Mayor Kirk Caldwell needs to be encouraged to read some factual reports on climate change.

Covering our beautiful open spaces and forest areas with man-made materials is so destructive, how can he even feign pride in what he is doing?

Everyone should read Kathleen Parker’s column, “Want to stop climate change? Plant a trillion more trees” (Star-Advertiser, July 27).

Please stop. My heart breaks every time I pass Sherwood Forest and see the sickening swath of destroyed trees, ground laid bare, ready for the ill- advised tar and concrete covering.

Caldwell’s Sherwood Forest project and that of Ala Moana Park’s playground development are disgraceful, and not supported by the majority of taxpayers.

Just stop now.

Mary J. Leineweber Culvyhouse

Kaneohe

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