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“I never thought I’d see that happen,” was a typical response upon hearing that Hawaiian independence activists met recently with right-wing politicos to discuss the Akaka bill.

Some cautioned against it as collaborating with the enemy. Others said, ‘why not?” since both sides want the exact same thing – defeat the Akaka bill.


Hawaiian patriot Leon Siu gives us a full report of exactly what happened.


Meanwhile it’s becoming evident that certain individuals and organizations in Hawai`i intend to impose the Alaskan Natives corporation model on Hawaiians under an Akaka bill, and for one very good reason – money. Want to know more? We’ll fill you in this Wednesday on Free Hawai`i TV.


Anyway, if you’re curious about what happened when the Hawai`i independence side sat down with the right-wingers, don’t miss our brand new interview with Leon this week on Hawai`i’s award winning
Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.


MONDAY, February 15th At 6:30 PM
Maui – Akaku, Channel 53

MONDAY, February 15th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, February 19th At 5:30 PM Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
THURSDAY, February 18th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, February 19th At 8:30 AM - Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52
SATURDAY, February 20th At 8:00 PM O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53
A Common Cause – A Visit With Leon Siu”

Politics sometimes makes for strange bedfellows. That’s what happened when Hawaiian patriot Leon Siu participated in a Grass Roots Institute forum on the dangers of the Akaka bill. Were they able to agree on anything? Did they get along? Leon reports that what occurred surprised him – as it will you too
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HOW WAS HAWAI`I ILLEGALLY TAKEN OVER?

USA covert and overt activities led to the invasion of the Hawaiian Kingdom and immediately recognized its complicitor's proclamation without the people's knowledge.

Without US military intervention and USA complicity, the USA puppet Provisional Government would not have lasted for more than an hour.

Using that backing, they created the Republic of Hawai`i against the people's wishes.

All legal attempts to annex Hawai`i to the USA failed because the people overwhelmly protested and sent their Ku'e Petitions to Washington D.C.

It was ignored by the pro-annexationists and complicitors.

In covering up the hoax, Congress passed the Newlands Resolution falsly declaring the majority wished for the annexation of Hawai`i without a lawful treaty.

That's how Hawai`i became unlawfully annexed even according to US laws.

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Love is in the Air

Three days before the much anticipated holiday of Valentines Day, I can't hide my excitement on that one special occasion for our loved ones. This is not just a day for lovers but also to our families and friends. This is the day where we express more our deepest love and sincerity to them. Here are the bits and pieces of information on what is Valentines is all about.

Source: (wikipedia.com)

Saint Valentine's Day (commonly shortened to Valentine's Day) is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. According to research papers, the holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The holiday first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.


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FREE HAWAI`I TV - "A PLOY TO DESTROY"

FREE HAWAI`I TVTHE FREE HAWAI`I BROADCASTING NETWORK"A PLOY TO DESTROY"Are You Surprised At The Recent Rise In Akaka Bill Lies?Who’s Spreading Misinformation To Prevent An Independent Hawaiian Nation?Is Someone Twisting The Facts To Land A Big Contract?Don’t Want To Let Their Lies Persist? Then Watch This. Send This Video To One Other Person Today.
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Remember how and where people stand

I have even more respect for Dr. Jonathan Osorio.

He is the only one out of the four that I agree with.

This video is from Insights on PBS Hawai'i.

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Though some underestimate and/or insult their intelligence, watchers/overseers of the land (maka ainana) already know this:


The Native Hawaiian Bar Association supports the Akaka Bill:

http://www.hawaiianbar.org/pdf/NHBA_Testimony_on_HR_2314.pdf




Watch here:

http://www.pbshawaii.org/ourproductions/insights_programs/insights20100204_akaka.htm



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WHAT DOES FREE HAWAI`I MEAN?

Free Hawai`i means returning the Hawaiian Islands back to an independent nation status, as it was before it was illegally overthrown by US marines and rich sugar barons in 1893. In 1993, President Clinton formally apologized for that act and publicly acknowledged the illegality of the overthrow.DID YOU KNOW -98% of all Hawaiians living at the time opposed the illegal overthrow.Today, less than 20% of all land in Hawai`i is in Hawaiian hands. Over 60% today is in non-Hawaiian hands!A few individuals, who are non-Hawaiian, lease an amount of land in Hawai`i that is greater than all land leased to all Native Hawaiians! Currently, only 72 landowners control 95% of all land in Hawai`i.Native Hawaiians make up the largest percentage of homeless in Hawai`i today.Native Hawaiians have the worst social, educational and economic indicators compared to any ethnic group in the US.Native Hawaiians currently have the worst health profile compared to any ethnic group in the US.Hawaiian Nationals want their country and land back so they can grow their own foods, become healthy once again, and control their own destiny.Hawai`i Was A Free Nation - But Never Free For The Taking
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House Bill 2902 HD1 to be heard in less than 48 hours!

Aloha,

We have just learned that the Hawaii State House of Representatives isconsidering a bill (HB2902 HD1) that will split Public, Educational andGovernmental (PEG) Access in Hawaii. The bill wouldrequire that two thirds of the funds received by 'Olelo to provide PEGAccess services be diverted for educational and governmental accesspurposes.

Splitting up PEG in Hawaii by diverting funds to Education and Government will causea dramatic reduction in 'Olelo's services to the community. 'Olelowould no longer be able to provide multiple CMCs throughout Oahu, norprovide the level of support we currently provide to schools, communitymembers, and non-profit and community organizations. Aswe all know, these are difficult times for all and clearly, thefinancial needs of the State and Counties will mean that fundseverywhere will be examined. This is to be expected, but legislatorsneed your help to understand why community media is important to youand your community.

I encourage each of you to read HB2902 at

http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/bills/HB2902_HD1_.htm, then contact your representative to ask that they do not support this bill.

Please submit your testimony as this bill is scheduled to be heard this
Wednesday, February 10 at 2:00 p.m. in House Conference room 423.

For comments less than 5 pages in length, email: LMGtestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov

More info on how to testify is available on the Hearing Notice.

The links below connect you to members of the House leadership and membersof the Legislative Management Committee that introduced the bill:

House Leadership:

Speaker of the House Calvin Say
District 20: St. Louis Heights, Palolo Valley, Maunalani Heights, Wilhelmina Rise, Kaimuki

Phone: 808-586-6100

Email: repsay@Capitol.hawaii.gov

Vice Speaker of the House Michael Magaoay
District 46: Kaena Point, Schofield, Mokuleia, Waialua, Haleiwa, Waimea, Pupukea, Sunset, Kahuku, Laie

Phone: 808-586-6380

Email: repmagaoay@Capitol.hawaii.gov



Legislative Management Committee (LMG):

Chair James Tokioka

District 15: Wailua Homesteads, Hanamaulu, Lihue, Puhi, Portion of Old Koloa Town, Omau

Phone: 808-586-6270

Email: reptokioka@Capitol.hawaii.gov

Vice-Chair Blake Oshiro

District 33: Aiea, Halawa Valley, Halawa Heights, Aiea Heights, Red Hill

Phone: 808-586-6340

Email: repboshiro@capitol.hawaii.gov

Representative Pono Chong

District 49: Maunawili, Olomana, Enchanted Lake, Kaneohe

Phone: 808-586-9490

Email: repchong@Capitol.hawaii.gov

Representative Cindy Evans

District 7: North Kona, South Kohala

Phone: 808-586-8510

Email: repevans@Capitol.hawaii.gov

Representative Kymberly Marcos Pine

District 43: Ewa Beach, Iroquois Point, Puuloa

Phone: 808-586-9730

Email: repine@Capitol.hawaii.gov

As always, thank you for your continued support.

Keali'i S. Lopez

President & CEO

'Olelo Community Media

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Some Hawaiians are masochists.

For my family and friends who like KNOW



I wrote about this at my Facebook and of course most people whom I know voted for President Obama so before my family and friends get mad at me LOL let me explain. Despite some of the B.S. which makes its way through schools and the local B.S. media, Hawaiians whom I KNOW are some of THE most REASONABLE, kind, caring, and intelligent people I know. They represent everything good about us and WHO we are as well as where we come from. I do not care what ANYONE (except my kupuna of course) says. (Yes I am oiwi too.) It goes without saying that between the Hawaiian World and the Haole World... the Hawaiian World wins HANDS DOWN. If I had to choose between the two... I choose MAOLI WORLD LOL Seriously.



Read this description:



"Of the 50 states, Hawaii gave its native son, President Barack Obama, the highest approval ratings in 2009, with an average of nearly 71% approving of his overall job performance from January through December."



http://www.gallup.com/poll/125648/Obama-Approval-Among-States-Hawaii-Warmest-Obama.aspx



Don't focus on the 50 states part. I am not referring to that part. "Native Son" is the name of a novel by Richard Wright. It's a story of 20-year old Bigger Thomas, a popolo living in utter poverty. The story is a very powerful statement about racial inequality and social injustices so deep that it becomes nearly impossible to determine where societal expectations/conditioning end and free will begins.



Obama is NOT a Native Son. Obama has White Privilege.



Local braddahs who are dark skinned who work two, three, or four jobs ARE native sons. They face poverty as well as racism based on their dark skin. Obama has White Privilege. He attended Punahou which is currently about $17,300 per YEAR which is about how much some TRUE Native Sons in Hawai'i make GROSS per year:

http://www.punahou.edu/page.cfm?p=1793



It gets worse. MUCH WORSE.



Most of my family and friends voted for him. I don't blame them for hoping for change... but this is not change that *I* believe in:



"Largest-ever federal payroll to hit 2.15 million"



http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/02/burgeoning-federal-payroll-signals-return-of-big-g/




YOU are footing this bill. YOU are paying for it hello.


We need BEDDAH DEN DIS. (Yes I wrote that in pidgin LOL) We need LESS government... NOT more yo!



IMHO some local people are masochists. They thrive on pain which gives them some pleasure:



"gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification"



"the tendency to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc."



IMHO we need to be honest and free ourselves. Although I do not have much hope in some adults I do have hope in the next generations.



I hope they can see through the B.S. and masochistic tendencies of some people. They have conditioned some to model their behavior.

We need to put an END to it.



Instead of rewarding LIES and/or being FAKE and/or stepping on other Hawaiians to get ahead IMHO we need to say ENOUGH ALREADY! Stop voting for those people who support the Akaka Bill because the Akaka Bill is going to end up KILLING YOU by killing your keiki and your mo'opunas' access to their land where "land" + water + food = LIFE.

NO MORE. NO MORE MASOCHISM!!! Then again I am FAR away from that so I do not have to SEE people hurt themselves which is sickening to watch. Very painful to watch when some people inflict pain on themselves. It is such harmful behavior and harmful to watch so in that I am glad that I do not have to see it with my own eyes because it is very painful for me to see.



Someone asked me how we can help these people stop hurting themselves. One person suggested that they read about Thomas Jefferson but some native sons NO MOA TIME TO READ because they too busy bussing their elemu in order to survive hello LOL Plus we do not have to turn to anyone to stop the pain. Certainly not Thomas Jefferson's words. People CHOOSE to inflict pain on themselves. That is the sad part. That there is free will. I am fortunate in that I don't have to SEE it day in and day out. However I hope that more people make that choice to stop themselves from hurting themselves.


Hint: Do not vote for the person who is about to slit your throat (Democrats.) Between slitting your throat and watching you die a slow and painful death (Democrats) OR having an arm or leg maimed and running you over (Republicans) the latter is small kine better.

At least you will still survive.



Of course if you are not American this B.S. does not apply to you.



E malama pono!!!!



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Is it really true that if the Akaka bill were to become law, independence for Hawai`i could still be successfully pursued on the international level?

That’s what a few, including Robin Danner of the Council For Native Hawaiian Advancement are claiming.

The truth or simply a ploy? Find out this coming Wednesday on Free Hawai`i TV.

Mahalo to everyone who has contacted us to let us know how much you enjoyed watching Michelle Kapana-Baird with her students weeding Maunalua Bay.

She’s a fine example of those dedicated to creating a better future for us all in Hawai`i. If you haven’t seen her yet, catch her this week on Hawai`i’s award winning Voices Of Truth – One-On-One With Hawai`i’s Future.


MONDAY, February 8th At 6:30 PM
Maui – Akaku, Channel 53

MONDAY, February 8th At 7:00 PM & FRIDAY, February 12th At 5:30 PM Hawai`i Island – Na Leo, Channel 53
THURSDAY, February 11th At 8:30 PM & FRIDAY, February 12th At 8:30 AM - Kaua`i – Ho`ike, Channel 52
SATURDAY, February 13th At 8:00 PM O`ahu, `Olelo, Channel 53
“Weeding The Ocean – A Visit With Michelle Kapana-Baird”

If you ever hated pulling weeds as a kid, it’s too bad you never met Michelle Kapana-Baird. She’s combined something kids hate with something they love with amazing results - invasive algae being removed from Maunalua Bay with students asking to help. Michelle explains how she does it and what’s at stake for the bay, and us, if they fail - Watch It Here


Watch Voices Of Truth in Salem, Massachusetts - Channel 3 -
MONDAY, February 8th At 10:00 PM
TUESDAY, February 9th At 10:30 AM

Voices Of Truth interviews those creating a better future for Hawai`i to discover what made them go from armchair observers to active participants. We hope you'll be inspired to do the same.

If you support our issues on the Free Hawai`i Broadcasting Network, please email this to a friend to help us continue. A donation today helps further our work. Every single penny counts.

Donating is easy on our Voices Of Truth website via PayPal where you can watch Voices Of Truth anytime.

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Hawai'i TV Update

Aloha, all Hawai'i TV "raving fans" out there. Just wanted to let you all know that if you have not registered on www.hawaiitvblog.com, please do so as soon as you possibly can. When you come to the home page, just click on "My Board." That will take you to Hawai'i TVs bulletin board. This is where you, your family and friends can all register, leave comments, questions, start a discussion, post pictures, videos, or what ever else you would want to share with the World about how we can "end the U.S. occupation" here in Hawai'i, ASAP!!!

You can also watch and see all of the "video content" Hawai'i TV has put out from the very birth of Hawai'i TV, until now. You can also go to Vimeo.com, click on "Channels" and type in "HawaiiTvBlog." This is another place that we have chosen to put all of our videos, so you, our "fans" can go there and retrieve it and watch it, anytime of the day and night. Mahalo Nui to you and your ohana!!!

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AKAKA BILL FALTERS

By Leon Siu

The Akaka Bill is in big trouble. Earlier this week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint placed a ‘hold’ on the bill, which in essence freezes the bill from moving forward. This is the newest setback in a series of catastrophic hits over the past six weeks that took the bill from certainty of passage by Christmas, to certainty of passage by February, to being dead in the water.
How did this happen? Let’s go back about eight weeks…the Akaka Bill was literally days away, closer than it’s ever been, to passing…

AKAKA BILL - SNEAK ATTACK PROTEST
Monday, December 14, 2009, independence protesters assembled at the corner of Beretania and Punchbowl to protest an attempt by Hawaii’s US senators Daniel Akaka and Daniel Inouye to sneak the Akaka bill into one of the large US federal appropriations bills while congress and the nation were distracted by the epic battle over the huge healthcare reform bills.

INOUYE’S DENIAL
Senator Inouye in Washington, D.C. hurriedly issued a strong denial, but it was way over the top, like that of someone caught with his hand in the cookie jar. No one believed his denial as everyone knows sneaky back-door deals is his specialty, his modus operandi.

STATE WITHDRAWS SUPPORT
Our SNEAK ATTACK protest triggered inquiries by Governor Lingle, and uncovered a scheme (brokered by Robin Danner) between Akaka and the White House to amend the Akaka bill in two days. State Attorney General, Mark Bennett, sent a scathing letter to Akaka and the members of the house and senate committees, strongly objecting to the unexpected changes and withdrawing the state’s support of the bill. He also suggested that public hearings be held in Hawaii before Congress takes further action on the bill. This constituted a major blow to the Akaka bill, as the State of Hawaii is the most vital player in the scheme of things.

OBAMA ASKS QUESTIONS
The demand for ‘congressional-hearings-in-Hawaii’ grew to a clamor coming from many diverse quarters. Even President Obama caught the hint from protestors at the entrance to his vacation compound while in Hawaii over the holidays. Of course it was hard to miss the huge banners and signs for ‘congressional hearings in Hawaii.’ Sources tell us that upon returning to DC, the White House asked questions about why there had not been hearings in Hawaii.

OHA CAUGHT OFF GUARD
Apparently the Office of Hawaiian Affairs was also caught off guard by the amendments. OHA was strangely silent about the crisis for quite some time. Eventually OHA responded with yet another dog-and-pony TV forum. Their purpose? To squelch the growing demands for congressional hearings in Hawaii and assure everyone that everything was still on track. The OHA show was unbelievably shameful and pathetic. Ironically, the day of OHA’s televised forum hyping the Akaka Bill, Senator Akaka was on Maui holding a “public hearing” for Maui veterans for a proposed vet complex (as they deservedly should get). This insult by Senator Akaka (the vets get a hearing, Hawaiians don’t) has not been lost on the people of Hawaii.

CONGRESSIONAL SUPORTERS CAUGHT OFF GUARD
Co-sponsors of the bill like Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski, were also kept in the dark about the amendments. Murkowski has hedged her support.

INOUYE’S DAMAGE CONTROL FALLS FLAT
Trying to regain composure, Inouye arrogantly tells the press that the governor’s balk was just a matter of miscommunication and that he would get it straightened out over the holidays, and the bill will pass by mid February.

OHA and STATE TEAM UP
On January 20, the State AG and OHA submitted a list of 30(!) changes they would like to see made to the Akaka Bill, in essence crippling any chances of it being passed any time soon, certainly not “by mid-February.”

SHIFTS IN SENATE KILLS BILL
The surprise upset by Scott Brown in Massachusetts left Democrats in the US Senate one short of the 60 needed for a super majority to dislodge a ‘hold’ or stop a ‘filibuster.’ Sure enough, Senator Jim DeMint placed a hold on the Akaka bill. For all intents and purposes, the bill is dead.

INOUYE/DANNER PLOT EXPOSED
One of the bonuses of the last six weeks is that the long, unholy alliance between Inouye and the Danner sisters has been exposed. The last-minute amendments (that caused the eventual collapse of the bill) would have contracted CNHA (the Danner’s non-profit corporation) to be the interim administrator of the Native Hawaiian tribe, until such time that negotiations were ever completed for the creation of a Native Hawaiian Governing Entity.

In a supreme display of poor judgment, Robin Danner has been sent out into the Hawaiian community to put out the wildfires of growing opposition to the Akaka bill. But Hawaiians are ma’a (familiar) to what’s going on and Robin’s presence is like pouring gasoline on the flames. The more she tries to extinguish the fires, the larger the conflagration gets.
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O Danny Boys, O Danner Girls-An Akaka Bill Protest Song

New Lyrics by Amy Marsh and Puanani Rogers


(Based on "O Danny Boy," lyrics by Frederick Edward Weatherly, 1848-1929, and the melody, "Londonderrey Air")



O Danny boys, the bill, the bill is failing--

And will be swept away soon with the tide.

O Danner girls, Hawaiians won’t be crawling--

Oppression soon must go and we will bide.


So don’t come back with falsehoods wrapped in paper,

And don’t you bring us laws to take our land.

We’ll not agree, in sunshine or in shadow,

O Danny boys, O Danner girls, we’ll take a stand.


And til we know the Akaka bill is dying,

Until it’s dead, as dead as it can be,

We’ll stand and tell the world it’s false and lying,

We’re never giving in, we will be free.


And we shall hear our children’s children’s children,

And all their lives shall warmer, sweeter be.

For we’ll not stoop to ransom off their freedom.

So boys and girls, give up this travesty!


Note: Puanani sang this song in Thomas Square in 2004 for Ka La Ho'i Ho'i Ea.

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Settlement Agreement Reached in Cobell v. SalazarA Settlement Agreement has been announced between IIM beneficiaries and the Secretary of the Interior, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior-Indian Affairs, and the Secretary of the Treasury in a long-running class action lawsuit, Cobell v. Salazar. The lawsuit claims that the federal government mismanaged individual Indians' trust accounts. Under the terms of the Settlement, the federal government will create a $1.4 billion Accounting/Trust Administration Fund and a $2 billion Trust Land Consolidation Fund. The Settlement also creates an Indian Education Scholarship fund of up to $60 million to improve access to higher education for Indians.
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Bumpy Kanahele

Anyone who can reach Bumpy please ask him to call me at 814.270.1977 or email me at jpulehu@hotmail.com.Very da kine.Mahalo,J. D'Alba
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DLNR - Dept of Lies, Nonsense & Ridicule‏

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HAWAII FISHING NEWS

Feb. 2010

By Carroll Cox

Some say that DLNR is a four-letter word, that it has become an agency that you cannot trust or expect fair and balanced policies from relating to the management of ournatural resources, historical sites, state parks, boating, fisheries, water andland areas. Now is can be said that DLNR Chairperson Laura Thielen’sbehavior in Gov. Lingle’s lame duck administration rises to the level of theproverbial bull in the china shop. All that is fragile is broken, all thatis working is dismantled, and it looks as if our natural resources have beenabandoned. Laura Thielen’s solutions are closures, increased fees and anattitude that says, “I’m Laura Thielen, and the heck with the rest ofyou.”

Recent actions taken by Laura Thielen defy logic and show a true disrespect for the citizens of this state. Here are a few examples to illustrate theproblems.

DIVISION OF CONSERVATION ENFORCEMENT GUTTED

First, Chairperson Thielen gutted the Division of Conservation Enforcement by leaving the chief law enforcement administrator’s position vacant since last April, relying on individual officers to serve as temporary chiefs. Reportedlythis was done to usher in a friend, or politically connected person, Mark Young,as the next chief. However, he is currently on active duty and won’t beavailable to actually start the job until after he retires from the U.S. CoastGuard’s Living Marine Resources office here in Honolulu. Laura Thielenreportedly advised her staff that Mark Young is authorized by a memorandum ofagreement between the U.S. Coast Guard and her office that permits him to workat the Department of Conservation and Resource Enforcement Office and handlematters pertaining to the DLNR’s daily operations even though he is not anofficial employee of the DLNR.

Anonymous sources report that Laura Thielen accompanied Mark Young to a meeting on or about December 19, 2009, to discuss a union grievance matter that was filed by DOCAREofficers. This begs the question, is this fair or legal? And, to add tothe problem, while this is occurring, the deputy law enforcement chief positionis also vacant. It appears that the patients are left to run theasylum.

QUESTIONABLE ACTS BY DLNR OFFICERS

Recently, I have also been following a few of the many questionable acts committed by DLNR officers. One such act involved allegations that when a conservationofficer, who is also a commercial fisherman, sold fish to a vendor on O`ahu,officers from the DLNR on O`ahu and other possible violations. However,for unknown reasons the investigation stalled. Some of the officers areconcerned that upper management is trying to cover it up to avoid publicembarrassment.

Another suspicious case involved officers from the Lai`e District on O`ahu seizing undersized mullet and ice coolers from a fisherman in Lai`e and issuing acitation. Sometime later, the fisherman went to court to check on his caseand was told that it was never filed. When the fisherman asked to have hisfish and ice chests returned, the DLNR reportedly told him, “No!” He wastold that the courts forfeited the fish and ice chest to thestate.

One must understand that, if what the fisherman claims is true and the courts have no record of the case ever being filed, then the courts could not possibly haveforfeited the fish and equipment to the state. And, if true, this is causeto fire the officers for illegal seizure as well as civil rightsviolations.

EAST MAUI WATER DIVERSIONS AND THE DISCIPLINING OF DAN POLEHEMUS, DEPARTMENT OF AQUATIC RESOURCES (DAR)

What recently happened to Dan Polehemus, Laura Thielen’s supervisor of the Department of Aquatic Resources (DAR), is another of her many questionable acts. First,here is some background as to what happened. East Maui Irrigation Companysupplies water to Alexander & Baldwin Plantation on Maui, under a long-termlease. The water is directed to A&B from state lands in the East Mauiwatershed of northern Haleakala. However, the lease expired five yearsago. The company applied for a new lease but was sued by a group of EastMaui taro growers because the water code requires that “in-stream uses, such asbase flows for wildlife and traditional taro cultivation (Kuleana rights) beaddressed before off-stream uses could begranted.”

After several years, the case went to the State Water Commission. At the time, A&B was operating on a month-to-month lease and farmers had to make do with what wasleft. The Legislature was concerned with this and gave money to the DARand the Commission on Water Resources to allow a collaborative effort of watersharing between the parties. This worked out very well under formerChairperson Peter Young, and, for a while, it worked under Laura Thielen.Then the Water Commission decided to hold a hearing to address eight of the 27impacted streams that the farmers wanted torestore.

The Commission accepted specific in-stream flow standards for ecosystem maintenance and cultural allocations for seven of the streams, and one stream remained as it was.It should be noted that A&B objected to the newplan.

The Water Commission’s decision left 19 streams to deal with, most of which only required ecosystem restoration and flow maintenance because they were in narrow gorgesand could not be farmed.

The DAR was ordered to survey the streams and submit detailed reports on their biology and restoration needs by November 1, 2009. The DAR met this requirement,submitting plans based on extensive research and U.S. Fish & Wildlifemodels. The DAR assumed that the plan for the remaining 19 streams wouldfollow the same model previously approved for the original eightstreams.

However, this did not happen. “Despite repeated requests for meetings made to both CWRM staff and the deputy chairperson in charge of CWRM, development of the CWRM planfor the remaining 19 streams proceeded without inclusion of DAR’s comments orinput. And, the DAR was not allowed to review or comment on the plansubmitted by CWRM prior to its officialposting.

The CWRM plan recommended that 18 of the 19 remaining streams continue diverting water as before, allowing only one stream to receive a minor amount of restorationwork. The DAR said it could not support this recommendation because thediversion would run counter to DAR’s mission statement: “Manage, conserve andrestore the state’s unique aquatic resources and ecosystems for present andfuture generations.”

The DAR then set out to craft a reasonable alternative recommendation, stating that “some degree of strategic flow restoration in eight of the 19 remaining streams would resultin recovery of up to 68 percent of the habitat lost in the 19 streamscombined.”

At the next Water Commission hearing, Commissioner Dr. Lawrence Miike stated that he found the CWRM proposal to be highly flawed and did not support what was essentially ano-action alternative. After two days of testimony, the Water Commissiondeferred action and requested that CWRM staff collaborate with the DAR toprovide them with a broader range of flow restorationalternatives.

At the request of Laura Thielen, DAR Administrator Dan Polhemus attended the meetings and provided testimony on behalf of the DAR. After the meeting, Dan Polehemus wassummoned to Laura Thielen’s office and given a letter charging him with“dereliction of duty” and not meeting his employment goals. He was placedon suspension without pay for 10 working days, beginning December 28,2009. One of the stated reasons was that he failed to provide streamstudies and additional information to CWRM staff for in-stream flow standarddevelopment. However, knowing Laura Thielen and the way she conductsbusiness, this has everything to do with politics andmore.

She is being vindictive and is carrying out the wishes of others. She is doing what she wants to do and serving special interests. This is consistent with a lameduck administration where no one is heldaccountable.

Normally, these incidents would be thoroughly investigated and properly addressed, but when Chairperson Thielen is courting nonprofits and other environmental groups towrongfully close areas, raise fees, retaliate against state employees and leavekey management positions open for friends and political connections, all you getis corruption and a ragtag, backwoods law enforcement mentality.Unfortunately, it is the environment and other natural resources that suffer inthis scenario.

The recent protest by fishermen at the state capitol is proabbly the only way to get any relief from Laura Thielen’s wrath and disregard for the dignity and respect thatis owed to the people of this state.

Our state legislators have also turned a cold shoulder to other assaults on the public’s right to enjoy the recreational opportunities found in Hawai`i. Basicallywhat the fishermen, hunters and other outdoor recreationist have to do is tostart voting some of their legislators out in order to send them a strongmessage that they have had enough.

Sandra Park nicely states it in her poem, “Ode to DLNR,” also published in this issue of Hawaii Fishing News.

Tune in to my radio talk show at KWAI 1080 AM, on Sunday mornings, 8 a.m., or visit my website, http://www.carrollcox.com/, for more information. You can also E-mail me at,carroll@carrollcox.com>,

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AKAKA BILL FALTERS , by Leon Siu

AKAKA BILL FALTERS
by Leon Siu
February 5, 2010



The Akaka Bill is in big trouble. Earlier this week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint placed a ‘hold’ on thebill, which in essence freezes the bill from moving forward. This is the newestsetback in a series of catastrophic hits over the past six weeks that took thebill from certainty of passage by Christmas, to certainty of passage byFebruary, to being dead in the water.

How did this happen? Let’s goback about eight weeks…the Akaka Bill was literally days away, closer than it’sever been, to passing…

AKAKA BILL - SNEAK ATTACK PROTEST
Monday, December 14, 2009, independence protesters assembled at the cornerof Beretania and Punchbowl to protest an attempt by Hawaii’s US senators DanielAkaka and Daniel Inouye to sneak the Akaka bill into one of the large US federalappropriations bills while congress and the nation were distracted by the epicbattle over the huge healthcare reform bills.

INOUYE’S DENIAL
Senator Inouye in Washington, D.C. hurriedly issued a strong denial, but itwas way over the top, like that of someone caught with his hand in the cookiejar. No one believed his denial as everyone knows sneaky back-door deals is hisspecialty, his modus operandi.

STATE WITHDRAWS SUPPORT
Our SNEAK ATTACK protest triggered inquiries by Governor Lingle, anduncovered a scheme (brokered by Robin Danner) between Akaka and the White Houseto amend the Akaka bill in two days. State Attorney General, Mark Bennett, senta scathing letter to Akaka and the members of the house and senate committees,strongly objecting to the unexpected changes and withdrawing the state’s supportof the bill. He also suggested that public hearings be held in Hawaii beforeCongress takes further action on the bill. This constituted a major blow to theAkaka bill, as the State of Hawaii is the most vital player in the scheme ofthings.

OBAMA ASKS QUESTIONS
The demand for‘congressional-hearings-in-Hawaii’ grew to a clamor coming from many diverse quarters. Even President Obama caught the hint from protestors at the entranceto his vacation compound while in Hawaii over the holidays. Of course it washard to miss the huge banners and signs for ‘congressional hearings in Hawaii.’Sources tell us that upon returning to DC, the White House asked questions aboutwhy there had not been hearings in Hawaii.

OHA CAUGHT OFF GUARD
Apparently the Office of Hawaiian Affairs was also caught off guard by theamendments. OHA was strangely silent about the crisis for quite some time.Eventually OHA responded with yet another dog-and-pony TV forum. Their purpose?To squelch the growing demands for congressional hearings in Hawaii and assureeveryone that everything was still on track. The OHA show was unbelievablyshameful and pathetic.

[Ironically, the day of OHA’stelevised forum hyping the Akaka Bill, Senator Akaka was on Maui holding a“public hearing” for Maui veterans for a proposed vet complex (as theydeservedly should get). This insult by Senator Akaka (the vets get a hearing,Hawaiians don’t) has not been lost on the people ofHawaii.

CONGRESSIONAL SUPORTERS CAUGHT OFF GUARD
Co-sponsors ofthe bill like Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski, were also kept in the dark aboutthe amendments. Murkowski has hedged her support.

INOUYE’S DAMAGECONTROL FALLS FLAT
Trying to regain composure, Inouye arrogantly tells thepress that the governor’s balk was just a matter of miscommunication and that hewould get it straightened out over the holidays, and the bill will pass by midFebruary.

OHA and STATE TEAM UP
On January 20, the State AGand OHA submitted a list of 30(!) changes they would like to see made tothe Akaka Bill, in essence crippling any chances of it being passed any timesoon, certainly not “by mid-February.”

SHIFTS IN SENATE KILLSBILL
The surprise upset by Scott Brown in Massachusetts left Democrats in theUS Senate one short of the 60 needed for a super majority to dislodge a ‘hold’or stop a ‘filibuster.’ Sure enough, Senator Jim DeMint placed a hold on theAkaka bill. For all intents and purposes, the bill is dead.

INOUYE/DANNER PLOT EXPOSED
One of the bonuses of the last sixweeks is that the long, unholy alliance between Inouye and the Danner sistershas been exposed. The last-minute amendments (that caused the eventual collapseof the bill) would have contracted CNHA (the Danner’s non-profit corporation) tobe the interim administrator of the Native Hawaiian tribe, until such time thatnegotiations were ever completed for the creation of a Native Hawaiian GoverningEntity.

In a supreme display of poor judgment, Robin Danner hasbeen sent out into the Hawaiian community to put out the wildfires of growingopposition to the Akaka bill. But Hawaiians are ma’a to what’s going on andRobin’s presence is like pouring gasoline on the flames. The more she tries toextinguish the fires, the larger the conflagration gets.

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Condos versus Co-ops

For my family and friends who like know



Whenever I tell some people that I want to have shared housing built in the form of condos for ALL Hawaiians and Hawaiian citizens they look at ME as though I have five heads LOL But condos are not necessarily high buildings.



Condos are SHARED ownership. For example of some walls and common areas. It does not mean necessarily high buildings! Anyone who knows me knows how much I despise concrete and high buildings. So irraz. I swear....



Co-operatives differ in that they are shared ownership of the corporation that owns the building. I prefer the former over the latter.



But that is why I personally have no problem with gambling on Hawaiian lands because I want the money to build housing for ALL Hawaiians. I no kea what some people think is pono or what is hewa. Judging people does not provide them shelter. Hello! I am aware though that I do not and will not get the support that is necessary. Instead of saying and/or thinking that it is possible some people think that because it hasn't been done before that it cannot possibly happen NOW. So I aspire to be a hermit for this reason. I despise the "no can" attitude. Instead of saying "If can... can!" some people automatically think "no can." So I wish they would keep it to themselves. I don't want to hear it. Therefore I am glad that I have an office at home and at work. I can close the door and shut people OUT LOL But I do not count on ANYONE except Ke Akua, my ohana, my hoaloha, and my kupuna. Some people are simply a detriment.



Anyway when I tell some people dat they look at ME as though I have five heads LOL



E malama pono.

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