More worries now when on the road?
More worries now when on the road?
My friend had to go to the other side of the island May 2. He did not have a spare tire — yes, everyone should have one, we know. Anyway, on his return, he had a flat tire on the highway. He had gotten out and jacked up the car then called a friend to come help him.
He had walked away from the car for a few minutes and while he was gone, someone saw the car, scratched off the new registration and safety check stickers, then took it upon himself to phone the police and report it as an abandoned vehicle. The police came right away and put a ticket on it.
Is this now what we have to worry about if something goes wrong on the road, someone will come and strip it? And to get the police right away. Sometimes, if you really need them it takes forever to get there.
I hope whoever did this realizes it is very wrong to do something like this. Maybe it will happen to him one day.
Anita Labertew
Kailua-Kona
Just where does beach shoreline end?
On Saturday, May 2, I decided to go to the beach and sit at my favorite spot; under a milo tree in front of the Canoe House Restaurant at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows. This tree is old and lovely; provides shade. It is several feet from the shoreline depending on the tide. This spot is quiet and beautiful. I have been sitting and enjoying a peaceful time under this tree for about 20 years.
After an hour or so of getting settled in, I heard someone approaching me from behind saying, “excuse me, excuse me.” I figured it was a tourist wanting me to take their picture. Instead, I get security personnel from the Mauna Lani. She squats next to my chair (which I brought with me) and asks if I am a hotel guest. I say no. She tells me in a gentle way that I need to move from where I am sitting because I am on private property.
I said that I thought all beaches where public. She said that they are but you are sitting too far back from the shoreline and that meant I was on private property. She said I had to move my chair closer to the shoreline. I was sitting on the sand, next to the tree, not on a walk way or grassy knoll. I do not have a PhD, nor am I a scientist in oceanic affairs, but if I were to ask an expert, I think they would say that 5 to 10 feet from the ocean is the shoreline.
Locals sustain the economy in hard times and during the off seasons. I say, shame on you Mauna Lani for being disrespectful to locals and the way you want to share “your” aina.
Julie Adkins
Waikoloa