Regarding proposed name change for Hawaii Island
Regarding proposed name change for Hawaii Island
I came to the islands 22 years ago, and the only way my relatives and friends in South Africa, Australia, Britain and Canada know where I am is by my saying: “I don’t live on the Big island,” but I do live in Hawaii on Oahu.”
Nobody from the outer world understands that only one island is called Hawaii.
How ridiculous is that?
We are all from Hawaii. My grandson was born in Hawaii and graduated in Hawaii, but we don’t live anywhere near the Big island!
Change the name completely.
Claudia Donaldson-Selby
Kailua, Oahu
County administration has ‘warped sense of priorities’
I am in full agreement with the point made by Colleen Nobuko Shimazu on Thursday, May 15 (Your Voice, West Hawaii Today).
To waste tax dollars on nothing of importance, and to ignore necessary improvements for the Merrie Monarch Festival when it provides so much to our community and the world, is inexcusable.
This administration’s warped sense of priorities further ignores the host culture which is celebrated immensely by and during the Merrie Monarch.
Mayor Kimo Alameda and his advisers can and should do better.
A hiki i ke aloha? ‘Aina hope loa.
Charles M. Heaukulani
Hilo
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