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Machado and Corbiel return to KAL Board despite protests from community It was almost as though January 31st never happened. Two months ago, the Molokai community came out in unprecedented force and reacted to incumbent Enterprise Community (EC) board member Claud Sutcliffe’s claim that the vote was to be a “community referendum” on the EC’s support of the master land-use plan, which includes the development of 200 luxury homes at La`au Point. The vote brought out 1,284 Molokai voters, which is an enormous number when one considers how many people have voted in the past EC meetings (last year’s vote drew less than 200 people), and that more people voted in the “community referendum” than turned out to vote on election day at November’s US general election.
EC Gets it Wrong
Enterprise Community board attempts to set voting results straight with misinformation. On March 6, the Molokai Enterprise Community (EC) Board of Directors attempted to respond to what they call “numerous misstatements of facts” regarding the recent EC elections. EC Board President Stacy Crivello and EC Executive Director Abbey Mayer issued a press release (shown below) in an attempt to set the Molokai community straight. The problem is that the information included in the EC press release is misleading and inaccurate. The press release compares voter turnout numbers between the recent EC election and the 2006 General Election. But the numbers that the EC uses are in error because they include outer island vote totals from the 2006 General Election. The document also fails to identify any of the alleged “numerous misstatements of...
Victory for Molokai
The EC vote on Wed. Jan 31 was a victory for Molokai. It is part of a great story of an Island that participated in a democratic process in large numbers without the influence of government. It was a grass roots effort by a community determined to express their choices. Those on both sides of the issue worked hard to create a safe place for all to participate, and participate we did. The election is the talk of the island. The Save La'au candidates delivered a landslide victory and in the process ousted well known politician and OHA trustee Colette Machado. Also on the losing end was Claude Sutcliff who called the elections a "community referendum" on the issue of whether to develop La'au Point.