• Support Bill 2491 • Not changing our ways • Elephant in the room • Listen to the facts • We often forget about the good Support Bill 2491 I am wondering how a scientist such as Carlos White could
• Support Bill 2491 • Not changing our ways • Elephant in the room • Listen to the facts • We often forget about the good
Support Bill 2491
I am wondering how a scientist such as Carlos White could not have seen or read reports about the harmful effects of the GMO farming industry. He must be getting all his information straight from the biotech companies.
I have seeen studies that have shown a diet of GMO corn caused rats to develop tumors and die while those fed regular corn were just fine.
Putting aside the safety or harmfulness of the GMO crops for another discussion, no one can deny that the pesticides and herbicides sprayed on these crops is harmful to humans.
For clarity for the people of Kauai, Bill 2491 will not stop the GMO companies from growing their crops here on Kauai, so actually, no jobs would be lost. It will just make them disclose what, when and where they are spraying and create a buffer zone around schools, waterways and other areas of public usage.
If someone is out spraying poison pesticide in a hazmat suit, shouldn’t there be a reasonable distance between the spraying and a school and people’s homes?
It’s not just a bunch of radicals that have grave doubts about the safety of this industry. Many countries in have banned them.
Why should we let these multi-billion dollar companies poison beautiful Kauai, her land, her water and her people, as an experiment to see how much pesticide and herbicide their seeds can handle?
Please support Bill 2491 to insure some sort of regulation of these companies.
Maren Orion
Kilauea
Not changing our ways
I’m hearing a lot about the impact of Bill 2491, and what I want to know is why is the County Council simply reacting to the loudest voices instead of considering the real impact on our community?
Just a few years ago, some environmental activists made a big deal about protecting Newell’s shearwater seabirds that were getting confused by the stadium lights.
As a result, the established tradition of Friday night high school football games was unceremoniously moved to Saturday afternoons.
Game attendance dropped, players had to take extra steps to prevent heatstroke, and island tradition was brusquely displaced because some people felt the birds were more important than our community.
Now once again these activists — many of whom aren’t even from Hawaii — want to change the way the people of Kauai live by coercing the County Council to vote in favor of Bill 2491.
They protested the Kapalawai resort, got the lights turned off to the Friday night football games, now they are trying to take away our jobs. What next? Is this their way of trying to run us all off of the island?
The County Council needs to pay attention to what’s most important for our people and our communities, otherwise there may no longer be a need for a council with no county left to represent.
Mark Kennett
Kaumakani
Elephant in the room
I read the article about the miconia eradication and shook my head with disbelief. I am sure it is a big problem if it spreads, but the real devastating invasive plant to Kauai is the Albezia tree. I have written before about this. These trees are already choking our forests, blocking our waterways and views. They are washing up on our beaches. They are a big problem now and they need to be banned from being planted and start giving contracts to cut them down.
I am a ISA certified arborist, and tree cutter so it has made plenty of work for me over the years. This is not the kind of work we need.
It is a spurge on our Garden Island and it has to stop.
John Robinson
Kalaheo
Listen to the facts
Barbara Beissert’s letter (July 24, TGI) is insulting to anyone with even a bit of intelligence. Pfluger pleaded “No Contest,” accepting blame. If you have information concerning his possible innocence regarding the state’s refusal to help him, then give the dates and the times of such meetings or conversations. Who were the state reps that he spoke with?
Where is the physical evidence other than the Ohana of Kauai taking your word for it.
To hint that the poor individuals that lost their lives in this tragedy were to blame for living in a house that had no permit speaks volumes of your character. If you know more, give us facts, names, dates and times, not gossip in the wind.
Eduardo Valenciana
Lihue
We often forget about the good
So many times we all grumble about things, I want to be sure to thank a few people that helped on Waipouli Road in Kapaa. The water department is working to replace water lines so it has been a mess but without help of the project engineer Dustin it could have been worse.
Anytime we had an issue he was right there to fix it and I mean he would get it done quick. Thank you Dustin so very much. On our same road we had someone dump a VW van and other belongings. I called Kathy at the abandoned vehicle help line. She was very helpful and two days later VW van was gone. Both people I mentioned are very professional — you can tell they take pride in their work. Thank you so much.
Donna Perlman
Kapaa Homesteads
