Keeping it civil
I would like to thank Tribune-Herald and West Hawaii Today for the articles they wrote about Scott Presler as guest speaker for the Trump 2020 rallies in Hilo, Waimea and Kona.
It has been a whirlwind visit for Scott, who energized the GOP on Maui, Oahu and Hawaii Island with his inspiring talks and positive attitude. He encouraged conservatives to get out, speak up and take action, because the “organized minority is louder than the silent majority.”
The East Hawaii, North Hawaii and West Hawaii Republicans also thank the people of Hawaii for their respect and graciousness in refraining from protesting and defacing any of our banners and posters.
Because of what had been happening on the mainland, there were concerns about the flack we’d get from putting on a Trump 2020 rally, and we were told we should get security guards or off-duty policemen. When discussions came up about security, those of us who knew our community said, “Hawaii people not like that!” And we were so proud to prove that we were right!
The Republican Party has been revitalized by Scott’s visit, and we look forward to a healthy two-party system in Hawaii.
Lani Eugenio
Chairman, East Hawaii County Republican Party
TMT to Mauna Loa?
Possibly I’ve missed something, but with these endless discussions about the Thirty Meter Telescope and “protectors” — who apparently won’t give up without their drop of blood and guarantee the telescope won’t be built — why not just give them Maunakea and move the project over to Mauna Loa?
It’s about only 130 feet or so lower in elevation and probably just as effective a site. It lacks the fundamentals of Maunakea, but they could be installed for what we are paying for this unending conflict. Concurrent with this should be some type of monitoring system at the Maunakea Visitor Information Station that would insure the “protectors” are adequately using the mountain for religious purposes.
Gary Turner
Hawaiian Paradise Park
Endless potholes
We need to fix our public roads. I hate driving over potholes all the time. I am sure it must be annoying to other drivers, too.
I hate that I always have to go super slow over them to avoid scraping the bottom of my car. Or that I have to go around them when they are too big to drive over.
Another thing is the county and state seem to be behind in work orders, and the highly used roads need constant attention. I’m sure other people put in requests to fix the potholes on roads, but we get no response to our requests or information about how long the wait is before it will be worked on.
We might as well buy our own materials to fix the roads because the government will most likely never fix the roads fully unless a major accident happens and people get hurt. The only way we might be able to get the county to fix the roads is if enough people make a request to fix them, and the waitlist is published in the paper as to what roads will be worked on and in the order of the requests.
We might need to do fundraisers like sell sweet bread, candy or chili to help provide money to get the roads safe.
K. Lato
Hilo
