As the main landfill on the island of Oahu is reaching full capacity, politicians are making nothing but excuses to delay a solution by requesting more studying of the dire situation.

The real reason for the delay, in my view, is that the politicians don’t want the landfill in their district. I think that we already have a name for that — it’s called “not in my backyard.”

Michael Nomura

Kailua

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