Aloha, Tomorrow the Honolulu City Council will vote on a plan to industrialize productive farmland in Wai`anae. Wai`anaeʻs farmers need your help today to protect food production for the future. Please send the City Council an email today and attend the hearing at Kapolei Hale on Wednesday at 10 AM.
Wai`anae residents have fought for 5 years to defend their farmland from this developer-driven industrial park proposal. They have collected over a 2,000 petition signatures. They convinced the Land Use Commission to deny a boundary amendment for the project. They convinced the Planning Commission to not support it.
But despite their consistent involvement at every stage of decision-making, the power of a few politically well-connected businessmen -- Thomas Enomoto, Clyde Kaneshiro, and Michael Nekoba -- threatens to undermine the farming traditions of Wai`anae AND further corrode the publicʻs faith in our democratic process. There is still chance for the City Council to do the right thing. We know that the industrial park developers and their friends have donated to the political campaigns for: Ikaika Anderson Ann Kobayashi Ernie Martin Romy Cachola Stanley Chang Nestor Garcia But! We hope that as public servants these councilmembers will not allow personal financial benefit to improperly influence good public policy making. Good public policy and planning dictates that isolated urban zones should not be placed in the middle of agricultural districts; that country lanes should not be used for 500+ vehicles an hour of traffic; that community planning should be driven by the community, not individual developers. The farmers and residents of Wai`anae want to protect their storied agricultural traditions for future generations. You can help. Tell the Honolulu City Council to “remove the purple spot from the Wai`anae Sustainable Communities Plan.” Learn more about the purple spot. Support KAHEAʻs Environmental Justice Program with a tax-deductible donation, click here to donate now.
Mahalo nui,Us Guys at KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance www.kahea.org blog.kahea.org phone: 808-524-8220 (O`ahu), 877-585-2432 toll-free email: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com |
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KAHEA: the Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance is a network of thousands of diverse individuals islands-wide and around the world. Together, we work to secure the strongest possible protections for Hawaii's most ecologically unique and culturally sacred places and resources.
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