Comments on: Letter to the Editor http://great-hikes.com/blog/letter-to-the-editor/ Living and hiking on the island of Kauai Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:20:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Mark http://great-hikes.com/blog/letter-to-the-editor/#comment-71 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:06:39 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/letter-to-the-editor/#comment-71 Good, fact-filled letter to the editor. I wonder how easy it will be for tourists to find your editorial when they Google for a helicopter tour of the island. Good, fact-filled letter to the editor. I wonder how easy it will be for tourists to find your editorial when they Google for a helicopter tour of the island.

]]> by: Suzanne http://great-hikes.com/blog/letter-to-the-editor/#comment-72 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:22:50 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/letter-to-the-editor/#comment-72 I just finished reading William J. Smith's response to your letter to the editor, in today's Garden Island. Ouch! Apparently he's decided to single you out over your comments regarding helicopter tour companies. I thought you did a thorough job of researching your information before formulating your response. But I must say, Mr. Smith referring to you as "Bill O'Reilly on steroids" did give me a chuckle. I just finished reading William J. Smith’s response to your letter to the editor, in today’s Garden Island. Ouch! Apparently he’s decided to single you out over your comments regarding helicopter tour companies. I thought you did a thorough job of researching your information before formulating your response. But I must say, Mr. Smith referring to you as “Bill O’Reilly on steroids” did give me a chuckle.

]]> by: Sonja Kass http://great-hikes.com/blog/letter-to-the-editor/#comment-73 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:55:57 -0400 http://great-hikes.com/blog/letter-to-the-editor/#comment-73 I thought William Smith does not use a lot of good arguments or facts in his letter, to counter Andy's "blissfully ignorant" arguments, instead goes off calling him names. "Strive to fly safely" is a very relative term, as anyone hiking or hunting in Waimea canyon or Na Pali will know. "Between booking more customers on bad weather days and joyriding, it seems like business reasons override passenger safety" which Mr. Smith missquoted, is a fact! I personally know people who wanted to cancel their flights because of weather condition and were told they could not get their money back. I also saw their photos of clouds from above. Unfortunatelly I, as Andy's wife, would not be very believable writing to the Garden Island, but I strongly encourage others who agree with us to do so! I thought William Smith does not use a lot of good arguments or facts in his letter, to counter Andy’s “blissfully ignorant” arguments, instead goes off calling him names.

“Strive to fly safely” is a very relative term, as anyone hiking or hunting in Waimea canyon or Na Pali will know.

“Between booking more customers on bad weather days and joyriding, it seems like business reasons override passenger safety” which Mr. Smith missquoted, is a fact! I personally know people who wanted to cancel their flights because of weather condition and were told they could not get their money back. I also saw their photos of clouds from above.

Unfortunatelly I, as Andy’s wife, would not be very believable writing to the Garden Island, but I strongly encourage others who agree with us to do so!

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