Parks and Recreation
did a wonderful job
This is a small lesson on how voting matters, and how different administrations respond to their constituents.
In December of last year, I wrote to our Parks and Recreation Department to identify an issue of both safety and respect. The flag pole support at Hakalau-Ninole Memorial Park was eaten away from rust, and the halyard itself had rotted away. The flag pole was now a hazard, and the halyard loss meant that a flag could no longer be raised.
That’s important. A flag could no longer be raised, so our community could no longer honor the many local Hakalau and Ninole boys who gave their lives in service to their country, boys to whom this park was dedicated.
Memorial Day was approaching, and the flag pole and supports needed repair by then.
I received no response to my December email, so sent a second one in January, addressed to the director of Parks and Recreation. Again, no response.
A month later, I sent a similar email to new Parks and Recreation Director Clayton Honma, part of the new Kimo Alameda administration. Response? Same day.
And it included a commitment to complete repairs on time. Not only did Parks and Recreation fix the problem, but they re-pointed the engraved names with fresh paint, cleaned up the memorial stone, and repainted the structure commemorating the park’s history. It all looks new and nice, a job well done. Well done and on time.
The community will now see a flag flying in Hakalau-Ninole Memorial Park on Memorial Day. Just as it has for past years. Promise.
Thank you Kimo Alameda, Director Clayton Honma and the Parks and Recreation crew who did such a wonderful and timely job.
Skip Sims
Ninole
For Mayor Alameda, it
appears that money rules
Mahalo for the news article of April 9 on Mayor Kimo Alameda’s State of the County Address.
While there were many positive points made by the mayor, I question his flipping from his campaign position of opposing the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea to now supporting TMT.
It appears for Mayor Kimo, money trumps protecting Hawaii’s sacred mauna.
The same appears to be true in his support of the military getting a new lease at Pohakuloa Training Area: Money trumps desecration!
I can think of no greater form of desecration than bombing and polluting. Bombing Pohakuloa is desecration. Polluting the air, land and water with deadly military toxins at Pohakuloa is desecration.
Mayor Kimo, it’s time to flip again.
Jim Albertini
Kurtistown
