Please email and call TODAY to all the members of the House of Representatives to URGE THEM NOT TO VOTE FOR SB1520. Send one generic email to all 51 reps at one time at - reps@capitol.hawaii.gov
HEREʻS WHAT TO SAY -
This would be bad for Hawai`i. The majority of the people of Hawai`i, native and non-native, oppose this measure. They have not even had the opportunity to vet this idea at public hearings...
SB1520 is unconstitutional. It sets into motion the Akaka bill scheme of “federal recognition” and “creating a Native Hawaiian government,” actions which the state has no constitutional authority to perform.
Passage of SB1520 would literally commit the state to hundreds of millions of dollars in increased expenditures and diminished revenues.
SB1520 would be a redundancy as the state already has the Aha Na ‘Oiwi, Native Hawaiian Convention program in process, but which is uncompleted and stalled for lack of funding.
TELL THEM -
Do not pass SB1520.
Put off SB1520 until next year after sufficient public hearings are held throughout the state.
Set SB1520 aside and provide funds to complete the Aha Na ‘Oiwi, Native Hawaiian Convention process as called for in HR56 and HCR63.
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