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Bag the rail

Bag the rail

I am coming straight out and saying the Honolulu rail system is an absolute scam! It was ill-conceived and faces massive financial problems which we Big Islanders will more than likely pay for.

It should not be built, as many experts echoed. I personally don’t visit the concrete mess of Honolulu anymore and definitely think it is unfair for Big Islanders having to pay for Honolulu’s mess.

I say make Oahu people pay for it. It is their rail system, and it is their problem.

When the state is facing shortfalls as far as the budget goes, why even talk about a special session of the Legislature? It is just another example of how the state wastes our hard-earned dollars. We definitely have to vote every incumbent out of office in the next elections.

Personally, I’m tired of the high and rising cost of what supposedly is paradise. I’m for an independent Hawaiian nation because Hawaii is occupied illegally at the present time. I’m truly a person of the great Bible, and it states, “Thou shalt not steal,” and Hawaii was definitely stolen from the kanaka maoli.

Dean Nagasako

Honokaa

Thank you

My wife and I were shopping at Target recently and accidentally left a new iPhone in our cart, and didn’t realize it until much later.

We were quite relieved to hear that a person obviously living the aloha spirit had discovered our phone and turned it in to customer service.

Mahalo, neighbor.

Thomas Fuchtman

Hilo