A job well done
The Department of Parks and Recreation and Pat Daly’s maintenance crew is to be commended on excellent work and the pride they take in keeping the parks in Hilo so beautiful for all to enjoy.
Liliuokalani Park and Gardens is surely the crown jewel of our town. Like many residents, I frequent the park for walks, lunchtime picnics, special events, weekend barbecues and gatherings with family and friends in the lovely, grassy spots among the ponds or on Moku Ola (Coconut Island). I am always impressed and delighted with how clean and well-maintained these grounds are.
I am also happy to see wonderful progress of the Reeds Bay Park Redevelopment and Restoration Project. I look forward to its completion this spring and enjoying the new improvements and amenities to another scenic spot along Banyan Drive. Great job!
Sylvia Dahlby
Hilo
Clean it up, already
This is a response to Mr. Jim Cheney (“Hilo is a mess,” Jan. 15, Your Views): Mr. Cheney, I would like to say right on and thank you for your letter.
A couple of years ago, I, too, wrote a letter to the editor about the trash along Highway 11 between Hilo and Volcano.
I would like to “thank” all the locals and some visitors for making our island and roadways look like a slum area (uncovered trash on the highway, etc.). I just amazes me that people cannot see the trash they are putting on the roads. I wonder what these folks’ homes look like. “Not my problem,” I guess, would seem to be the thought process here.
Jim, I, too, would love to see the offenders get off their cumulative butts and do something for the community for a change. Just maybe we could get something for our tax money. However, I seriously have my doubts.
Not only does Hilo look bad, but the rest of the island does as well. What a pity.
Tom Moore
Volcano
Another trip to D.C.?
I cannot figure out if our mayor is totally clueless or completely arrogant. He sends a letter to the Legislature warning of more budget cuts while he’s on a taxpayer-paid junket to Washington, D.C.
How serious is the Legislature supposed to take his lame one-page letter while he’s out partying with his counterparts? (Don’t give me some drivel he’s doing work vital to national or county security.)
Maybe back when the county finances weren’t so desperate we could look the other way about getting stuck with the bill, but he seems to be able to go every year regardless of the county’s financial shape.
He is right in saying more cuts are coming: Next election, he’s the first.
William Wade
Kehena Beach
Ban cloth bags
Well, now that our mayor has ruled against the freedom of the majority of Hawaii’s citizens and forced the so-called “green choice” of cloth bags upon us, I say let’s force them to ban used cloth bags. There are more reasons to ban them than the plastic ones!
First, used cloth bags pose health risks. I’ve personally seen people drive up with their bags in the back of their trucks or cars with dogs sitting on them. Plus, who knows how many rats and roaches crawled over them at home? Who knows what they sat them upon at the bus stop or at the mall or in the bathrooms before they got home?
Plus, who knows how many dangerous fluids (chicken blood), germs and contaminants have leaked all the way through their bags? Maybe all the stores will have to install a sterilization machine and a washing machine at the entrances before they hoist those used, soiled and tattered cloth bags upon the counter. Ban them now, already!
Second, cloth bags slow down the lines and cost the customers and stores money due to wasted time. How about using stretchable bags or panty hose? I’ve personally requested rubber bags many times. No luck so far.
Ban all bags and just throw the freaking food in the cart like they do at Costco.
Nanny state, anyone? Vote them out.
Gerald Wright
Pahoa
A job well done
The Department of Parks and Recreation and Pat Daly’s maintenance crew is to be commended on excellent work and the pride they take in keeping the parks in Hilo so beautiful for all to enjoy.
Liliuokalani Park and Gardens is surely the crown jewel of our town. Like many residents, I frequent the park for walks, lunchtime picnics, special events, weekend barbecues and gatherings with family and friends in the lovely, grassy spots among the ponds or on Moku Ola (Coconut Island). I am always impressed and delighted with how clean and well-maintained these grounds are.
I am also happy to see wonderful progress of the Reeds Bay Park Redevelopment and Restoration Project. I look forward to its completion this spring and enjoying the new improvements and amenities to another scenic spot along Banyan Drive. Great job!
Sylvia Dahlby
Hilo
Clean it up, already
This is a response to Mr. Jim Cheney (“Hilo is a mess,” Jan. 15, Your Views): Mr. Cheney, I would like to say right on and thank you for your letter.
A couple of years ago, I, too, wrote a letter to the editor about the trash along Highway 11 between Hilo and Volcano.
I would like to “thank” all the locals and some visitors for making our island and roadways look like a slum area (uncovered trash on the highway, etc.). I just amazes me that people cannot see the trash they are putting on the roads. I wonder what these folks’ homes look like. “Not my problem,” I guess, would seem to be the thought process here.
Jim, I, too, would love to see the offenders get off their cumulative butts and do something for the community for a change. Just maybe we could get something for our tax money. However, I seriously have my doubts.
Not only does Hilo look bad, but the rest of the island does as well. What a pity.
Tom Moore
Volcano
Another trip to D.C.?
I cannot figure out if our mayor is totally clueless or completely arrogant. He sends a letter to the Legislature warning of more budget cuts while he’s on a taxpayer-paid junket to Washington, D.C.
How serious is the Legislature supposed to take his lame one-page letter while he’s out partying with his counterparts? (Don’t give me some drivel he’s doing work vital to national or county security.)
Maybe back when the county finances weren’t so desperate we could look the other way about getting stuck with the bill, but he seems to be able to go every year regardless of the county’s financial shape.
He is right in saying more cuts are coming: Next election, he’s the first.
William Wade
Kehena Beach
Ban cloth bags
Well, now that our mayor has ruled against the freedom of the majority of Hawaii’s citizens and forced the so-called “green choice” of cloth bags upon us, I say let’s force them to ban used cloth bags. There are more reasons to ban them than the plastic ones!
First, used cloth bags pose health risks. I’ve personally seen people drive up with their bags in the back of their trucks or cars with dogs sitting on them. Plus, who knows how many rats and roaches crawled over them at home? Who knows what they sat them upon at the bus stop or at the mall or in the bathrooms before they got home?
Plus, who knows how many dangerous fluids (chicken blood), germs and contaminants have leaked all the way through their bags? Maybe all the stores will have to install a sterilization machine and a washing machine at the entrances before they hoist those used, soiled and tattered cloth bags upon the counter. Ban them now, already!
Second, cloth bags slow down the lines and cost the customers and stores money due to wasted time. How about using stretchable bags or panty hose? I’ve personally requested rubber bags many times. No luck so far.
Ban all bags and just throw the freaking food in the cart like they do at Costco.
Nanny state, anyone? Vote them out.
Gerald Wright
Pahoa