Paper should blast recycling change
To all editors, I am appalled that you keep so quiet re: this issue. You do want us to read newspapers, yes?
Then why do you not stand up and call for immediate action? Of all things, Hawaii is not on the forefront in recycling, but now, it has taken a change for the worse. We are now expected to throw the papers into the general garbage dump with all the messy plastic bags, leftover food items and so on.
I have been reading newspapers all my life, and they were always recycled, as they should be. I am here several times a year from Seattle, and they are certainly ahead in their recycling efforts, but here, in Waikoloa, we are going backwards.
It’s shameful to do that to this beautiful part of Hawaii. I love it here, but not the recycling program, in particular where you are concerned, the papers.
Please, don’t expect me to read the news online. I want the papers in my hands, and not the cellphone.
Erika O’Neil
Waikoloa Village
Impeachment doesn’t have to do with Russia
The Constitution Corner by Mikie Kerr titled the “Nuts and bolts of topic du jour — impeachment” really was off the mark. A better title would have been “Here’s the nuts, forget about the bolts.”
Other than the mention of Article II, Section 4 which defines impeachment, it was just a partisan hit job. Yes, many Democrats have believed from the very beginning that Trump had help and that he benefited enough from the Russian aid during the election that it had been the difference which allowed him to win. Now we know with certainty that it may very well be true.
However, that has absolutely nothing to do with the current impeachment hearing. His blatant act of blackmailing Ukraine by withholding aid for a political favor to help him in the 2020 election is a high crime and misdemeanor and as such is an impeachable crime.
But we can also add the 10 cases of obstruction of justice, each individually a crime that is impeachable, to the list. Plus, we know of several other phone calls to heads of a number of foreign countries that need to be looked into as they also may contain more crimes committed by this president. These are undisputed facts.
Why do these Republicans feel that they still need to defend a president who is, along with much of his administration, flagrantly violating our very Constitution in order to maintain power by graft and corruption? Anyone defending this should take a hard look at themselves. Do they have any since of honor and duty to their country or to the Constitution?
Trump and many in his administration do not and he needs to be removed. Those who defend and protect him have broken many laws and have become criminal themselves. There are no excuses any longer that they can use to defend Trump or members of his administration that break the law.
John Pierce
Waikoloa