#Aaron Stene
LETTER: Hardworking Employees Do Positive Things for Our Island
I’ve noticed people are quick point out negative things about county government, but there is a lot hardworking employees that do positive things for our island community who are not acknowledged.
LETTER: ‘State Agency May Have Blacklisted My Email Address’
I’ve had issues with two state departments, Hawaii Department of Transportation and the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
LETTER: National Park Service Should Request Assistance
The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park wants to reopen the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park eventually.
LETTER: Highway Extension Doesn’t Have Funding Committed
The Daniel K. Inouye Highway Extension, which completes a critical cross island link across the Big Island, doesn’t have any funding committed to begin construction anytime soon.
LETTER: Preservation of Existing Roadway Inventory Has Suffered
The Hawaii Department of Transportation decided to defer most roadway capacity projects in 2016.
LETTER: ‘Administration Has Done a Poor Job Interacting With Public’
Mayor Harry Kim’s administration has done a poor job interacting with the public over the first year he’s been in office.
LETTER: ‘Mutually Agreeable Plan’ on TMT Needed
“Mauna Kea’s telescopes have contributed 92 million dollars of direct economic impact in Hawai’i County per year. “
LETTER: Call for TMT Moratorium ‘Grandstanding’
“I strongly believe OHA Trustee Apo’s call to place a temporary moratorium on the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope is pure and simple grandstanding.”
LETTER: Island-Wide Fiber-Optic Lines Needed
“Hawaiian Telcom’s main fiber-optic trunk cable for West Hawaii was damaged three times over the past year (twice in the same week).”