Apparently, homicides are becoming more and more on our beautiful island. Can anyone speculate on the reasons behind them? Sure, the economy has had people on edge for quite some time now, and the scene dealing with drugs is just as bad, if not worse than it was a few years ago. But murder? How far are people here on Mau'i willing to go?The Mau'i News has recently been posting editorials of past and even recent events of men being prosecuted here for the charge of murder of their own wives and girlfriends. If this isn't hard enough on the families, both , the victim, and the accused, how does it affect the public to be reading about it?who knows the true reasons behind the madness of these people. Whatever the reason, has our island home become so mismanaged with individuals and lost the family values that were once so abundant here that the cost of someone's life is taken thru the hands of another? This island used to be so bountiful with pride and love, shared by all who thrived here. I remember friends and families alike sharing and giving together with no thought of reward. Perfect strangers reaching out to help someone they had never met before, simply because that person needed a hand. And here we stand, in the present, families turning on one another, abuse, seperation, homelessness, MURDER... when will we begin to open our eyes and look back to where we once stood.... together?Our island, as well as we, as a community have lost our way. Our island has grown immensely with hotels and rich housing,forcing the general population, we, the local community, either out of state to where we can afford to live, or to drastic measures of crime and such just to be able to make a living. It's no wonder that the violence rate has sky-rocketed in the past two years. Jobs aren't very available either and I personally see the despair that many of these struggling famalies go through, it's a wonder how we still stay together.I hope that one day we can reach back to how many of us were raised and pass that on to our future generations. This is how it should have always been, not teaching violence and influencing crime. when you really take a look at the full spectrum of it, maybe you too will see just how far we have set ourselves back.
I hope that one day we can reach back to how many of us were raised and pass that on to our future generations. This is how it should have always been, not teaching violence and influencing crime. when you really take a look at the full spectrum of it, maybe you too will see just how far we have set ourselves back.
I was asked a question of this today in my meeting..."Where do you see community and our future" - my sentiments exactly. We need to spin this thinking out there to our younger generation so that we can all stand and work along side each other/together.
I just came from our beaches on Waianae. I stopped by to talk and check on some people for we had a beach sweep yesterday. The City and state came through with another sweep of our houseless, this time with prisoners. They also took everything away from the homeless (tents, clothing, etc..) This happened at 6 am in the morning, so the houseless did not have a chance to pick up and pack up their things. Yes, they did have notice, but when you've been at the effect of poverty, multi sweeps, one only see life as a blur.
When the fake state do ''pinkville" on our people that's been hear for 2,000 years, nothing makes sense anymore. We have serious problems with drugs too, but nothing compare to the wide spread poverty that affects whole and extended families. Poverty for most have no solutions, drugs have different levels of to stop, semi stop, to maybe stop, to no stop yet, but maybe tomorrow. Poverty hit's everyone including the new born baby that mother just gave birth to on the beach. I'm not in denial we have a problem with drugs, nor am I promoting the use. I don't do drugs, don't promote and hate the dam stuff. For it has ruined families and communities. Which I believe is what you are talking about.
I checked on Marie Beltran, Annie, and Reggie today. One can see Marie and Annie in the Noho Hewa film. Annie's husband is dying so she drove him out to Haleiwa so that he can breath better. Annie's husband spent 25 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Reggie was on the 6 pm news last night. For Reggie, alls well just a bit bruised, lost everything and feeling the pain. This was his third sweep in two months.
When I visit our kanaka's on the beach, it is of my opinion that they are de-assimilating back to where they came from. Somehow, all l that years of Americanizing came to a dead halt. In their minds and have they have nothing left--just a few ounces of dignity. So they went to the very spot that they feel closes to their culture and their ancestors where the water meets the land. It's so weird because many of them are sleeping on their ancestral bones, they feel at home in the warmth and safety of their spirit. They may not be able to speak Hawaiian, but if one listens, one will here 'true maka'ainan' language of modern times. Kaohi
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I was asked a question of this today in my meeting..."Where do you see community and our future" - my sentiments exactly. We need to spin this thinking out there to our younger generation so that we can all stand and work along side each other/together.
I just came from our beaches on Waianae. I stopped by to talk and check on some people for we had a beach sweep yesterday. The City and state came through with another sweep of our houseless, this time with prisoners. They also took everything away from the homeless (tents, clothing, etc..) This happened at 6 am in the morning, so the houseless did not have a chance to pick up and pack up their things. Yes, they did have notice, but when you've been at the effect of poverty, multi sweeps, one only see life as a blur.
When the fake state do ''pinkville" on our people that's been hear for 2,000 years, nothing makes sense anymore. We have serious problems with drugs too, but nothing compare to the wide spread poverty that affects whole and extended families. Poverty for most have no solutions, drugs have different levels of to stop, semi stop, to maybe stop, to no stop yet, but maybe tomorrow. Poverty hit's everyone including the new born baby that mother just gave birth to on the beach. I'm not in denial we have a problem with drugs, nor am I promoting the use. I don't do drugs, don't promote and hate the dam stuff. For it has ruined families and communities. Which I believe is what you are talking about.
I checked on Marie Beltran, Annie, and Reggie today. One can see Marie and Annie in the Noho Hewa film. Annie's husband is dying so she drove him out to Haleiwa so that he can breath better. Annie's husband spent 25 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Reggie was on the 6 pm news last night. For Reggie, alls well just a bit bruised, lost everything and feeling the pain. This was his third sweep in two months.
When I visit our kanaka's on the beach, it is of my opinion that they are de-assimilating back to where they came from. Somehow, all l that years of Americanizing came to a dead halt. In their minds and have they have nothing left--just a few ounces of dignity. So they went to the very spot that they feel closes to their culture and their ancestors where the water meets the land. It's so weird because many of them are sleeping on their ancestral bones, they feel at home in the warmth and safety of their spirit. They may not be able to speak Hawaiian, but if one listens, one will here 'true maka'ainan' language of modern times. Kaohi
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