• Kaua‘i needs a Whole Foods • Better roads will only bring more tourists • Please throw away your rubbish, and not on the beach Kaua‘i needs a Whole Foods Trying to find quality products and produce — as well
• Kaua‘i needs a Whole Foods • Better roads will only bring more tourists • Please throw away your rubbish, and not on the beach
Kaua‘i needs a Whole Foods
Trying to find quality products and produce — as well as healthy, sustainable and Earth friendly — has become a chore for many of us. While waiting in massive lines at the one and only in Lihu‘e, I have heard residents and tourist alike say “really?”
There have been rumors of competition entering Lihu‘e, but are “they” what is wanted/needed? Will it be an improvement or more of the same? It is time to rally Kaua‘i!
It is time to get what we deserve! Whole Foods Market! I called the corporate office today and they were responsive. I explained the market potential and how other larger Mainland stores are thriving. Lihu‘e’s infrastructure is being improved for future commercial developing. Don’t let this opportunity pass us by.
Call Whole Foods Corporate office today (818) 501-8484 go straight for the operator “0.”
Let them know how much a Whole Foods Market is desired on Kaua‘i.
Patricia Cooper
Koloa
Better roads will only bring more tourists
Mr. Mickens seems to be obsessed with his opposition to our beautiful walk/bike path. He has published an uncountable number of letters as he beats his drum in opposition to it, and he has been beating it so much that he is wearing his drum (and us) out.
Mr. Mickens, you want more funding for roads not for the path. You say that these roads are desperately needed. You say only a few people use the path.
If we add to the roads, even more tourists will come. Then those improved roads will, once again, be inadequate and we will have to build more, widen more, maintain more. Envision a Kaua‘i that is composed of more concrete then red dirt. Envision a Kaua‘i that is like Honolulu.
And it is not like we are already lacking in tourists.
Let’s leave the roads as they are (other then routine maintenance).
Let’s not encourage even more visitors to Kaua‘i.
And of the “few” that use the path: I observe many using the path and almost always they are smiling in delight at the views and reveling in its existence. Their faces “light up” as they amble along happily (or bike or push baby strollers, etc.) enjoying the glorious ocean and coastal views.
Right alongside the path I see cars backed up on the highway and everyone is frowning and some are even pounding their steering wheels in frustration. Many are using their cell phones (illegally) and not even noticing the beautiful views just inches from their noses. If you want a portrait of brain dead, oblivious, unhappy people, just look to our highway. And you, Mr. Mickens want more of the same (sigh).
Mr. Mickens, you have driven your point into the ground. It is obvious that most people on Kaua‘i disagree with you and that many are proud of our walk/bike path. Please give your diatribes a rest.
John Riggins
Princeville
Please throw away your rubbish, and not on the beach
On New Years Day, my fiancé and I walked down to the beach in front of Kaua‘i Sands to enjoy our day off. We noticed two local fisherman walking along the rocks with fishing poles, drinking beer.
As they began to gather their poles to leave, we watched them toss their beer bottles onto the rocks and walk away with their cooler. We were so disappointed and angered that we decided that we’d talk to the men and ask them to take their rubbish with them.
We walked over to where we had seen them leave their rubbish and found seven beer bottles laying in the rocks and driftwood.
What a shame! We picked up their trash and tried to find the selfish fishermen but they had disappeared.
I cannot believe that there are still people out there who have no reservations about throwing huge amounts of trash directly on to the beach.
What a terrible way to treat our community!
Camas Machado
Kapa‘a
