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February 14, 2008
WE'RE ARROGANT? NO WAY!
I read your magazine in 90 seconds. It's boring. You need outside influences. Star [sic] Begley puts me to sleep. I sense an [sic] arrogance in the management. You're a waste of newsprint.
Cheers.
-Anonymous, via fax
FRISCOCHECKSIN
(The following is in response to Starr Begley's Feb. 7, 2008 story "Restless Native Goes to the Mainland")
You rode Muni? You're quite brave. It's the transit agency where the timetable is merely a suggestion as to when the bus might be there. And you're quite wise to avoid the trails off the main roads of Golden Gate Park, too, although a few are okay. Plus, you came by during the tail end of a series of storms that hit No Cal—this week's been sunny and warmish for this time of year. And if you thought Macy's was big, you didn't see Bloomingdale's.
And if you ever do brave a trip to the mainland again: if you can, fly into Oakland, not SFO. Oakland's a smaller airport with less crowds and much less obnoxious security. SFO sucks.
-Anonymous, via Mauitime.com
MMM… DOLLARS
(The following is in response to the Feb. 7, 2008 story "Buying Power")
You can vote in the voting booth and you can vote with your dollars. So if you don't, shame on you. If you say you can't, you're wrong. That's the beauty of our system. You can be part of the solution. Good story.
-Anonymous, via Mauitime.com
TRUSTAFARIAN CONTROVERSY
Hana Hou Eh Brah (Jan. 31, 2008)! [There are] trustafarians [galore] in Paia, loitering on the sidewalks, walking in Mana Foods without slippers and shirts, juggling bowling pins at Baldwin Park. Spare me. Go fall off the face of the earth some place else. You're tearing the social fabric of this unique place. It's not Santa Cruz or San Luis Obispo. Snacking on granola, with your salon dreads, while hitchhiking is not cool or welcomed.
-Kai Mokumaia, via Mauitime.com
The first thing I thought of when I read the homeless Eh Brah was how many times, while homeless, street-people asked me if I was a narc or some other cop because I looked too clean. And yes, there are many ragged looking people on the street who carry a credit card, right along with their EBT card.
BUT... you never know: that clean looking guy (or lady) working next to you on the job may have slept in a tent in someone's yard the night before. Trust me. There are a LOT more homeless people on Maui than you see on the street looking destitute.
And, while we're on the subject, apart from sanitation, why is it illegal to live in my car? I always use a toilet and I shower every day. I've seen homes that are less sanitary than my living "space." I don't need police officers listing me as an outlaw just because I have everything I own in my vehicle and pull off the road for a nap.
-Anonymous, via Mauitime.com
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