The Times Of India - March 19, 2009Hundreds of the state's former governors, legislators, congressmen, judges, entertainers and their families packed the Capitol for the event. During the song "This is aloha," singer Danny Couch persuaded them and the audience to hold hands and sway to the music.The Native Hawaiians outside weren't so cheerful. Longtime protester Richard Pomai Kinney carried his Hawai`i state flag upside-down as a sign of distress."Statehood is a fraud," said Kinney, who was 19 years old at the time. "My parents said Hawai`i would become a place only for the wealthy. Look at it today. There's nothing to celebrate."Full Story Here
The Times Of India - March 19, 2009Hundreds of the state's former governors, legislators, congressmen, judges, entertainers and their families packed the Capitol for the event. During the song "This is aloha," singer Danny Couch persuaded them and the audience to hold hands and sway to the music.The Native Hawaiians outside weren't so cheerful. Longtime protester Richard Pomai Kinney carried his Hawai`i state flag upside-down as a sign of distress."Statehood is a fraud," said Kinney, who was 19 years old at the time. "My parents said Hawai`i would become a place only for the wealthy. Look at it today. There's nothing to celebrate."Full Story Here
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