Hawaii Democrats: We need your help NOW – TODAY.

[Guest]

I just received this urgent message (email) from Hawaii County Democrats:

Hawaii County Democrats: We need your help NOW – TODAY.

Please take 15 minutes to personally call Mayor Harry Kim and tell him he must shut down Hawaii County except for essential services and workers. This includes closing County Parks. Contrary to the Governor's recommendations (and CDCs), he is letting businesses and individuals make decisions for themselves. This is NOT appropriate given the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking a firm clear stand is his duty - his responsibility. It's about SAVING LIVES. We do need/want essential services including restaurants doing take-outs only, grocery stores remaining open (with Kupuna Hours), utilities, and of course our healthcare providers. And we are sincerely grateful and thank these individuals for their dedication and persistence.

Please read story below about what Mayor Kawakami of Kauai is mandating. It's the right thing to stop or minimize the spread of COVID-19.

Our Hawaii County also needs to step up support/outreach information to kupuna via the Office of Aging – they are not getting info they need to protect themselves, to understand how to prevent the spread.

Please, after reaching the Mayor, or his staff, please call your County Council representative and let him/her know you’ve called the Mayor and how urgently you feel about this.

Please be respectful but firm. If you are unable to speak to the Mayor or council member, get the name of whomever it is that you speak with and their title and make sure they get your name and contact info (phone or email).

Mayor's Office: 961-8211 is main number.

You might also consider posting your thoughts to social media - again, please remain thoughtful and respectful.

Thank you and please stay safe.

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/03/1...U978EaSjqI

Heather Kimball, Hawaii County Democratic Party Chair

[Obie]

The council just passed a resolution asking the mayor to lock everything down.

Harry still hemming and hawing.

Refusing to shut down county government.

[Guest]

Refusing to shut down county government

And imagine the county worker having to go to work rather than cope with this with their family.

[My 2 cents]

Hawaii democrats? Bad decisions affect all of us. Why does it have to be a partisan politics thing? Seems like the political bs should be irrelevant on this one.

[Mangosteen]

Let's finish off those damn small businesses across the County once and for all! How dare we allow them to make their own decisions about their livelihoods. Our welfare system is more than generous if they are forced to close their companies and lay off all the employees.

[Guest]

Just posted on bigislandvideonews.com

Lawmakers Hammer Mayor On COVID-19 Measures

https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2020/...-measures/

Video report, as well as written, of today's council meeting..

[Guest]

Let's finish off those damn small businesses across the County

Was it PT Barnum that said... oh never mind. I am sure Darwin has a better term for it.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

One of these days Harry might figure out that doing nothing, whether it’s with lawbreakers on a public roadway or a health crisis, means it costs a fortune in the long run. And in this case, some of that tally will be in lives lost.

[Punatic007]

I keep thinking he may be privy to some info we don't know about quarantine in the tropics. Or more likely the lawlessness that will ensue if everything is shut down. The mall got broken into already. They broke the window doors and looted or so I was told by a homedepot employee today.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

lawlessness that will ensue if everything is shut down. The mall got broken into ... looted.... told by a homedepot employee today.

If Home Depot was shut down, they could keep a few employees working inside 24/7. Walk the aisles with a little something from the garden department on their shoulder; shovel, pitchfork, long handled pruner...

Or tell the thieves they’ll cough on them.