• Farm or nudity, you be the judge • Kimo got it wrong about salesman • Four-point plan to a better place • Equality requires justice be served for all Farm or nudity, you be the judge Hmmmm, let’s see.
• Farm or nudity, you be the judge • Kimo got it wrong about salesman • Four-point plan to a better place • Equality requires justice be served for all
Farm or nudity, you be the judge
Hmmmm, let’s see. Dairy versus nudity.
Let’s start with dairy farm: Above sea level. Urine and feces will probably dry up before it penetrates and goes into the ground. Flies: We already have them. Odor: It probably will be blown away by our strong winds.
Does anyone smell any odor from our existing pastures?
Kikiyo grass: It won’t be any worse than the Guinea grass we have now.
Now, let’s look at nudity on the beaches: Sea level. Tanning oil and all other ointments to keep the body from sunburn and keep one’s body well tan. These mentioned will end up on the sand (not to mention body odors).
Who wants to lay on a spot with someone’s body odor? They (oils and ointments) will all wash off the body and into the ocean when swimming. It pollutes and probably kill/ruins our ocean living things.
There is no restrooms on secluded beaches. If one relieves himself/herself on the spot, then it (urine) filters through the sand and down into the sea. A nudist will jump into the ocean and relieve themselves there, too.
Howard Tolbe
Eleele
Kimo got it wrong about salesman
Aloha, Kimo. You’re one of my favorite folks on Kauai though we’ve never even met. We both love dogs, we’re both seniors, you have a great smile and, usually, I like what you have to say. But your column about the “cellphone fellow” was way out of line. Look Bluejay Wireless up online and you’ll see that these Blackberry smart phones that are being given away are part of a national program to help the poor get affordable or free communication service, as does Lifeline or Safelink. I got one of his Blackberries and it has all kinds of features, including camera, texting and Internet.
The ID required is simply to confirm one’s address and that one receives some sort of assistance: EBT, HUD, disability, etc. People should just make sure their Social Security number is not given, or any credit card number or bank account number.
Actually, he asked for none of those! By the way, the phone I was given has 1,000 free minutes on it. I’m no techie, so now I just need to figure out how to use it!
Hope we get to meet some day and an aloha bow wow to Obama da dog.
Judy Xenofos
Lihue
Four-point plan to a better place
As a longtime, frequent visitor, I have noticed more traffic, development, etc. on the Garden Isle.
The following is my four-point plan to keep the Garden Isle green and desirable to visit and live on:
1. Put a moratorium on hotel, home and retail development on empty land. If they want to redevelop (this will keep local construction jobs), this is fine. Again, the key is not to build on empty land.
By the way, there are always hotel vacancies somewhere on the island. If a visitor can’t stay in his or her first choice, give them a discount to stay in the closest available room. As far as retail, there are already existing structures. For example, the Kukui Grove Center area.
2. Really beef up the Kauai Bus routes and runs to make it more appealing to use. I love The Kauai Bus and find it very convenient and economical. Have the rental vehicle agencies raise their rates to compensate their monetary loss. Just no more rental vehicles than Kauai currently has. Everybody wins!
3. Really push conservation, re-use, recycling, etc. Have more recycling bins everywhere. Encourage more bike use. All hotels should have rental bikes and racks available.
4. Really push local farmers’ markets more and more and make sure there is a bus stop nearby, cloth (re-usable) bags are available, etc.
Gary Saylin
Davis, Calif.
Equality requires justice be served for all
We pledge allegiance to a country that promises liberty and justice for all. With liberty comes choice. Justice is the consequence of our choices and only works when the law of our land is levied equally to all.
Hermina Morita stands accused of willfully erecting and operating vacation rentals without permits in a conservation district. Reports are these violations continued for years, and revenues exceeded more than $1 million. Initial official actions are a cease and desist order, a fine of $15,000, and removal of the illegal structures. If those are the prescribed consequences as applied to other offenders, so be it. If not, the integrity of our democracy will be in jeopardy.
I cannot help but wonder if excise taxes and transient accommodation taxes, as well as state and federal income taxes, were filed. It is also inconceivable to me how a business with a public website escaped regulatory oversight for so long without a misuse of power and influence.
Surely, Ms. Morita deserves all the due process the law allows, but if found guilty of the charges, she should suffer consequences commensurate with the offense.
Anything less would be a mockery of liberty and justice for all.
Nolan Ahn
Lihue
