Disrespect for law officers insulting
Disrespect for law officers insulting
The letter in the Aug. 17 edition from Taky Tzimeas regarding the Thirty Meter Telescope protests and law enforcement was just about the most insulting letter I’ve seen. The letters exhibits so much ignorance and disrespect for law enforcement people doing their job and is just mind boggling — there is no doubt at all that the protesters were breaking the law.
It’s common knowledge our governor has no spine and hides behind the courts and is letting these criminals get away with their blatant disregard for the law. The police should have dragged the protestors away kicking and screaming and charged them all with resisting arrest on top of anything else. They (police) have no reason to apologize for doing what they are paid to do — if anything the protesters should apologize to them for putting them in the situation in the first place.
The leaders of this protest were short on respect for the law.
Frank Dickinson
Kailua-Kona
Mahalo for change of policy on feeding feral cats
This letter is a response to my letter of Aug. 4 concerning the feeding of the eight feral cats at the Fairmont Orchid hotel at the Mauna Lani Resort.
First, I want to thank West Hawaii Today for its quick action and for publishing my letter. Since then we have had a chance to meet face to face with the general manager of the Fairmont Orchid and I applaud him for his interest and proactive effort in helping to resolve this situation. Our sincere thanks for your time and effort and for working with AdvoCATS in the past to stabilize and hopefully reduce the number of feral cats. We hope the relationship will continue well into the future. I would also like to thank everyone who wrote responses, as well as the KARES organization for its help. Knowing these eight healthy cats will be continued to be fed and cared for on a daily basis is a tribute to the management of the Fairmont Orchid.
My wife and I over the past 20 years have been guests at the Orchid and still visit the Orchid for dinners and coffee in the morning. We look forward to this continued activity, which we will enjoy even more knowing that our adopted colony of ferals will be safe and fed.
Richard and Pamela Rogers
Waikoloa