Unfair media has Trump supporters quietly waiting
Smart voters do not divulge who they are going to vote for. They keep it confidential.
Affordable-housing Bill 2774 is beyond counterintuitive
Thank you Councilmember Felicia Cowden for standing strong in opposition to passing out of committee Bill 2774.
We are at a crossroads; the future is now
Some information has been brought to my attention on the intentions the state has in navigating the future burden of balancing the budget that I feel we should be aware of before January is upon us.
Share aloha, and the road, with bicyclists
Whether your mom, dad, auntie or uncle taught you, or you paid da big bucks to attend a school which specialized in teaching it, everyone who gets behind the wheel of an automobile had to learn the highway code so that they could take their drivers’ test — because here in Hawai‘i, that’s the only way to get a license to drive.
Bill 2774 puts affordable housing in jeopardy
Poised for passage this Wednesday is Bill 2774, the most significant piece of legislation considered by the County Council this year on the most important issue facing Kauaʻi pre-COVID and post-COVID: the dire need for affordable housing.
Do not be pressured to expose our island
I would like to begin by offering my most sincere compliments of adoration in the exemplary job you have done in protecting what you love: We The People of Kaua‘i.
Giving nature a voice on Kaua‘i
As everyone knows, the planet is hurting. The ice caps are melting and Hawai‘i is threatened with rising seas, flooding and coastal erosion.
Put science ahead of polling numbers
Mayor Kawakami’s latest Emergency Rule 19 is incomplete and unscientific because it wasn’t thought through. His intention is to be able to go from Tier 1 up through Tier 4 as the virus escalates.
Do everything we can to protect ourselves
Today is the day. At 6:44 a.m., Hawaiian Airlines flight 123 will arrive from Honolulu, presumably bringing the first tourists to enter Kauai under Gov. David Ige’s new policy of allowing people who have had a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours to avoid quarantine.
COVID and climate test leaders’ ability to think nonlinearly
The progression of COVID-19 around the world tragically illustrates most leaders are struggling to deal with a natural phenomenon characterized by nonlinear exponential growth.
On the Dred Scott decision, Supreme Court and nominee
In March 1857, the United States Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. 393 (1856) issued a 7–2 decision against Dred Scott.
Let us all stand with our mayor
Gov. Ige of our great state of Hawai‘i has denied all of the great, hard-working residents of Kaua‘i the capability to live with our families and friends in a predominantly secured and healthy environment, an enviroment that has had zero active cases of the ongoing COVID-19 virus for many, many weeks, a zero COVID environment that all Kaua‘i residents, of all ages, from all cultures, have sacrificed for with the loss of income, loss of jobs, and some with loss of loved ones.
Dishonest Kamala
During the VP Debate held in Salt Lake City, Utah last week, US Sen. Kamala Harris told many mistruths, otherwise called lies, but this was one of the biggest I believe.
Commission recommends approval of amendments
The Kaua‘i Charter Review Commission will place six Charter amendments on the 2020 General Election ballot.
Climate change is big issue in the election
Everyone always seems to want to focus on the economy, but outside of the current impacts of the pandemic, compared to most of the rest of the world we’re doing pretty damn good.
Kapa‘a lawyer does his homework on Barrett
With hearings on the nomination of Amy Barrett imminent, as a retired lawyer I tried to educate myself as to whether she would be a qualified Supreme Court justice.
Let’s give volunteer testing a serious look
With the recent denial of the additional three-day quarantine and testing protocol by Governor Ige, Kaua‘i is left with only bad choices. Either we open up like O‘ahu and risk having our hospitals overloaded if there is a spike in cases, or we continue with the 14-day quarantine, which will wreak further havoc on our economy.
We all need to act now to prevent COVID-19 spread
Please help. We all need to act now. Science and medicine have confirmed that travel spreads the virus. In our state, we have seen this for ourselves. Even with just inter-island quarantine requirements lifted, COVID-19 increased throughout the state.
Urgent call to action: State’s single-test plan is ‘lunacy’
Back in June of this year, I, as a Ph.D. virologist, medical doctors and other community leaders came together to help provide state and local leadership valuable discussion points on increased testing and travel-quarantine procedures.
We need to learn from Alaska
Governor Ige and Lt. Gov. Green told our mayor and Dr. Berreman that our mayor’s safe-opening plan with one test before you fly to Hawai‘i and a second test after a shortened quarantine was not acceptable.