• ‘Safety of our children’ • The future of Anahola homes • Accidents and one-lane bridges ‘Safety of our children’ I read with interest the two articles about two very different dogs. The story of “Knuckles” is much like
• ‘Safety of our children’ • The future of Anahola homes • Accidents and one-lane bridges
‘Safety of our children’
I read with interest the two articles about two very different dogs.
The story of “Knuckles” is much like the stories that most of us hear from dog owners. Dogs that are faithful companions, “kind, protective, friendly, adventuresome…” Dogs that bring us countless joy.
The flip side of that story is the article about the Rottweiler, who bit and almost killed a young boy. There should be no debate about the future for this dog. He has proven that he is vicious, and he should be located and put down.
I love animals. I volunteer at the Kaua‘i Humane Society and when I’m on the mainland I volunteer at the Santa Fe Humane Society. But the safety of our children should trump the protection of dangerous animals.
Carol Williams
Koloa
The future of Anahola homes
This letter serves to be the beginning of community renewal and awareness to the future of Anahola.
About this time you maybe familiar to inner business arrangement as proposed to the DHHL Hawaiian Homes Commission concerning the future of Kamalomalo lands and the designated use of the ai’na. If you are not aware of this occurrence then allow me to provide a DVD video I prepared to enlighten you. Contact 639-9290 to request a copy.
Started in 1992 myself and others established a community native Hawaiian non-profit organization called the Anahola Homesteaders Council (AHC). Our mission then and remains the same today is to:
“To seek responsible avenues to improve the lifestyle of native Hawaiians through “pono” community dialog and planning that will lessen the burdens of government.”
AHC primary mission from 1994-2007 were to create a community-based social and economic development plan that is empowered by the people. We titled this plan “Project Faith.” We completed the task and mission and the records speak clearly to the AHC’s workings. Copies are available on request.
In 2007 under the Republican administration DHHL declared AHC and our plan invalid therefore took the land back. From that point (2008 – present) AHC folded and went to sleep like a sleeping giant.
March 2013 I was visited by members of the Anahola Hawaiian paniolo group requesting for technical advisory assistance to stop the lease agreement between DHHL and Green Energy LLC along with Anahola partners the Anahola Hawaiian Homes Association and Hawaiian Community Development Corporation. Both these native organization are of the same body but having two heads. The question that was asked then and remains today were; “What can we do to stop the movement and if we succeed, then what should we do next?”
Today I’m please to inform you that the AHC has cleared all legal requirements allowing AHC to return to active participation in the community. This act essentially allows the AHC all rights and privileges to either remain a singular or holistic voice of the community. I firmly believe the mission of AHC and the future for Anahola requires Na Kupuna’s presence & divine intervention during these most critical times. I hope and pray you will consider favorably and join with us. When a satisfactory Kupuna outreach campaign is completed then a face-to-face pa’i na meeting will convene.
James (Jimmy) Torio
Co-founder Anahola
Homesteaders Council
Accidents and one-lane bridges
Please correct the May 6, 2013 article regarding accidents and Kaua‘i’s historic one-lane bridges.
The article says that the letter to Mr. Mickens from Alan Takeshita of the State Highways Division said that “half of all accidents on one-lane bridges happened on the Hanalei Bridge.”
This is not correct as the actual letter states “Hanalei Bridge contributes to 50 percent of the accidents that occurred AT the 1-lane bridges used for this study.”
Please note the difference between “on the bridge” and “at the bridge.”
The Hanalei Roads Committee has DOTs detailed accident reports for the years 2000-2009 documenting accidents at various mile posts in the Hanalei area of Route 560s historic road corridor.
Many of the accidents that occurred near the Hanalei Bridge included driving from Hanalei at night and hitting the guardrail on the Hanalei River side of Ohiki Road.
On the reports for the 10-year period, the dominant event appears to be “Ran off Roadway” with the top three human factors listed as “Misjudgment”, “Inattention” and “Alcohol.”
Barbara Robeson
Hanalei Roads Committee
