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Letters for Saturday, October 13, 2007
• No special session
• What other ‘good ideas’?
• It’s about fairness
• Not Obama’s time
No special session
I am deeply concerned as to why the Superferry should get special treatment. The environmental issues concern all of the islands. The outer islands which you are governor of also are reaching their saturation points in overdevelopment and it is just time to start saying “No” and at the very least, uphold and even strengthen laws which protect the environment, long range or short range. I feel if you keep pushing to allow the Superferry to run during the EIS that you are setting a bad example for any future business endeavors to just run all over us no matter what the consequences. We should know from hindsight by now that things get overdone or wrongly done in the whole world. Island places are even more fragile and susceptible to injuries and damages that would be beyond repair.
I think the sad fact is that you, along with other political persons of O‘ahu, really are only showing regard to the people of O‘ahu. You lived on Moloka‘i, you lived on Maui, you know the outer islands are different and not yet as crowded or developed as O‘ahu, and that the very reason people from O‘ahu like to visit the outer islands is because of the ruralness and peacefulness, comparatively speaking. The same goes for tourists who have been flooding our Garden Isle newspaper with letters of sadness and disbelief of how much is being allowed to go on here. Some have commented on the Superferry and how much potential damage it could bring. They don’t understand why the Superferry was exempted from an EIS in the first place.
O‘ahu says nasty things about us on the news, but they are forgetting or not realizing not only the impact issues, but the fact that a big business and our own governor are pushing for them to not abide by the law which was set in place to address the issues of our fragile environments. Why would you condone a big business to evade the law and go ahead with their project when they had plenty of time to do the EIS these past few years? Why would you want to encourage and set such a precedent that will cause other businesses to view us as an easy target or an easy kill because our government will fight its own laws to allow for greed and profit with disregard of the bigger picture?
Please Governor Lingle, I implore you, do not try for this special legislative session. It is just so wrong and sends the wrong message about our beautiful islands and the way we govern them. Please, please, please understand what is at stake, so that people can call you Honorable Gov. Linda Lingle
Debbie Friedman
Kalaheo
What other ‘good ideas’?
In regard to the Superferry: If, as Judge Joseph Cardoza states, “State law clearly requires the acceptance of an environmental review prior to the project going forward,” has the governor not broken the law by supporting its passage?
The governor stated that she thought the ferry was a “good idea.” What other good ideas does the governor have in mind which, transcending the law, she will support?
If the judge’s decision ‘sink’ the ferry, costing taxpayers ... that’s you and I ... millions of dollars in unused harbor improvement, how do we, the taxpayers, respond?
The governor has said she may convene a special legislative session that could “pave the way” for the Superferry to resume operations.
What does she plan to do? Change the law to suit her whims? Fire the judge? I do hope taxpayers see something wrong with this picture.
On the bright side: We have at least one honest judge who cares about the law, several environmentally concerned lawmakers who care about the people, and thousands of anti-Superferry protestors. We can thank our law-breaking leaders, George and Linda, for waking up a sleeping giant: the American people. On Kaua‘i, armed with surfboards and bodies they faced the guns on the bows of the Coast Guard zodiacs and armed men in uniform on the land. They defied the ridiculous fines for their outrageous behavior... 10 years in prison, $25,000 in fines ... and, in open Forum, as the world watched, they spoke out ... and talked back ... to the governor and her crew.
Bettejo Dux
Kalaheo
It’s about fairness
We all heard it. During the County Council’s consideration of the Big Box Bill, proponents repeatedly said, “It’s not about Wal-Mart.” They were welcome words to nearly 400 Kaua‘i residents who work at Wal-Mart and thousands more who shop at our store. We value our jobs and Wal-Mart’s low prices and high quality merchandise.
Now, the county has the opportunity to live up to those words and to its previous approval of Wal-Mart’s plan to expand the Lihu‘e store.
Long before the Big Box Bill was even introduced, let alone adopted, Wal-Mart had already submitted an application for a permit to move ahead with expansion. The master plan for the site that was approved by the County when we first built the store included the expansion Wal-Mart now requests. The Planning Department is trying to back away from the earlier approval, which would stop us from adding a full discount supermarket to our store.
Our customers have told us they want us to offer a full line of discount groceries. An SMA Research poll showed that a solid majority of island voters — 56 percent — support expansion of the store. The county has already approved the expansion and it will not add a single big box to our island. It will just allow us to sell discount groceries.
All of us who work at the Lihu‘e Wal-Mart are proud of the services we provide to our friends and neighbors. Our customers tell us every day how much they appreciate our efforts and we want to continue to improve our services to meet their needs. But we can do this only if the county lives up to its word regarding the long-planned and approved expansion.
We ask only to be treated fairly and within the law.
Janie Whitehead
Store Manager, Lihu‘e Wal-Mart
Not Obama’s time
Barak Obama seems to be a very nice gentleman. He is professional, somewhat knowledgable, good personality, etc. But I would not vote for him.
Why? Because the man has not a shred of foreign affairs and what with the state of this world today we need someone who has extensive knowledge on foreign leaders and their countries to find peace. Should someone get into the White House without this knowledge, those countries would walk all over us and we would be in a worse state than we are now.
To vote for someone just because he was born in your state is like voting for someone just because you like the color of his socks. How dumb that would be.
Maybe in four years or more Mr. Obama will be ready and we hope so, but not now.
Hope J. King
Kilauea
• What other ‘good ideas’?
• It’s about fairness
• Not Obama’s time
No special session
I am deeply concerned as to why the Superferry should get special treatment. The environmental issues concern all of the islands. The outer islands which you are governor of also are reaching their saturation points in overdevelopment and it is just time to start saying “No” and at the very least, uphold and even strengthen laws which protect the environment, long range or short range. I feel if you keep pushing to allow the Superferry to run during the EIS that you are setting a bad example for any future business endeavors to just run all over us no matter what the consequences. We should know from hindsight by now that things get overdone or wrongly done in the whole world. Island places are even more fragile and susceptible to injuries and damages that would be beyond repair.
I think the sad fact is that you, along with other political persons of O‘ahu, really are only showing regard to the people of O‘ahu. You lived on Moloka‘i, you lived on Maui, you know the outer islands are different and not yet as crowded or developed as O‘ahu, and that the very reason people from O‘ahu like to visit the outer islands is because of the ruralness and peacefulness, comparatively speaking. The same goes for tourists who have been flooding our Garden Isle newspaper with letters of sadness and disbelief of how much is being allowed to go on here. Some have commented on the Superferry and how much potential damage it could bring. They don’t understand why the Superferry was exempted from an EIS in the first place.
O‘ahu says nasty things about us on the news, but they are forgetting or not realizing not only the impact issues, but the fact that a big business and our own governor are pushing for them to not abide by the law which was set in place to address the issues of our fragile environments. Why would you condone a big business to evade the law and go ahead with their project when they had plenty of time to do the EIS these past few years? Why would you want to encourage and set such a precedent that will cause other businesses to view us as an easy target or an easy kill because our government will fight its own laws to allow for greed and profit with disregard of the bigger picture?
Please Governor Lingle, I implore you, do not try for this special legislative session. It is just so wrong and sends the wrong message about our beautiful islands and the way we govern them. Please, please, please understand what is at stake, so that people can call you Honorable Gov. Linda Lingle
Debbie Friedman
Kalaheo
What other ‘good ideas’?
In regard to the Superferry: If, as Judge Joseph Cardoza states, “State law clearly requires the acceptance of an environmental review prior to the project going forward,” has the governor not broken the law by supporting its passage?
The governor stated that she thought the ferry was a “good idea.” What other good ideas does the governor have in mind which, transcending the law, she will support?
If the judge’s decision ‘sink’ the ferry, costing taxpayers ... that’s you and I ... millions of dollars in unused harbor improvement, how do we, the taxpayers, respond?
The governor has said she may convene a special legislative session that could “pave the way” for the Superferry to resume operations.
What does she plan to do? Change the law to suit her whims? Fire the judge? I do hope taxpayers see something wrong with this picture.
On the bright side: We have at least one honest judge who cares about the law, several environmentally concerned lawmakers who care about the people, and thousands of anti-Superferry protestors. We can thank our law-breaking leaders, George and Linda, for waking up a sleeping giant: the American people. On Kaua‘i, armed with surfboards and bodies they faced the guns on the bows of the Coast Guard zodiacs and armed men in uniform on the land. They defied the ridiculous fines for their outrageous behavior... 10 years in prison, $25,000 in fines ... and, in open Forum, as the world watched, they spoke out ... and talked back ... to the governor and her crew.
Bettejo Dux
Kalaheo
It’s about fairness
We all heard it. During the County Council’s consideration of the Big Box Bill, proponents repeatedly said, “It’s not about Wal-Mart.” They were welcome words to nearly 400 Kaua‘i residents who work at Wal-Mart and thousands more who shop at our store. We value our jobs and Wal-Mart’s low prices and high quality merchandise.
Now, the county has the opportunity to live up to those words and to its previous approval of Wal-Mart’s plan to expand the Lihu‘e store.
Long before the Big Box Bill was even introduced, let alone adopted, Wal-Mart had already submitted an application for a permit to move ahead with expansion. The master plan for the site that was approved by the County when we first built the store included the expansion Wal-Mart now requests. The Planning Department is trying to back away from the earlier approval, which would stop us from adding a full discount supermarket to our store.
Our customers have told us they want us to offer a full line of discount groceries. An SMA Research poll showed that a solid majority of island voters — 56 percent — support expansion of the store. The county has already approved the expansion and it will not add a single big box to our island. It will just allow us to sell discount groceries.
All of us who work at the Lihu‘e Wal-Mart are proud of the services we provide to our friends and neighbors. Our customers tell us every day how much they appreciate our efforts and we want to continue to improve our services to meet their needs. But we can do this only if the county lives up to its word regarding the long-planned and approved expansion.
We ask only to be treated fairly and within the law.
Janie Whitehead
Store Manager, Lihu‘e Wal-Mart
Not Obama’s time
Barak Obama seems to be a very nice gentleman. He is professional, somewhat knowledgable, good personality, etc. But I would not vote for him.
Why? Because the man has not a shred of foreign affairs and what with the state of this world today we need someone who has extensive knowledge on foreign leaders and their countries to find peace. Should someone get into the White House without this knowledge, those countries would walk all over us and we would be in a worse state than we are now.
To vote for someone just because he was born in your state is like voting for someone just because you like the color of his socks. How dumb that would be.
Maybe in four years or more Mr. Obama will be ready and we hope so, but not now.
Hope J. King
Kilauea
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HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 9:19 AM:
" Hello again TGI,
Please do not expect anyone to buy your theory of promotion or advertising and success program Waimea High School. We the former students there at one time in our lives actually do not care of local propaganda and success story with you or anyone there and their cars to show for as a success story.
Basically, I wrote to Waimea High School, and I suspect as always that this town is a ghost town. No offense but there is nothing to do there, just unemployed educators and former students.
I am not with their idea of success story, and I am not placing religion or anything like that on anyone, because as you know, this is still a free country and you can do anything you want. The whole idea of success just doesn't work well in a farm club setting and wanting to make it out or make it happen after you graduate in high school there to say the least.
Basically, some people I may know here, think some of you people still stuck there are still losers because you haven't made it happen for yourself or others, if you get my point staying home doing nothing.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
Please do not expect anyone to buy your theory of promotion or advertising and success program Waimea High School. We the former students there at one time in our lives actually do not care of local propaganda and success story with you or anyone there and their cars to show for as a success story.
Basically, I wrote to Waimea High School, and I suspect as always that this town is a ghost town. No offense but there is nothing to do there, just unemployed educators and former students.
I am not with their idea of success story, and I am not placing religion or anything like that on anyone, because as you know, this is still a free country and you can do anything you want. The whole idea of success just doesn't work well in a farm club setting and wanting to make it out or make it happen after you graduate in high school there to say the least.
Basically, some people I may know here, think some of you people still stuck there are still losers because you haven't made it happen for yourself or others, if you get my point staying home doing nothing.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:45 PM:
" First of all, let this be known, that these comments here are worthless and useless considering the topic being discussed. We found this topic a useless waist of time and money. This is from any intellectual interested reader. And yes, I am not associated with any former classmates there on Kauai also, for this matter alone.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:50 PM:
" I have seen alot of losers being mentioned in association to Waimea High School sports at UH Manoa. Might I add they are the one's who are delerious and a debachery to any level minded reader. These names are wide and long. And they run from 1979-1990 graduates trying grace the pages of Kauai and represent that school, outrageous. I for one, right now am putting all of them down for ever contemplating fame and popularity. We actually do not understand your fame and glory at Waimea High School.
This is in regards to your articles on the Waimea High School athletics and any department there.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
This is in regards to your articles on the Waimea High School athletics and any department there.
Sincerely,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 1:55 PM:
" Losers I have mentioned that graced those pages are as follows:
Ross Kagawa 1984' UH baseball 1987' classmate of Percival Butay(cousin)
Edmond Acoba 1981'
Liko Pereira 1989 and someother school baseball?
Kui Souza 1988 Sacramento state baseball
Craig Ibara 1983' HPC of honolulu baseball
Keith Pigao - student information desk for all information here for class reunion
Lyman Lacro 1986, UH Volleyball 1987
Barry Magoay 1985, UH Volleyball 1989
These are just some of the names trying to gain popular votes via their own high School Waimea High School
even now. Unreal!
Best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
Ross Kagawa 1984' UH baseball 1987' classmate of Percival Butay(cousin)
Edmond Acoba 1981'
Liko Pereira 1989 and someother school baseball?
Kui Souza 1988 Sacramento state baseball
Craig Ibara 1983' HPC of honolulu baseball
Keith Pigao - student information desk for all information here for class reunion
Lyman Lacro 1986, UH Volleyball 1987
Barry Magoay 1985, UH Volleyball 1989
These are just some of the names trying to gain popular votes via their own high School Waimea High School
even now. Unreal!
Best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
HiKauai wrote on Feb 12, 2009 1:08 PM:
" Hello again TGI,
This is me, Dean Kelly Sabado. Thank you for letting me comment on your articles there on the island. I just want to thank everyone agreeing with myself on who actually I meant, calling them losers in that town. Ha! Ha! Ha! I am a personal graduate of that high school but will proudly say if they keep up the good work in academics and life, will not be too ashamed of being associated with Waimea High School as an alumni.
Sorry, but there are others who felt this way! Here on the island of Honolulu and even the mainland. These names may have one time in their lives even mine represent the epitome of failure and laughs, and not success.
best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
This is me, Dean Kelly Sabado. Thank you for letting me comment on your articles there on the island. I just want to thank everyone agreeing with myself on who actually I meant, calling them losers in that town. Ha! Ha! Ha! I am a personal graduate of that high school but will proudly say if they keep up the good work in academics and life, will not be too ashamed of being associated with Waimea High School as an alumni.
Sorry, but there are others who felt this way! Here on the island of Honolulu and even the mainland. These names may have one time in their lives even mine represent the epitome of failure and laughs, and not success.
best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "
fvr wrote on Sep 1, 2009 9:32 AM:
" fvr wrote on Aug 31, 2009 2:12 AM:
" My heart goes out to the family for their loss. Kauai grieves with you,and your family.
Kauai still grieves for the unsolved murder of, Sandra Mendoca.
Sandy was my sons classmate, and a very sweet, honest, and genuine young lady, even as a child.
Sandy would be 31 this year.
When my son heard she was murdered, at first he could not believe it.
Then he wept. He kept saying, no she can't be dead, not like that.
He went to St.Catherines School with her, from age 5, from Kindergarten.
He said, Sandy was the best, a model student, and liked by the entire class.
Sometimes she ignored him, when he got in an impish-rascal-prankster mode. He use to say, Sandy does'nt like me mom, cause I naughty. Yet even as a small child, he respected her sincere, moral character, exemplary behavior, and demeanor.
Till this day he is in disbelief, and schocked, that anyone would hurt, this beautiful young lady.
We both still pray for Sandra.
I pray for all who suffer from, violent acts against women, and children.
I offer my deepest sympathy, to the family, and will include you in my prayers.
God bless you, in your time of grief. I pray you find some peace. " "
" My heart goes out to the family for their loss. Kauai grieves with you,and your family.
Kauai still grieves for the unsolved murder of, Sandra Mendoca.
Sandy was my sons classmate, and a very sweet, honest, and genuine young lady, even as a child.
Sandy would be 31 this year.
When my son heard she was murdered, at first he could not believe it.
Then he wept. He kept saying, no she can't be dead, not like that.
He went to St.Catherines School with her, from age 5, from Kindergarten.
He said, Sandy was the best, a model student, and liked by the entire class.
Sometimes she ignored him, when he got in an impish-rascal-prankster mode. He use to say, Sandy does'nt like me mom, cause I naughty. Yet even as a small child, he respected her sincere, moral character, exemplary behavior, and demeanor.
Till this day he is in disbelief, and schocked, that anyone would hurt, this beautiful young lady.
We both still pray for Sandra.
I pray for all who suffer from, violent acts against women, and children.
I offer my deepest sympathy, to the family, and will include you in my prayers.
God bless you, in your time of grief. I pray you find some peace. " "
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HiKauai wrote on Feb 11, 2009 9:08 AM:
RE: 2/11/2009 and the above topic
Can we cut out the "EXPLETIVE" here. Everyone knows if you are or were affiliated with high school at one time in your life in Waimea, Kauai, you would know that you do not place one of the three stooges willing to work at Kentucky fried chicken and place him at the vice principal's seat at Waimea High School. We all know that BOE and DOE played no roll in this nonsense of students being athletes then becomming success in the respected choice of degree and field like a BA degree. An example, you cannot put someone like a Pereira or even an Aaron Francisco from Kahuku High School, now former Arizona Cardinals NFL, as a BA candidtate after a prolific showing in sports. It just does not work that way. We all know that they cannot be serious placing academics after a 10 year assistant coach with a rediculous man/educator and/or coach if I might add like Tommy Rita of the 1980's and then expect him, Patrick Pereira to educate people in 2000's after being associated with dumb athletes all their life and now turn to academics. Now they educate people? Ha! What are we looking at here is basically a rediculous and dumber community than most perceived DOE standard base learning. Otherwise throw this article out already, alright?
best regards,
Dean Kelly Sabado "