I find it fascinating that Native Hawaiian beneficiaries wait 40 years or longer for their homestead lot award some die waiting whereas, homeless get housed in six months or less IF they prefer to.
As the Environmental Protection Agency hands over the reins to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Maui wildfire cleanup, let us pray that their results are quicker and more professional than the Navy’s at Red Hill (“Sensitive sites could complicate cleanup in Lahaina,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 9).
Not to be insensitive, but Lahaina will save a plethora of future lives globally. It began with Kaanapali sounding emergency sirens on Aug. 26 lessons learned (“Evacuation order lifted for Kaanapali neighborhood threatened by wildfire,” Star-Advertiser, Top News, Aug. 26).