Where’s the justice after dog attack?
How can someone lose their life in our streets over two months ago by a pack of dogs and there be no consequences for the owners of the dogs except the death of the dogs? The owners have had no accountability.
My daughter was contacted by someone who was attacked by the same dogs that killed my ex-husband. Why was nothing done then?
His death was avoidable if people had been doing their jobs! Why are they not being held responsible?
They have not even had the decency to reach out and express any remorse, sympathy or take any responsibility. Do they have no feelings or conscience? How would they feel if it happened to one of their friends or family?
Have the police or animal control been in contact to let us know what is happening? The answer is no!
I guess if you live in Ocean View, it is OK for your dogs to kill a person in the road.
Please make it a safer place. Please use some of our tax dollars for that.
Stephanie Northrop
Kailua-Kona
Barriers to new housing projects
I’ve noticed two issues holding up new housing projects in Kailua-Kona and surrounding areas.
There is a plethora of archaeological sites south of Palani Road that are holding up new housing. The Commission on Water Resource Management, on the other hand, has implemented a phantom water management area designation for the area north of Palani Road that has put a hold on new housing there also.
As a result, new developments proposed for this area by Stanford Carr and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands remain in limbo because the water commission has decided not to allow the drilling of new water wells into the aquifer.
This issue was supposedly addressed back in 2015, when the commission tried to implement a water management area for West Hawaii at the National Park Service’s request. The NPS asserted the drilling of water wells into the aquifer above the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park has an adverse effect on park resources.
The perfect storm of these water and archaeological issues has made it difficult to develop new housing in Kailua-Kona. This has resulted in more people moving out of state, or to areas like Ocean View and Puna in search of affordable housing.
I strongly believe we need to ease up on these barriers or the current status quo will continue.
Aaron Stene
Kailua-Kona