Posted by Kaapuikinaea on December 4, 2008 at 8:37am
How sad, as I read in Ka Wai Ola, Steve Morgan's comment about OHA Trustee Collette Machado winning yet again for Molokai/Lanai as trustee although, as he said, in 2 consecuive elections the residents of Molokai have clearly supported Waipa Purdy.For me personally, I knew of Waipa & couple of his daughters, who his wife was, etc. compared to Collette. I only knew who she was b/c of OHA, that's all. But Steve pointed out how even though Molokai wanted Waipa, whose family have a long history too going back to the Big Island, that the rest of the people voting from the other islands have voted for Collette, without even knowing how she tried to do some things that some Molokaians didn't want.This goes to show you how it can still be unfair when you have something like this, the so called democracy working against you. In other words, the fate of Molokai rests in the hands of everyone else, not for Molokaians to decide.
If the people of Molokai want their Voices to be heard, it is at the State Legislature that they need to have the Law Changed................ Off course that is not easy, but it can be done. The first step that should be taken is for the Molokai people to let their Molokai Legislators representatives know of their concern for a change in the present OHA Laws. Senator English is their senator representing Molokai...............
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