Letters to the editor | May 18, 2024

Letters to the editor | May 18, 2024

Make the best of new bike lanes on H and I The paint on the new bike lanes on H and I streets was barely dry before there was a complaint in the letters to the Times-Standard. I bike daily, for fun, for exercise, to run an errand, I used to only use G and J. I try to drive only once or twice a week and I now see bicyclists every time, on H and I. It’s not going to magically become a European style bike street. J has a perfectly fine designated b…

Letters to the Editor: Israel and Hamas

More algebra, America. Please don’t take the bait! On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists from the Arab world attacked the United States without warning or provocation. That’s the last time the Arab world baited America. The result was the “War On Terrorism.” The difficulty with this kind of conflict is that it never ends. The U.S. government declared the “War on Terrorism.” President Bush took the bait. Most of the U.S. students protesting on our campus…

A Kona success story: McCann Farms - West Hawaii Today

Ifirst met Mike McCann a few years ago. He was in a class I was teaching to help farmers write business plans. Mike wrote a solid plan that enabled him and his wife Chalida to acquire a Kamehameha Schools lease in 2021 for three quarters of an acre in Honaunau.

Letter to the Editor: An ill wind blows

As a resident of Eddy County, I have some concerns on the new wind farm being planned. I was told by a PRC Wind (project managers of the wind farm) representative that it has gotten larger. Are you sure you will not be surrounded with these towers? What about phase 2 or 3? This wind farm will not only change the view of the landscape, what will happen to our property values and taxes? Will our...

Letters to the editor - May 18, 2024

DiscriminationJoseph Muscat has been granted the privilege of perusing the parts of the Vitals/ Steward inquiry in which he is mentioned.Shouldn’t the other persons mentioned be granted the same privilege? Do their lawyers consider them inferior beings?The inquiry should be published and perused as a whole not just piecemeal.Carmel Sciberras – NaxxarViews on election campaignIn...

Letters to the Editor: May 18, 2024

I am no longer a constituent in MP Lianne Rood's riding, but feel compelled to comment on her recent remarks about Tim Hortons' efforts to be a better environmental steward.