Put stadium at golf course site

If, in fact, it is time to replace the Aloha Stadium, I would suggest building a world-class stadium on the Ala Wai golf course property.

It would include adequate parking but also several walkway bridges across the Ala Wai canal so Waikiki hotel guests could walk across to the stadium for special events or bowl games.

A new stadium in that location would be a perfect venue for many major events and concerts.

As many cities have done, sponsorship by a major corporation could cover much of the costs.

Roger A Hutchings
Englewood, Colo.

Homeless need more restrooms

Just when the homeless had bathrooms in Chinatown to use and part of their personal dignity back, the bathrooms were closed for a week or more because of "slick floors."

There is one available at the police station in Chinatown. I wish the mayor and the City Council knew what it was like to not have a bathroom to use unless you walked far and stood in line.

My sympathies to the merchants as well, who thought part of the homeless problem had been solved.

Cassandra Aoki
Kaneohe

HEI should be publicly owned

As long as our electric utility is not publicly owned, we, the citizens of Hawaii, will face a future unknown.

Sure, electric bills are going down because the cost of oil has gone down, but there is no reason to get lulled to sleep about Next Era’s takeover of Hawaiian Electric Industries.

What happens when the company from Florida takes over?Sure, it’s a green company, but it can just sell Hawaiian Electric Co. to the next highest bidder.Faceless giants will take over and who knows if we’ll end up with an Enron dishing out rolling blackouts.

We need to own the entire company, or at least have a majority ownership.

Sylvia Thompson
Makiki

Honolulu not ideal for bikes

My wife and I visited Amsterdam in the Netherlands last month, the starting point for our Rhine River cruise.

There were cyclists everywhere in the "City of Bikes." Their cycle paths are clearly marked, have smooth surfaces and separate signs and lights for cyclists, and are wide enough to allow side-by-side cycling and overtaking.

The cycle paths are completely segregated from motorized traffic.

Honolulu doesn’t have space for separating bicyclists frommotor vehicles. We have toshare the road.

The King Street Cycle Track doesn’t promote road-sharing and cooperation; it just endangers and inconveniences everyone. Young Street is a road less traveled and a far better route for bicyclists.

I have enjoyed cycle touringin Italy, New Zealand and Australia; in Vietnamfrom Hanoi to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City);in Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado and more.

No cycle tracks anywhere, just people sharing the road with each other.

James Arcate
Manoa

TMT is a great opportunity

The state Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ decision a few years ago to support construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope was a sign of weakness.

OHA openly gave the university its approval to build the telescope, but now stands as neither for nor against it.

Why can’t there be an equitable solution to this issue? Build the new telescope and close a few others that are outdated.

Recent news headlines reported the discovery of new planets in another solar system. The TMT is for exploring deep space and learning where life could exist. The protesters are simply blind to this great opportunity for Hawaii and the world.

William Pirtle
Waipahu

Direct outrage at housing plans

Without entering the debate on the merits of the Thirty Meter Telescope, I find myself wondering why there aren’t more people up in arms over the developments at Ho‘opili and Koa Ridge.

These projects are certainly a desecration of the aina that nourishes us all, a plundering of the bounty that these fertile agricultural lands provide.

Couple that with the massive impact these projects will have on the quality of life on the west side and you would think that more people would raise their voices against them.

Gov. David Ige should revisit the flawed process by which these projects were approved.

Jack Arnest
Maunalani Heights