| Walk
The Talk
Blame and accusation
is not the answer. Ask for the Highest Good and then stand
back because it may not be our will. I believe that we are
now having to walk the talk and stop just talking about it.
Remember that positive thoughts receive positive outcomes.
Jason Oliver, Kihei |
Theft
Victim Seeks Public's Assistance
Two weeks
ago on August 20, 2005 my camper shell was stolen from my Ford Ranger
pickup truck while I was at work in Ma‘alaea. I’d
like to ask for your help in relocating it. Here’s my
story.
I went to work at 8am in Ma’alaea and parked my truck in front
of Maui Ocean Center. At 6pm, I walked out to my truck and
the camper shell was gone. I called the police and completed
a police report that included a description of my camper shell.
My camper shell is white and is higher in the back. Each side
has two windows. The window nearest the front is horizontal
and the window nearest the back is vertical, where the camper is
higher. The back window lifts up with hydraulics and has two
T-lock handles on each side to secure it. There was a bumper
sticker at the bottom of the back window that has been peeled off.
All the windows are tinted. The front of the camper shell
has no window, but does have a rubber boot that extends to the truck
cab. The boot allows for the removal of the rear truck window
and easy access to the camper from the cab.
On Monday August 29, 2005 I spotted my camper shell on the back
of a red Toyota pickup with a license plate MGN-556 (or 566?) while
I was driving to jury duty. I noticed there were clean spots
where stickers had been removed as well as the manufacturers tag
on the back window frame. I pulled to the side of the road
about a quarter mile away and immediately called the police.
I was told an officer would call me right back. Unfortunately,
I was on my way to jury duty and was unable to wait very long, so
I called them back after 15 minutes and asked them what I should
do. They instructed me to call them back after I was done
with jury duty so I would be available for questions.
After jury duty, I called the police at 1pm and got to talk with
an officer. I gave him the license plate number and description
of the vehicle with my camper shell and asked if he could run the
plates and investigate. The officer called me back after running
the two license plate numbers I gave him and told me my description
of the vehicle did not match either one of the license plates.
I asked if either of them were close and he admitted that one of
them was the same make and model I described (Toyota pickup), but
that the vehicle registration for it said it was a white truck,
not a red one like I described. I asked if he could investigate
the vehicle since it may have been painted since it was last registered.
He said he would be walking on thin ice, constitutionally speaking.
He told me to keep my eyes open and contact them again if I see
it. The police have done nothing since, as far as I know.
I feel very frustrated with the lack of ambition in our local police
department in assisting me with getting my camper shell back.
At the very least, the officer could have checked the white Toyota
pickup and verified it had no camper shell and was not red.
I just couldn’t believe the police refused to follow up on
the only lead for this crime. I also found it was very ironic
that I left the red Toyota pickup truck on that Monday morning to
attend jury duty and fulfill my civic duty, yet the police didn’t
feel they needed to perform their duty in protecting and serving
one of their citizens. Next time, I may think of myself first.
Jonathan Hultquist, Kihei |
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Honor
The Fallen
Wear a black
armband over the next couple of days or weeks.
Not in the name or any religion nor politics. Please.
But in simple, humble, commemoration of the many Gulf Coast area
dead.
Especially those in New Orleans, whose bodies will begin to be retrieved
now, en masse.
You dont even have to say why.
Most people will know.
If you agree, please spread the message.
Mauka,
Kihei |
