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Letters for Tuesday, October 23 2007
• Brawl, pitifu
• Why no showing of support?
• From where I sit
• Let’s slow down for humans
• Praising little improvement
Brawl, pitiful
As a spectator I am appalled to see the brawl that occurred Sunday, Sept. 21 in Waimea after the soccer game between Hanalei and Kryptonite.
You “men” of the mens’ league should be ashamed of your sportsmanship. Was this a soccer game, or an incident of young “mens’” testosterone gone awry? What are you teaching the young men, women, children and spectators who came out to support you?
To fight over a game is ridiculous.
This was mob mentality and all involved should feel ashamed!
Kaleo Keliipuleole
Wailua
Why no showing of support?
Harry Boranian in his letter to the editor (“Majority favors ferry,” Letters, Oct. 23) gives weak excuses for the lack of support for the “super fiasco” at the public hearings and its proposed bailout on Sunday. If there is a great majority of the people in support of the ferry, I would imagine that there would have been more than just the brave two people there to give testimony.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not for or against the Ferry. I’m not an expert in environmental or cultural impact issues, nor do I have the facts to come up with a sound opinion. However, an assessment by independent professionals would clear away the haze surrounding the issue and give people the necessary information to come up with an educated opinion.
While many like me favor another mode of transportation, the issue at hand on Sunday was whether or not an answer to an injustice committed will be supported by further injustice by passing a shortsighted ferry bailout bill. It is our obligation as inhabitants of this planet to keep our governments accountable and in check for any irresponsible decisions they make. While I do not condone extreme and unlawful protests, I do believe in the adage, “When injustice becomes law, then resistance becomes duty.”
Dominic Acain
Kekaha
From where I sit
As I sit atop the Sleeping Giant mountain, I am greeted by a dazzling sunrise in a cloudless sky. Even Mt. Wai‘ale‘ale, one of the wettest spots in the world, shines forth in radiant, sparkling clarity. Surely the abiding spirit of this island is grateful for the clarity of truth expressed by the astonishing testimony of hundreds of Kaua‘i residents at a watershed meeting at King Kauamali‘i School in Hanama‘ulu yesterday. The clarity, passion and intelligence shared at this meeting was both touching and poignant, and raised the bar of the Superferry dialogue to a higher level.
Seven senators from O‘ahu, including Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, gave generously of their precious time to listen patiently to the eloquently spoken concerns of so many Kauaians, ranging in age from 12 to 80. To the many of you who were not there, the truth that was expressed by hundreds of Kauaians burst forth like the radiance that graces our island at this very moment from the mountain top.
It is so important that we educate ourselves about the real motives and intent behind Gov. Linda Lingle’s unabashed, yet deeply puzzling support of the Superferry. It appears that Lingle strides upon a pale horse and, in her public distortions of the truth, may very well be leading Hawai‘i down a treacherous road that will further divide our community while decimating our precious environment. Her sweeping statement that most of Hawai‘i supports a superferry is in error as attested by upwards of 500 people who attended the meeting yesterday. With 6,000 plus petition signatures supporting an EIS, and 1,000 people publicly disapproving the “maiden” Superferry voyage here, and 1,000 people sharply critical of her views when she visited Kaua‘i a few weeks ago, what universe is Lingle referring to when she says, “Most people are in support of the Superferry?”
If we don’t educate ourselves, as an island, to what is truly transpiring here, we will be sentenced, by our own ignorance, to a future beset by problems and challenges that will plague and overwhelm our children and our grandchildren for generations.
I believe we all want to be at peace and be happy. If we all open our eyes and look deeper, collectively, we might discern a deeper truth that was so eloquently expressed by a passionate, well-educated cross section of our population on Sunday afternoon, and steer our island onto a higher road.
Richard Moll
Kapa‘a
Let’s slow down for humans
In order to satisfy the environmentalists’ demands, one of their conditions to “save the whales” is to force the Superferry to a more manageable speed of 15 mph.
If these people are as concerned for the humans who wander our islands, sometimes straying in front of the many 2-ton vehicles that are responsible for killing over 100 innocent humans and injuring thousands more every year in Hawai‘i, it seems logical to me that the environmentalists, with their natural, ultra-keen sense of “pono,” would already be driving their cars at 15 mph today without the need for any state laws forcing them to reduce their overly excessive speeds.
Just think how many humans would be “saved” if everyone were forced by law to drive only 15 mph, like they want the Superferry to travel.
I wonder why they don’t drive 15 mph today? Perhaps they must have a good reason, them being enviornmentalists and all.
Paul Staples
Kailua, Big Island
Praising little improvement
Of course test scores have improved, there’s nowhere to go but up. I am tired of the Department of Education heralding any improvement, no matter how slight, as a successful milestone in the education of our keiki. Don’t get me wrong, I am ecstatic to see progress. But how have our scores remained so poor for so long with millions of taxpayer dollars funneled to the DOE every year? What is so praiseworthy about the fact that our fourth graders’ reading scores are still below the national average and only higher than three states and D.C.? It is a disservice to our kids to applaud the system for such minimal achievement and it is no wonder that Hawai‘i has the highest number of students per capita enrolled in private schools.
Our keiki deserve better. They deserve a system that sets the bar high and equips them with the skills to excel rather than to squeak by. We should be demanding a lot more from those tasked with educating our children and more money isn’t the answer — at some point the DOE is just a bad investment of our hard-earned dollars.
Emily Lundblad
Kaneohe, O‘ahu
• Why no showing of support?
• From where I sit
• Let’s slow down for humans
• Praising little improvement
Brawl, pitiful
As a spectator I am appalled to see the brawl that occurred Sunday, Sept. 21 in Waimea after the soccer game between Hanalei and Kryptonite.
You “men” of the mens’ league should be ashamed of your sportsmanship. Was this a soccer game, or an incident of young “mens’” testosterone gone awry? What are you teaching the young men, women, children and spectators who came out to support you?
To fight over a game is ridiculous.
This was mob mentality and all involved should feel ashamed!
Kaleo Keliipuleole
Wailua
Why no showing of support?
Harry Boranian in his letter to the editor (“Majority favors ferry,” Letters, Oct. 23) gives weak excuses for the lack of support for the “super fiasco” at the public hearings and its proposed bailout on Sunday. If there is a great majority of the people in support of the ferry, I would imagine that there would have been more than just the brave two people there to give testimony.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not for or against the Ferry. I’m not an expert in environmental or cultural impact issues, nor do I have the facts to come up with a sound opinion. However, an assessment by independent professionals would clear away the haze surrounding the issue and give people the necessary information to come up with an educated opinion.
While many like me favor another mode of transportation, the issue at hand on Sunday was whether or not an answer to an injustice committed will be supported by further injustice by passing a shortsighted ferry bailout bill. It is our obligation as inhabitants of this planet to keep our governments accountable and in check for any irresponsible decisions they make. While I do not condone extreme and unlawful protests, I do believe in the adage, “When injustice becomes law, then resistance becomes duty.”
Dominic Acain
Kekaha
From where I sit
As I sit atop the Sleeping Giant mountain, I am greeted by a dazzling sunrise in a cloudless sky. Even Mt. Wai‘ale‘ale, one of the wettest spots in the world, shines forth in radiant, sparkling clarity. Surely the abiding spirit of this island is grateful for the clarity of truth expressed by the astonishing testimony of hundreds of Kaua‘i residents at a watershed meeting at King Kauamali‘i School in Hanama‘ulu yesterday. The clarity, passion and intelligence shared at this meeting was both touching and poignant, and raised the bar of the Superferry dialogue to a higher level.
Seven senators from O‘ahu, including Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, gave generously of their precious time to listen patiently to the eloquently spoken concerns of so many Kauaians, ranging in age from 12 to 80. To the many of you who were not there, the truth that was expressed by hundreds of Kauaians burst forth like the radiance that graces our island at this very moment from the mountain top.
It is so important that we educate ourselves about the real motives and intent behind Gov. Linda Lingle’s unabashed, yet deeply puzzling support of the Superferry. It appears that Lingle strides upon a pale horse and, in her public distortions of the truth, may very well be leading Hawai‘i down a treacherous road that will further divide our community while decimating our precious environment. Her sweeping statement that most of Hawai‘i supports a superferry is in error as attested by upwards of 500 people who attended the meeting yesterday. With 6,000 plus petition signatures supporting an EIS, and 1,000 people publicly disapproving the “maiden” Superferry voyage here, and 1,000 people sharply critical of her views when she visited Kaua‘i a few weeks ago, what universe is Lingle referring to when she says, “Most people are in support of the Superferry?”
If we don’t educate ourselves, as an island, to what is truly transpiring here, we will be sentenced, by our own ignorance, to a future beset by problems and challenges that will plague and overwhelm our children and our grandchildren for generations.
I believe we all want to be at peace and be happy. If we all open our eyes and look deeper, collectively, we might discern a deeper truth that was so eloquently expressed by a passionate, well-educated cross section of our population on Sunday afternoon, and steer our island onto a higher road.
Richard Moll
Kapa‘a
Let’s slow down for humans
In order to satisfy the environmentalists’ demands, one of their conditions to “save the whales” is to force the Superferry to a more manageable speed of 15 mph.
If these people are as concerned for the humans who wander our islands, sometimes straying in front of the many 2-ton vehicles that are responsible for killing over 100 innocent humans and injuring thousands more every year in Hawai‘i, it seems logical to me that the environmentalists, with their natural, ultra-keen sense of “pono,” would already be driving their cars at 15 mph today without the need for any state laws forcing them to reduce their overly excessive speeds.
Just think how many humans would be “saved” if everyone were forced by law to drive only 15 mph, like they want the Superferry to travel.
I wonder why they don’t drive 15 mph today? Perhaps they must have a good reason, them being enviornmentalists and all.
Paul Staples
Kailua, Big Island
Praising little improvement
Of course test scores have improved, there’s nowhere to go but up. I am tired of the Department of Education heralding any improvement, no matter how slight, as a successful milestone in the education of our keiki. Don’t get me wrong, I am ecstatic to see progress. But how have our scores remained so poor for so long with millions of taxpayer dollars funneled to the DOE every year? What is so praiseworthy about the fact that our fourth graders’ reading scores are still below the national average and only higher than three states and D.C.? It is a disservice to our kids to applaud the system for such minimal achievement and it is no wonder that Hawai‘i has the highest number of students per capita enrolled in private schools.
Our keiki deserve better. They deserve a system that sets the bar high and equips them with the skills to excel rather than to squeak by. We should be demanding a lot more from those tasked with educating our children and more money isn’t the answer — at some point the DOE is just a bad investment of our hard-earned dollars.
Emily Lundblad
Kaneohe, O‘ahu
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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 "
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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 "