This was on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Website:
Proposed settlement community meetings
On November 16, 2011, Governor Neil Abercrombie announced that the State of Hawaii and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs are discussing an agreement in principle, subject to legislative approval, relating to income owed to OHA from the public land trust. If ultimately approved, this agreement will finally resolve claims relating to OHA’s share of public land trust revenues from November 7, 1978 to July 1, 2012.
OHA will be holding a series of community meetings in December 2011 and is also taking comments here. To submit comments, please e-mail kakaako-comments@oha.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Here is the schedule for the meetings:
MAUI
Maui Waena Intermediate School, 795 Onehe‘e St., Kahului, Dec. 2, 5 to 7 p.m.
On Dec. 2, 2011 I attended the community meeting at Maui Waena School. Community members were offered pupu's and a copy of the power point that would be shown. This power point explained the purpose and land in Kakaako that will be used for payment to OHA. There are 10 parcels of land that Governor Abercrombie is giving to OHA. My problem is that 2 of the land parcels that Governor Abercrombie is giving to OHA is ceded land. A community member at the meeting said "so now you like returning the keys to my car!" I feel that the 2 parcel of land that is already the Hawaiian people should be returned and an additional 2 parcels of land should be given. I also feel that Governor Abercrombie should be returning land throughout all the islands so everyone benefits.
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