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ALERT!
April 10, 2011

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED...
Auwe! - The one remaining Akaka-scheme enabling bill (SB1520 SD2 HD3) is scheduled for “third reading” (final floor vote) during the House session on Tuesday, April 12...

Please send emails and make phone calls to all the members of the House of Representatives to URGE THEM NOT TO VOTE FOR SB1520. (You can send one generic email to all 51 reps at one time at:  reps@capitol.hawaii.gov  )

The reasons to use are:

1. This would be bad for Hawaii. The majority of the people of Hawaii, native and non-native, oppose this measure. They have not even had the opportunity to vet this idea at public hearings...
2. 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.
3. Passage of SB1520 would literally commit the state to hundreds of millions of dollars in increased expenditures and diminished revenues.
4. 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.
   

1. Do not pass SB1520.
2. Put off SB1520 until next year after sufficient public hearings are held throughout the state.
3. Set SB1520 aside and provide funds to complete the Aha Na ‘Oiwi, Native Hawaiian Convention process as called for in HR56 and HCR63.