Taking Action
Aloha people of Molokai, I had to instigate/speak up for Molokai about the American Safari Cruises boat cause it seemed as if no one else was. The week before the company made their first landing on Molokai, a test run to tie up, I happened to be at Ali’i fishpond and I passed my time talking with Uncle Merv Dudoit. He asked me if I heard about “the boat” coming. I had no idea what he was talking about so he told me and shared a letter with me from Teri Waros about the coming of a boat. That was my introduction to American Safari Cruises’ plans for Molokai. He also told me that the `Aha Ki`ole board members requested a community meeting of Teri Waros regarding this ship. He told me that “she said no need community meeting.” That raised my red flags high!
To bring a ship that has any “scent” of cruise (one sleeps onboard) to Molokai is a no-no and the Molokai people that brought it knew so. No big boats on Molokai! Every island believes us to be the last. Let’s not be the last to submit.
Greed is the only thing that I can find that would cause the owner of one of the benefiting businesses, to tell me and I quote, “We (the businesses involved) tried to bring this ship in a few years ago and the community thought of it as a cruise ship and stopped it. This time we decided not to tell the community!” Where’s the trust? If the community members that assisted in facilitating this ships entry felt it was a good thing for Molokai, why was it not in the paper years ago in the planning phase?
I spoke to a van load of the last passengers that came on this ship and they agreed with the sign I was holding “No cruise ships.” They had only been on the island for an hour and they could see and feel that cruise (type) ships do not belong here! Wake up and smell the truth!
Get up! Stand up! Stand up for her rights! Molokai needs us! Why change history? No big ships on Molokai ever! Fly in or take the ferry. This is Molokai!
Patricia Hammond (aka Patricia Chow, Sally Chow, Pat Masui, Patricia O’Neal)
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Cruise ships are just that …. big ships. This vessel is a medium sized yacht that sleeps people, and not that many. Cruise ships carry hundreds of people with hundreds of rooms.This island’s economy is a shambles, as a woman running for mayor , how were you going to stimulate the economy, by screaming at tourists?Did you have a plan? Where is it written that people in boats have to have permission to dock here?This is not a private island ,but someone people think they own it . It is a sad situation we are in right, so much fighting and making threats. No wonder there is no world peace, there are wars going right here based on Fear. Shameful.
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EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
HONOLULU
July 12, 2011
STATEMENT OF OBJECTIONS TO SENATE BILL NO. 23
Honorable Members
Twenty-Sixth Legislature
State of Hawaii
Pursuant to Section 16 of Article I11 of the
Constitution of the State of Hawaii, I am returning herewith,
without my approval, Senate Bill No. 23, entitled “A Bill for an
Act Relating to Native Hawaiians.”
The purpose of this bill is to establish within the
Department of Land and Natural Resources, the aha kiole advisory
council, which may advise the Office of the Chairperson of the
Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Legislature on issues
relating to land and natural resources management through the
‘aha moku system. The bill requires the ‘aha kiole advisory
council to submit an annual report to the Office of the
Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the
Legislature at least twenty days prior to the convening of each
regular session listing all recommendations made by the ‘aha
kiole advisory council and the resulting action taken by the
Department of Land and Natural Resources over the course of the
year. This bill also appropriates funds for an executive
director.
While the goals of this bill are laudable, several
difficulties need to be addressed. First, the council is selfselected,
not confirmed, has no defined term limits, offers no
guidelines concerning the role of its members, and will select
its own executive director. In addition, there is no recourse
for inappropriate conduct by its members or the ability to remove
for cause. The resulting council would essentially be a private
entity funded by taxpayers with no governmental oversight.
Second, the intent in creating the council is similar to the
STATEMENT OF OBJECTIONS
SENATE BILL NO. 23
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purpose for which the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (lrOHAll) was
created and is a natural evolution of what a new Native Hawaiian
governing entity would seek to accomplish. If there is
determination to not wait until this entity is formed, then the
council should at least be placed within OHA and funded by OHA.
Third, the bill only provides funding for an executive director.
This assumes that all other costs associated with this
legislation, including travel and other expenses for the eight
council members, will be absorbed by the Department of Land and
Natural Resources. I support the intent of the legislation to
provide state government the knowledge of traditional Native
Hawaiian resource management practices and welcome the chance to
review a bill that addresses the previously mentioned concerns.
For the foregoing reasons, I am returning Senate Bill
No. 23 without my approval.
Neil Abercrombie
Governor of State Of Hawaii
The meeting last night with the Safari people (Wed, Nov 30)offered some hope for a win-win situation. I don’t know if there is a place for tourism on the island, but I do know that if it does happen it will not be anyway like the tourism operating on the other islands. Our promise when we chose to live here, was to keep Molokai, Molokai. If letting Safari get a foothold and they “rape” and “plunder” like the other developers who came bearing gifts and empty promises, then all of us who had hoped for a good relationship will bear the shame of allowing it to happen. Let’s talk about a joint venture and turn Malama Park into a cultural/visitor center. That insure control of the goings and comings of our visitors to our island and it will hold their “kokua” responsible for their well-being. No more sending the rocks back to the our postoffice after all that bad luck! Next time ask. I remain hopeful.Jane
Copy and Paste???
you should show this to the people who threaten and intimidated walter ritte by the icehouse when he was alone.these people were the ones holding signs in FAVOR of the ship.or the guy on the ship who showed us his ass.
these people are the terrorist not us protesters.