• Thanks for all the hard work • Say no to smart meters • Larry Rivera’s visit made trip great Thanks for all the hard work Kudos to all 10 county employees who work so hard in keeping the Kokee
• Thanks for all the hard work • Say no to smart meters • Larry Rivera’s visit made trip great
Thanks for all the hard work
Kudos to all 10 county employees who work so hard in keeping the Kokee Pass near the single bridge by the mango and monkey pod trees open. They work so hard scraping up the mud that narrowed the road from the last two heavy rain that passed through Kauai. Also, there were several boulders that they removed, which posed possible dangers on the road.
Howard Tolbe, Eleele
Say no to smart meters
Smart meters are invaders, literally invading our basic, essential, central, vital, so little left, “right to privacy.”
At any given time the “invaders” are recording data on our household activities. Data discloses when our household is at sleep, busy and occupied, unoccupied, or even gone for a weekend.
“The above information in the hands of the ‘wrong’ people could be used for purposes of surveillance in terms of when to best plan a robbery, targeted home invasion, or burglary.” (theTruthAboutSmartGrids.org).
Collections of data from private households can be and, in many cases, have already been disclosed to governmental agencies.
The ‘invaders’ have pushed even further the ‘infringement’ on our ‘right to privacy’ by invading directly our physical intimate world by attacking one of our most precious assets: our health.
Recently, the Santa Cruz top health official officers disclosed findings that smart meters do cause health threats.
In short, the types of electric radio frequency the ‘invaders’ are using are messing up with our brain cells.
What about our civil liberties’ rights?
It is discrimination, when there are no other choices than to pay a fee to opt out, in order to preserve an analog meter, for health purposes.
As an example: In Santa Cruz, the fee is $90 per year, with an additional $10 on every monthly electric bill.
The opponent justifies that a smart meter helps one observe the amount of electricity one is consuming at any time.
Therefore, one can choose to take showers in candlelight, when some energy savings decisions have to be made in order to slow down one’s energy consummation.
Romantic is it not?
The good news is that you do not need a smart meter in order to take a shower in candlelight.
Think twice. Think wise.
Say no to smart meters and stand up for your rights.
Michelle Harvey, Koloa
Larry Rivera’s visit made trip great
Thirty-seven years ago I had the privilege of staying at Coco Palms and enjoyed dancing and listening to Larry Rivera’s beautiful voice. This year I went to Hawaii in September to spend my 89th birthday with my daughters.
While driving through town one day, we saw that Larry was singing in the park. We stopped and listened to his great show and got to meet Larry and his friend Charlie, who he has a song written about.
The day before we were to go home, I fell and broke my hip at the house we were staying at. While I was in the hospital, my daughter went out to dinner and Larry happened to be there singing. She told him what had happened to me and to my surprise, he came to visit me in the hospital the next day on his way to the airport!
While breaking a hip isn’t the best way to cap off a Hawaiian vacation, having Larry come to visit me in the hospital was definitely the highlight of my trip!
I hope to be able to go back to Kauai someday soon and listen to Larry sing live again, but for now I am happy listening to his CDs at home and dreaming of the islands.
Jean Szabo, Santa Cruz, Calif.
