• Buyer beware • Quit blaming the other guy • The blog heard around the world • Stand firm on plastic bag ban Buyer beware Last week after updating our website, my son decided to run a search engine check
• Buyer beware • Quit blaming the other
guy • The blog heard around the world •
Stand firm on plastic bag ban
Buyer beware
Last week after updating our website, my son decided to run a search engine check for our goat dairy. Imagine our surprise to find that our goat cheese was being listed on the menus of four Kaua‘i restaurants that are not currently buying our product.
In fact, two of the restaurants have never bought our cheese and the other two, including one 5-star hotel, have not received a delivery in over one year. When the chefs or food and beverage managers were contacted, the excuses were truly novel:
• “It costs too much to print new menus.” This came from the executive chef at the 5-star hotel who canceled their order over one year ago because they could buy “cheapah” cheese elsewhere.
• “It must have been a Freudian slip because I had tried to contact you at one point.” Fraudian slip, more like.
• “I am not the original chef who opened the restaurant. Can I buy some of your cheese now?” Like you never looked at the label for the cheese you were serving to your guests all this time.
So, buyer beware when you sit down for a fine dining experience with the comforting thought that you are supporting local farmers. If anyone wants a list of the truly fine restaurants on Kaua‘i who are serving Kilauea goat cheese from Kaua‘i Kunana Dairy, please contact us.
Louisa Wooton, Kilauea
Quit blaming the other guy
I would like to respond to the Saturday TGI article, “Bill would hold publishers liable for accidents while trespassing.”
The article basically states that a tour book publisher will be liable if someone has an accident or drowns at certain places deemed dangerous, Kipu Falls has been the site of many serious injuries and deaths and was cited as one of the those spots that needs to be taken out of tour-books since access is acquired through private property.
There are way too many laws.
I get it, Niagara falls is in many tour books as one of the seventh wonders of the world, should it be taken out because people have drowned there?
If someone goes to Secret Beach and jumps off the cliff does that mean Kaua‘i’s awesome Secret Beach should not be in a tour book, and then hold the publisher liable?
People need to take responsibility and quit blaming the other guy.
James “Kimo” Rosen, Kapa‘a
The blog heard around the world
Similarities lie at the feet of both Eygpt’s current efforts to break loose of tyrannical rule as did America’s efforts 236 years ago, in 1775, when the British Crown attempted to confiscate arms from the residents of Lexington and Concord which was in fact the beginning of the American Revolution.
With any luck and a large dose of competence Egypt will be spared the carnage of a bloody revolution.
Unfortunately America’s battle for freedom, rights, liberties, justice and opportunities were laden with the ravages of war that in reality began by a shot fired by an unknown individual. That shot became known as “the shot heard around the world.”
Fortunately for Egypt, and the rest of the World, Egypt’s battle for freedom, rights, liberties, justice and opportunities was initiated with “weapons of mass communications” heralding a message from “the blog heard around the world.”
May the “powers that be” grant Egypt a peaceful transition to a new life filled with freedoms and opportunities as well as a new World of bright futures for their youth. May aloha be with them all.
John Hoff, Lawa‘i
Stand firm on plastic bag ban
I’d like to speak in favor of keeping the plastic bag ban going on Kaua‘i. I can remember growing up at a time when there actually were no plastic bags for groceries, garbage or anything. Imagine that! The world still functioned! It even took some getting used to using the plastic bags instead of the trusty paper sacks.
Fifty years later, the effects of using plastic for so many things is becoming clear. We are overwhelmed with garbage that will never truly break down and disappear.
It may be difficult to remember to bring a bag along with you to shop — but it can be learned. You have to remember to carry cash, credit cards and ID with you, so we can learn to remember to bring a reusable bag with us when we shop as well.
As for the plight of tourists who may not be used to bringing their own bags: worst-case scenario they have to spend a buck and buy a bag for groceries at the store. If folks get in the habit of using reusable bags when they visit here, maybe they will start to bring their own bags with them when they shop at home. This could actually be an idea that could spread to other places and help to reduce the use of plastic everywhere.
Ever since I learned about the giant garbage patch of plastic in the ocean, I want to do everything I can to reduce the use of plastic. Sorry to anyone who forgot to bring a bag with them. Make a mistake once, and hopefully you will remember for the next time. After two or three times you’ll get it.
Please stand firm on the plastic bag ban, Kaua‘i!
Maren Orion, Moloa‘a
