Editorial

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Treat homeless with compassion, respect

• Today

I implore our governor, mayor and all their staff to read “Rough Sleepers” by Tracy Kidder. The book is about Dr. Jim O’Connell’s urgent mission to help homeless people in the Boston area. Read more

Letter: Pay raises for politicians won’t solve city’s woes

Letter: OHA trustees to blame for Kakaako Makai snafu

Letter: Banks, government to blame for failures

Letter: Waikiki infrastructure in need of maintenance

Letter: People who fear guns in public have rights, too

Letter: Downtown in danger of becoming a slum

Our View

Editorial: Top officials don’t need big pay raise

• Today

To put it bluntly: The time is not right to raise salaries for Honolulu’s top officials and City Council members, nor for top administrators of the state’s Department of Education. Read more

Editorial: Massive law-enforcement training center excessive

Editorial: More military pollution

Editorial: Hawaii-grown mac nuts

Editorial: Downtown needs a transformation

Editorial: Major state assets left to deteriorate

Editorial: Raise payments for Medicaid care