by Chuck Lasker | Aug 25, 2015 | Kauai, Politics
An open letter to the Kauai County Council: I received an unsigned email from the Kauai Chamber of Commerce today (I’m a member) requesting I email you to oppose an increase in minimum wage (shaded box below). I am doing the opposite, asking you to vote to...
by Chuck Lasker | Jan 15, 2014 | GMOs, Kauai, Letters to the Editor
Click here for The Garden Island page. I try to keep my letters to the editor light. But I’m just getting too angry. The conspiracy theorist minority on Kauai that wants to force its beliefs on the rest of us is going too far. If they want to have their little...
by Chuck Lasker | Oct 6, 2013 | GMOs, Kauai, Politics
Click here for The Garden Island page. Since Hooser and Bynum want to take over state and federal regulatory powers, I think we should go even further than farms. Jets make noise. The county should take control of our airspace and decide where every jet flies! The...
by Chuck Lasker | Sep 28, 2013 | GMOs, Kauai, Politics
Gary Hooser’s blog post about the Committee Amendments passed through to the full Council yesterday regarding Bill 2491 are as typically ridiculous as his constant BS during the committee meeting yesterday. Here’s his blog post, where he tries to act like...
by Chuck Lasker | Aug 19, 2013 | GMOs, Kauai
This is not a post for or against GMOs, it is simply my observations of the people within the anti-GMO cause. On a regular basis, anti-GMO folks dismiss scientists who support biotech by saying they’re paid to support it, assuming people will readily sell out...
by Chuck Lasker | Aug 13, 2013 | GMOs, Kauai, Politics
Kauai is sharply divided over the issue of local GMO farming as emotions are stoked by fear-mongering, rumors and lies. One of the Kauai County Council members has proposed a strong set of laws that could send these companies packing, leaving up to 800 Kauai residents...
