• Waiting for Dr. Shiva • There are still many questions about the path • Where is your outrage? • People’s Path means open space and access • Bus service changed Waiting for Dr. Shiva I was delighted to read
• Waiting for Dr. Shiva • There are still many questions about the path • Where is your outrage? • People’s Path means open space and access • Bus service changed
Waiting for Dr. Shiva
I was delighted to read in the Midweek Magazine that Dr. Vandana Shiva will be coming to Kaua‘i on January 17 to the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall for a 5pm seed giveaway, and 6:30pm presentation.
Dr. Shiva’s message is especially relevant to all Kaua‘i residents, given what seems a lack of oversight on the present and future impacts of the genetically engineered agriculture on 13,000 acres of Kaua‘i’s farmland.
I appreciated listening to this 29-minute interview in 2010 with Dr. Shiva, by Matthew Rothschild (click the “download” button and listen or save): https://www.progressive.org/radioshiva10.html
I hope our Mayor and County Council members will be able to meet and listen to this internationally acclaimed leader, author and recipient of UN awards.
Susan Oakley
Kapa‘a
There are still many questions about the path
Mr. Riggins (’Better roads will only being more tourists,’ Jan. 6), I do not oppose Kauai having the path, but I have a strong desire to learn why (1) this path is considered an emergency in these hard economic times (2) why there is no oversight by the Federal authorities or control by our local officials on the excessive amount of money being spent on it and (3) why the voices of our Native Hawaiians are being ignored when they object to the path being routed through their cultural areas?
The path is being built using Aid to Transportation dollars and I believe the funds could be better expended improving our roads for the benefit of the many who use them rather than the path which has very limited use. You contend, Mr. Riggins, that better roads will bring more tourists and traffic congestion to Kaua‘i. There is no evidence that roads have any significant impact on the quantity of tourists, but if it is your hidden agenda when you say “Let’s not encourage even more visitors to our island” a belief that growth in tourism should be controlled, where were you when our Council adopted Ordinance 912 which enables a 50% increase in the number of tourist accommodation on our island?
Kaua‘i is a great place. We should make our paradise livable and convenient for all who live here and who come to visit. We should clean up and beautify our parks, recreation areas and our beaches and with our natural breathtaking beauty let’s keep Kaua‘i Kaua‘i.
It appears to me that it would be better to avoid mentioning Inouye because it is dubious that he had any major role in getting Federal funds for the path.
Glenn Mickens
Kapa‘a
Where is your outrage?
I read the report in TGI and watched it on television. There was a gang rape in New Delhi, India when a young woman was raped by a gang. What followed and still happening even after 3 weeks: Tens of thousands of people, both men and women, on the streets demanding quick trials and the strictest punishment, and most importantly better protection for their women.
Then last week in Ohio two high school football players raped a ten-year-old girl. Maybe about 30 people protested, but their demands were much subtler than those in India.
No, we don’t have to equate the two cases, because even one rape is too many, but we need to look at the statistics and the public reaction.
In the US a woman is raped every 2 minutes; in India every 34 minutes. So we outdo the Indians by 17 times. Our police force is 140 times bigger than that of the Indians. But the most important number is that of the people on the streets protesting and demanding better protection for the women. Compare 30 people protesting one day with 30,000 protesting three weeks!
Do the Indians love and care for their women more than the Americans? Do they want to protect them more? Are they more compassionate than Americans? Do they believe in changing their government and the society to protect the citizens’ interest better? Obviously, yes. But if you disagree, please explain why is this blind tolerance for the high rate of sexual crimes in the US.
Rape is a social problem both here and in India, but I think that the lack of compassion and outrage in this country is a much more serious social problem. It is time to change. See you on the streets!
Janos Samu
Kalaheo
People’s Path means open space and access
I have strolled paths along the Seine in Paris, the Thames in London, the Pacific in Santa Barbara, Lake Champlain in Vermont, Ke Ala Hele Makalae in Kapa’a and many others around the world. What do these places all have in common? Open space and access! Places to enjoy the priceless beauty of nature. We should be grateful for the visionaries who have created these People’s Paths.
Jim Jung
Kapa’a
Bus service changed
Early morning (5:20 am) bus service from Hanalei to Lihu‘e will be moved to 7:15 am because there are not enough bus riders for the early morning service.
Is it because more of them (North Shore and Eastside) are riding bikes?
Soon there will be more path available for cyclers there. There will be no need for the thoroughfare on Kuhio Highway from Ashton Hotel to Hanam‘alu…..not!
Howard Tolbe
‘Ele‘ele
