$17 million to renovate HIlo golf course?
$17 million to renovate HIlo golf course?
The huge amount of money to be spent on renovation to the Hilo municipal golfcourse is crazy. A very few people will benefit from our taxes. That $17M would go a long way toward funding the rat lungworm disease problem which impacts our local food and water. Hospitals, school facilities, the fire and police departments — all of which are always in need money could use $1 million each.
Let’s get a reasonable sum to fix up the golf course if we must, but $17 million of our tax money should not be used for this project that is of no use to the majority of taxpayers.
C.S. Jenkins
Kailua-Kona
Trump candidacy like a summer fling
I’m 70 years old, but I can recall the thrill of my teenage summer romances: that rush of excitement whenever we were to meet, her pretty face, her smile and her hair so dainty and chic. But as the fall chill came, so did my affection. By Halloween, I had my eyes set on another pretty face — yes, I had lost that loving July 4 feeling.
So it is, I hope with the Republican choice of presidential candidates. Trump needs to be but a summer fling. Sure, he can sweep folks off their feet with his bravado and bluster. But he needs to be compared to a thunderstorm that comes, does its damage, and then floats away, leaving the air calm and refreshed.
I hope that by Halloween, Trump and his thunderstorm of superficiality are blown away. I know that my summer loves were fleeting and trifling — just as the Trump candidacy should be.
Richard Dinges
Hilo