Why does judge protect those who hurt keiki?

Judge Virginia Crandall strikes again!

Last month, the Star-Bulletin reported that two parents who brutally abused five state-warded custodial children over several years each received a one-year sentence. The sentences are to be served consecutively so that one parent remains free while the other serves their term in order to “;keep the family together.”;

Recently, you reported that another child abuser, who abused the same five children over many years, was sentenced to just five years (the prosecutor asked for 41 years). Crandall let that convicted child abuser remain free on bond because she is now contending that as a Hawaiian, she is not subject to the laws of Hawaii, nor of common decency, I suppose. The fact that this defense is nonsense does not appear to bother Crandall in the least.

What affection does Crandall have for brutal, serial child abusers? Can any future child abusers, no matter how heinous their crimes, expect the same treatment? Why?

Who exactly is this judge? Who appointed her? The public has a right to know.

Now's time to appeal high property values

The best-kept secret in Honolulu is that now is the time to appeal your real estate property taxes on your overvalued and assessed home. You can save thousands and thousands of dollars by disputing the inflated value of your property as set by the tax assessor. All of us sweat and toil to pay a government that creates nothing but takes a lot from us in property taxes on our homes.

The time to appeal is short and was set during the busiest time of the year! Go to 33 South King Street. I did. File a one-page application. The bureaucrats set the appeal time during the busiest time of the year hoping that you would overlook your constitutional right of appeal, which is only 30 days long and ends on Jan. 15. You will save, save, save because the only person who will bail you out is you, so just do it. Appeal the valuation of your home.

Use closed schools as UH-West colleges

I noticed that the state wants to proceed with the building of West Oahu College, which will cost billions of dollars. In these hard times shouldn't we be thinking of ways to save money rather than spending money? My solution to this problem is to renovate the schools we intend to close in the coming years. The schools have cafeterias, where they could easily offer a variety of foods suited for college students. The rooms could be expanded to hold more students. Each could have either one or two colleges (e.g., college of education in one school or college of engineering, depending on the amount of room the school has). The administration office would be the administration office for that college.

This would save the state money and would give the students an opportunity to get to know this island. In this day and age, we really have to think outside the bun. The “;West Oahu College”; does not have to be at just one location.

Does state not want enlightened residents?

Napoleon's theory: Keep 'em ignorant. Cut budgets on schools and libraries. Now you have a large pool of cheap labor.

Barbara Ikeda
Mililani