Kudos for efforts during tsunami

I must say that the city and county did a fantastic job on Saturday with the evacuation of the shoreline areas. I live in Minnesota and watched the live feed from KHON on my laptop. I must say that this time around, everything was done right. I must also say that KHON did a great job in covering the tsunami islandwide, especially when the first surge/wave came into Hilo Bay.

I was shocked to see one person paddling outside of Waikiki, walking on the reef and Kuhio Wall. He was lucky that the surges that did come in were not any higher than they were. I guess there will always be several individuals that will not take heed of any type of warnings.

Again, great thanks to all local Civil Defense and city departments for a job well done. Just get the six to seven sirens that were not operating during the warning on Saturday morning to work.

I am glad that there was no damage to any part of Hawaii Nei.

Akaka Bill will be the real disaster

The warnings were broadcast on all the TV and radio stations, and published in the newspapers.

Then the sirens wailed at 6 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27.

But they were four days late! The Akaka Bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

The impact of the Akaka Bill on the state of Hawaii will be far worse than any earthquake or tsunami.

Once the Akaka Bill is enacted and signed into law, it will put in motion a series of legal, economic, political and social changes that will shake apart Hawaii to its very foundations and inundate our aloha with the floodwaters of racial separatism.

The Akaka Bill is a manmade disaster whose damage can never be undone.

God spoke to the floodwaters (Job 38:11):

“;Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and there shall thy proud waves be stayed.”;

God help us defeat the Akaka Bill.

Chicago mayor wrong about guns

Regarding the article in the Star-Bulletin, “;High court to rule on regulation of guns”; (Associated Press, Feb. 28):

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, threatened with a Supreme Court ruling against his city's handgun ban, still believes he can influence public opinion on gun control by repeating the emotional claim that private ownership of guns in the U.S. is a cause of death and injury.

He has an uphill battle lately, however. According to the latest FBI data, violent crime is at a 35-year low, and murder at a 43-year low.

Meanwhile, private ownership of firearms continues to increase.

There are more than 250 million privately owned firearms in the United States. The number of guns typically rises by about 4.5 million every year, though between 2007 and 2008, firearm transactions cleared by the National Criminal Instant Background Check rose 14 percent.

It's simple: More guns (in the hands of law-abiding men and women), less crime.

Union right about staffing at schools

Madame Governor, I may not always agree with what my union does, but it got it right this time.

Having schools open and operating without proper staff in security, administration and support is not frivolous.

The governor's proposal was completely irresponsible and, may I say, a frivolous one.