Letters for Tuesday, June 16, 2020
• Open the lighthouse on weekends • COVID-19 risks are not so unusual
Lockdown measures jeopardize student health
I have a child of public-school age on Kaua‘i. I will not let her attend this coming year if the unnecessary lockdown measures jeopardize her health.
State lawmakers should release federal aid now
Why is $1.3 billion sitting in the (state) rainy day fund when people are suffering?
Letters for Sunday, June 14, 2020
• Fund mental-health professionals, not police • Gig workers are helpless • KPD’s Breyer did compliance check with aloha
Time to re-think Hawai‘i’s health-care system
It’s no secret that Hawai‘i’s health-care system was struggling even before the coronavirus outbreak, as it battled one of the worst physician shortages in a generation.
Letters for Saturday, June 13, 2020
• Backs council incumbents • Address tourism before ‘gate opens’
Letter for Friday, June 12, 2020
• Hatefulness and racism need to end
Letter for Thursday, June 11, 2020
• A coronoavirus response
Important Online Council Forum TONIGHT!
I strongly encourage all to tune into the online Kauai Council Candidate Forum TONIGHT, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 from 6pm to 8:30pm.
Letter for Tuesday, June 9, 2020
• Stay engaged, it matters!
The Hanapepe Massacre and the lessons it teaches
I write because of the suggestion that Hawaiians were “the bad guys” in Catherine Lo’s article on the 1924 Massacre. She states: “some…sharpshooters mostly Hawaiian who were deputized by the County of Kauai as special police…who fired the first shot, the preponderance of accounts points to the special police.”
Hanapepe massacre book to be published in 2021
The plan was to release the book (“Shrouded in Mystery: The Unveiling of the Hanapepe Massacre”) at the 18th biennial conference of FANHS (Filipino American National Historical Society) on July 15-18, 2020, at Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Honolulu, under the sponsorship of the society’s state chapter as conference host.
Letter for Monday, June 8, 2020
Speaking up, I can and will do better
Plan needed now to take care of isle’s flora and fauna
Since March (COVID-19 outbreak) and the lack of visitors in the Po‘ipu area, I have been enjoying a long walk along the South Shore.
Letters for Sunday, June 7, 2020
• Mental-health services needed for the island • Sad the island isn’t yet fully reopened
June is Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
• Editor’s note: 2020 would have been the third MG Walk Paula McGinnis has hosted on Kaua‘i, but response to COVID-19 has caused McGinnis to move most of the activities online for 2020.
Letters for Saturday, May 6, 2020
• Virus restrictions are ‘insanity’ • All lives matter
Letters for Friday, June 5, 2020
• COVID is just one of several pandemics • Need to read ‘A Letter from the Birmingham Jail’ • Demonstrations are effective
Red Cross reminds us to prepare for hurricane season
Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, and families are encouraged to take some simple steps that can save their lives if Hawai‘i is hit by a major disaster.
Letters for Thursday, June 4, 2020
• Signs are a great idea • Still committed to Kauai