Keep heat on DHHL situation

Your investigative series on the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands situation was very good.

This situation has been ongoing for many years and all answers to explain or justify the problems are the same old "song and dance" in efforts to appease the inquiries until the heat dies down, and then the status quo resumes until the next inquiries occur.

Here’s hoping that your reporting will cause something very positive to happen to correct all of the "Mickey Mousing" and to reward those who are truly deserving and have waited patiently all of these years.

Please maintain a follow-up and report what remedies are taken, if any, within a reasonable time limit.

Hank Ching
Makiki

Take action against DHHL

Rob Perez’s articles on the mismanagement of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is investigative reporting at its best.

It appears that there is enough evidence for the state attorney general or another appropriate government agency to look into the matter and take action.

The lame excuse of those who got ahead of the other beneficiaries — that they were offered without their asking — is obviously just that, a lame excuse. I would think that the right thing for DHHL to do would be to go down the list of applicants on the first-come, first-served basis.

Also, the explanation that the land was not choice land because it is landlocked is ridiculous.The other propertiessurrounding the"landlocked" land are from the same family. I am sure the public will see through this.

Tony Tan
Waialae Iki

Contract dispute hurts taxpayers

The dispute between the state Department of Education and a contractor about delays at Kalaheo High School tennis court construction reminds me of the Abbott and Costello "Who’s On First?" routine ("Sides trade shots in dispute over tennis courts upgrades," Star-Advertiser, Kokua Line, May 1). What a mess!

As far as I can ascertain, the contractor seems to be using numerous alibis, rather than take responsibility for his errors and just complete the project, which has been delayed for more than three years.

Enough already.

Also, does the state ever complete a project on schedule and on budget?

Pity us taxpayers, eh!

Mel Rodenhurst
Kailua

Poker tour could help pay bills

The Democrats have been waving the victory flag for years, and the people have been paying and paying for years and are getting nothing in return. In fact, the Democrats talk about pay raises.

A playground for kids is planned, but there’s no entertainment for adults.

I say why not allow the World Poker Tour Poker Club here, where a member pays only $19.95 a month and can participate in all the games it sponsors, including monthly prizes up to $500,000 and a grand prize of I think $1 million?

Also, the WPT foundation plays for fundraising and is giving instead of taking.

I think the homeless people will have a chance to pick up their lives and get off the sidewalks.

The people have been voting for the deadheads for years, and this is what we get for a one-party state.

Tomiko Fukumoto
Aina Haina