Question: Regarding the city’s new emergency alert system (808ne.ws/4hXjTmt), my Android phone works great with the city’s old HNL.Info app. However, I tried to download the new HNL Alert/Everbridge app just to find out that it supports only the past three or four versions of the Apple or Androi d phone operating systems. So unless you have a newer phone, you don’t qualify for this free service. What?! The city is telling people working multiple jobs just to survive and kupuna on fixed incomes with not brand-new phones to shell out $1,600 for a new phone plus the monthly wireless fees that are ever- increasing? The app support limitation is especially concerning because the city says “additional city departments will be brought into the system as HNL Alert expands.” And although the app is “free” to consumers, I would like to know how much the city is paying in our tax dollars to Public Safety by Everbridge for this “service.” ...read more read less