Letters: 12-13-16

Agree on highway snafu

Congratulations on your Sunday editorial on moving forward on the Queen Kaahumanu Highway project. I held off writing expressing my feelings on the matter as long as I could before writing a letter I posted on Saturday.

We seem to agree the whole matter is just plain BS.

Hugo von Platen Luder

Holualoa

Accept Republicans won

Dick Harrison should get his facts straight.

First, Mitch McConnell is not an extremist. He and his elitist Republicans are a large part of why Trump is president-elect. And then when Mr. Harrison said in his Dec. 10 letter to the editor that Republicans would not give Obama a chance in 2008? Really?

The Democrats controlled both the House and Senate in 2008. You suffer from myopic revisionist history. You lost. Now get over it. Trump is your president.

I’m not a “deplorable,” either. I’m a college graduate with two post graduate degrees. I’m a criminal defense lawyer.

Tucker Graves

Houston, Texas

Puzder doesn’t get it

I am appalled that Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder opposes raising the minimum wage. A strong minimum wage would lift millions out of poverty, yet this millionaire cares more about his bottom dollar. The fast-food boss makes more in one day than his employees make in a year. Working people deserve a champion at the Department of Labor and Puzder’s proved time and time again, he’s not on our side.

Has Mr. Puzder ever had to decide between paying the rent or putting food on the table while living on a minimum wage? Maybe he should live that life before he tells us wages won’t go up.

I hope our elected officials understand what’s at stake. We cannot afford a Secretary of Labor who sees fair pay as a threat.

Linda Morgan

Ocean View