E. Cabral Cost should decide Waahila issue Karl Kim's April 3 column on the proposed Waahila Ridge power line touched a nerve. He failed to address price. Kim is in favor of alternative power generation to replace HECO's plans for Waahila. This is an innovative approach. But Waahila represents millions of dollars that we must all share.
Every community needs common facilities.
Every community must accept some of the less desirable amenities that we all need. HECO is faced with a dilemma. If it buries the lines at Waahila, then in all fairness, HECO should take down all the unsightly power lines along the Leeward coast and bury them, too. Not only is the cross a blight on the landscape, there was no permit to erect the cross. Mitch Kahle , President of Hawaii Citizens for the Separation of Church and State, on the 30-foot lighted cross erected for Easter services and still standing at Hope Chapel in Kaneohe.