Worst homeless epidemic Hawaii has ever seen?

I am a 10th grade student at Lahainaluna High School. I am sending this letter because I am concerned with the issue of homelessness in Hawaii.

I am concerned with this issue because I see homeless people on the streets, and I see that they are struggling.

I believe that this issue is important because there are currently around 15,000 homeless individuals in Hawaii, and we are currently facing one of the worst if not the worst homeless epidemics Hawaii has ever seen.

I urge you to give more care to the homeless people by giving them food daily and by sheltering them.

Kaulana Tihada

Lahaina

Memory care facility desperately needed

Maui is a beautiful island that attracts the super rich. But all is not perfect in paradise.

Maui needs help caring for those with dementia. Folks retire here healthy, but as they age, they often become debilitated.

With family on the Mainland, they are left to decline and die alone.

Maui lacks a dedicated “memory care” facility for dementia patients. Financial and regulatory requirements make construction of such a facility onerous.

Some of our new residents are blessed with enormous wealth and have said they want to “engage with the community.” As a medical doctor on Maui, I would suggest they consider collaborating with key stakeholders to bring a dedicated memory care facility to their new island home.

It is so desperately needed. I can’t think of a better way to fulfill the promise of community engagement. Truly be part of the community.

Michael Patmas, MD

Wailuku

Vaccination opinions just more misinformation

Recent letter writers exclaim that everyone should get vaccinated to stop the spread of COVID, and that people should be forced to get vaccinated against their will.

How interesting. What facts do you have to support your demands and assertions?

Who are you to perpetuate half-truths and lies by making such statements? Your “opinions” are nothing more than misinformation. Where are the censors? Funny how “misinformation” goes one way and one way only. Censorship of anyone who disagrees with the narrative is infuriating and it should never be accepted.

The hypocrisy of the left and the mindless sheep that follow them would be laughable if it wasn’t restricting the rest of us who are able to think for themselves. If so many on the left don’t like America and the Constitution, then how about you all leave it alone and go live somewhere else?

Have you seen that movie “Idiocracy”? It was years ahead of its time and seems more and more like a documentary than nonfiction. Maybe Nostradamus wrote it and foresaw the 2020 election and the countless lies and failures of the Democratic Party.

Please find somewhere else to live that you can destroy and leave America to those of us who enjoy thinking. Not agreeing with your selfishness doesn’t make us wrong. It makes you a child who will throw tantrums until you all get your way.

Kapena Hill

Wailuku

Recall false promises face impossible odds

The high-quality banners advertising the mayor’s recall cost money and are in “prime visual locations,” implying that big money is not only funding this recall, but also sponsoring scouting locations.

We've seen this before several times over whenever a large divisive issue gets circulated. The constitutional right is to disagree with our lawmakers and representatives in politics, but why a recall?

The threshold of accomplishment for that here is virtually unreachable. Duping citizens into this false hope seems disingenuous at best.

So, we must ask if the money behind this is local or Mainland? Do they not understand how a recall here, or are they just stirring the pot and dividing our community more?

The primary election is in August, just about nine months away. If you disagree with the current representatives, run a campaign and/or vote.

Put your money and effort behind your citizen of choice to replace them, but let's not allow big Mainland money, if that's what this is, divide us further.

Elizabeth Fulton

Kihei

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