Humble Harry
Any surprise Humble Harry is running for mayor again? Absolutely not!
He has been running campaign ads (compliments of the radio stations and the county) for months.
The county has a very competent Civil Defense administrator in Talmadge Magno, yet Humble Harry is the one on the radio during the COVID-19 crises. Name recognition! Letting everybody know the mayor has got everything under control! I suggest getting out behind the microphone and actually doing something.
“Small business … Mayor Harry Kim wants to support you during this crises. Call your bank.” Thanks, mayor!
No wonder Humble Harry only accepts $10 contributions.
Local governments should focus on core services — and do them well! Environmental services (transfer stations) being one. Don’t use the pandemic as an excuse. This department was a disaster prior to the pandemic. Take a wild guess at to where green and electronic waste is being dumped.
As a career government worker, the mayor is ill-equipped to handle our current financial crises. Raising taxes is the easiest solution. It’s been Mayor Kim’s only solution.
Analyzing each and every department for its efficiencies, wastefulness, duplicity, etc., is the only way forward.
For our next mayor, we need a smart individual with common sense and a business background.
Scott Unger
Kailua-Kona
Ige and Kim
I am waiting for the restoration of our representative Democracy.
Gov. David Ige and Mayor Harry Kim have taken absolute control over every aspect of our lives through emergency declarations. Where we could go, what we could do, and even what we could buy in January has changed because of them. They have stopped our economy. They have made it illegal to worship where we want. They have made it illegal for us to use public, taxpayer-funded facilities, like parks.
These two men closed every single business on our island. As small-business owners, we rely on repeat customers. Small-business owners have to take every precaution to keep our customers, our employees and our families healthy. If customers get sick at our business, they and whomever they tell will stop coming, and we won’t have a business.
Despite their lack of understanding of private-sector business, these two men are now hand-picking which businesses they want open and under what conditions.
Recently, the major general of the Hawaii National Guard said he is anticipating “mass civil unrest.” Right now, only Gov. Ige and Mayor Kim get to decide what that term means. They could decide today it means five guys drinking beer on the beach, and tomorrow it means 50 cultural practitioners on Maunakea.
The major general would not have publicly announced his concern if he didn’t already have plans drawn up how to respond militarily. Those plans will turn our family members and friends in the National Guard from protectors to oppressors. The use of family and friends in our county police department will also be included.
Instead of protecting our rights, legislators and council members act like cheerleaders.
Neither Gov. Ige or Mayor Kim have said when they plan to give up their absolute power and restore our representative Democracy. They will decide when “the people” are ready to have our representative Democracy back.
In the United States of America, no single person should have that power.
Ted H.S. Hong
Hilo
