Letter: Airport rental car center will create bottleneck

on March 23, 2019
• Updated on March 22, 2019 at 7:06 pm

Posted on March 23, 2019
• Updated on March 22, 2019 at 7:06 pm

Another example of poor planning on the part of the state Department of Transportation. Read More

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Letter: Limit Waikiki lottery to just four festivals

on March 23, 2019

Posted on March 23, 2019

Waikiki residents have been punished enough by the proliferation of street closures. Read More

Letter: Waikiki could turn into a Polynesian Venice

on March 23, 2019

Posted on March 23, 2019

Let Waikiki return to its natural state and make it a Polynesian Venice. Read More

Letter: Kim right to challenge UH empire builders

on March 22, 2019
• Updated on March 21, 2019 at 7:12 pm

Posted on March 22, 2019
• Updated on March 21, 2019 at 7:12 pm

Hooray for state Sen. Donna Mercado Kim’s proposed budget cuts (“Proposed cuts could ‘devastate’ University of Hawaii, officials say,” Star-Advertiser, March 19). Read More

Letter: Budget proposal would decimate research

on March 22, 2019

Posted on March 22, 2019

State Sen. Donna Mercado Kim’s ill-considered proposal to eliminate 220 faculty and staff positions at the University of Hawaii sacrifices the needs of the state and its students (“Proposed cuts could ‘devastate’ University of Hawaii, officials say,” Star-Advertiser, March 19). Read More

Letter: Stop rail project until columns inspected

on March 22, 2019

Posted on March 22, 2019

I sure hope someone with a little common sense will stop the rail project until all the rail columns are properly inspected (“Blowing the whistle on rail,” Star-Advertiser, March 20). Read More

Letter: Plastics are toxic and end up in our oceans

on March 22, 2019

Posted on March 22, 2019

Plastic water bottles are Earth-unfriendly and cause risks to human health from BPAs leaching into water. Read More

Letter: Half measures won’t move homeless along

on March 22, 2019

Posted on March 22, 2019

About half of the population in our jails are pre-trial detainees. Anyone charged with a non-violent crime should be released without bail. This would allow homeless criminals to be incarcerated. Read More

Letter: Trump must be careful when choosing words

on March 22, 2019

Posted on March 22, 2019

Although President Donald Trump is not directly to blame for the New Zealand shootings, the alleged shooter hailed Trump as “a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.” Read More

Letter: Investigations aside, rail needs to be completed

on March 21, 2019
• Updated on March 20, 2019 at 8:34 pm

Posted on March 21, 2019
• Updated on March 20, 2019 at 8:34 pm

With the estimated cost of rail ballooning, the suspicion has grown that malfeasance may be part of the explanation. Read More

Letter: Koko Crater could use a money-making tram

on March 21, 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019

If $1 million is going to be spent on the former Koko Crater tramway (“Popular Koko Crater stairs might get a $1M boost,” Star-Advertiser, March 17), why not allow a public-private partnership to install a tram that would make a scheduled run up and down the tracks a couple of times a day at the cost of an expensive ticket, to permit funds for continued maintenance? Read More

Letter: Lawmaker should work more closely with UH

on March 21, 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019

State Sen. Donna Mercado Kim should have known better than to even suggest the loss of people’s established, honorable careers (“Proposed cuts could ‘devastate’ University of Hawaii, officials say,” Star-Advertiser, March 19). Read More

Letter: Fear-mongering speech can lead to atrocities

on March 21, 2019
• Updated on March 21, 2019 at 12:15 am

Posted on March 21, 2019
• Updated on March 21, 2019 at 12:15 am

In response to James Pritchett’s call to limit blame for the New Zealand shooting, the prime suspect’s own words make it clear that President Donald Trump and his apologists are very much also to blame (“Don’t blame Trump for New Zealand shootings,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, March 16). Read More

Letter: Vacation rentals make isles too expensive

on March 21, 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019

According to your story about the Hawaii Perspectives poll, some 45 percent of the voters polled live in homes where someone is considering moving away — or has already left the islands (“Homelessness, cost of living cited as major concerns in Hawaii,” Star-Advertiser, March 14). Read More

Letter: State lacks ability to build new stadium

on March 21, 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019

Why am I so against the state taking control of building a new stadium, or even the thought of it? The state never builds any project right the first time. What makes you think it can do it the second time? With every project the state goes over budget, even with all the money it spends for studies. It’s never done right. Read More

Letter: Build a bridge to Arizona Memorial

on March 21, 2019

Posted on March 21, 2019

Fixing the Arizona Memorial seems very simple (“Citing frustration, congressional delegation wants regular updates on Arizona Memorial work,” Star-Advertiser, March 12). Read More

Letter: Kim’s proposal could weaken UH research

on March 20, 2019

Posted on March 20, 2019

Are you on the University of Hawaii job termination list? Read More

Letter: Proposed budget cuts all wrong for university

on March 20, 2019

Posted on March 20, 2019

Here we go again with another display of incompetence by state Sen. Donna Mercado Kim (“Proposed cuts could ‘devastate’ UH, officials say,” Star-Advertiser, March 19). Read More

Letter: Trump’s words matter to white supremacists

on March 20, 2019

Posted on March 20, 2019

That President Donald Trump’s name is invoked as an inspiration in manifestos of white supremacists here and abroad is very disturbing. Read More

Letter: Homeless should clean up their own messes

on March 20, 2019

Posted on March 20, 2019

It makes me angry to read that the city is looking to fill four more positions to enforce the city’s stored property and sidewalk nuisance law (“Oahu homeless debris equal to 184 school buses,” Star-Advertiser, March 14). Read More

Letter: Don’t let Ala Wai plan hurt property owners

on March 20, 2019
• Updated on March 19, 2019 at 7:25 pm

Posted on March 20, 2019
• Updated on March 19, 2019 at 7:25 pm

On first glance, it seems good that the Legislature is moving toward approving Senate Bill 77, which is critical to meet federal funding requirements for the Ala Wai flood control project. Read More

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