. Hold their toes to the fire!
Diane Forsyth, Lihu‘e
Please ease up
My family has resided in our home now for over 15 months. We live in a cul de sac. I affectionately refer to these good neighbors as my “cul de sac family.” Neighbors hum along kindly. We look after one another, share meals, gifts, and parking spaces along this cul de sac.
Our next door family is large with three generations, and any number of cars parked as needed, at any given time. On our property, my family shares common parking space with lovely Hawaiian friends and neighbors.
Two families from state side moved into the cul de sac. We greeted and welcomed one recent new arrival. One family brought 7 vintage race cars, which are parked on county easement, covered and seldom moved. We accommodated this neighbor without complaint.
Unfortunately, both of these arrivals would complain about some of the “cul de sac families” parking “in front of their houses.” Politely explained was that around the periphery of the cul de sac is county property for anyone to park on.
One night, my family would come home to find one of these new arrival’s Jeep parked in our yard up to a small fence near the house. I felt concern, and wondered if this neighbor was in need of help. Before I knew it, the owner of the Jeep came quickly in my direction, yelling and swearing at me that he didn’t care about what is county property — to move my car that was “in front of his house.” He yelled, “How do you like my car parked in your yard?” What a shock and disappointment. Kaua’i is the Aloha Island. Please, be a bit kinder — ease up on this simple matter of who parks where.
Deborah Morel, Kapa‘a
