04-13-2013, 02:57 PM
I know how Mililani Trask feels about it (so do lots of Hawaiian groups and organizations in the last half hour). She makes good points in this. Especially her last line; I agree 100%. JMO
Mililani Trask Responds to Latest Misinformation Letter from Davianna McGregor
This morning I received an email from Puna with an “Emergency” request from Prof. Davianna McGregor, an academic who was a member of the now defunct Pele Defense Fund. It contains information about a secret “Executive Session” meeting held at OHA to approve an OHA investment into Huena Power. There is no secret meeting & the email is replete with fabrication & deliberate lies. The facts are the following:
1. IDG has worked with OHA for 2 years on the need for OHA to invest in & control our Hawaiian Energy Resources & to work w/DHHL to ensure that our Hawaiian State Land Trustees participate in, control & benefit from our ceded land energy resource assets.
2. Over 1 year ago the OHA BAE Committee & BOT voted to support development using the IDG Native to Native Model. At that time Trustee Stender recused himself from the BOT meetings after declaring a conflict of interest but he did not fully disclose the nature of the conflict.
3. Nearly 1 month ago the OHA ARM voted to support the investment – Trustees Bob Lindsey, Hulu Lindsey, John Waihee, Peter Apo, and Rowena Akana Supported the investment & sent it to the BOT.
4. OHA hired a professional independent expert to conduct a due diligence for the OHA ARM Committee; the recommendation was that it was an excellent opportunity for OHA & its beneficiaries & that the investment was in conformity with OHA policy.
5. Davianna McGregor is lying when she says that Huena technology has been successful in New Zealand. The truth is Huena Power has no projects in New Zealand. Can McGregor tell us where these fictitious projects are?
6. According to McGregor, New Zealand has only geothermal mud so… the Huena technology will not work in Hawaii because it has magma. Another bold lie. Huena Power is an energy producer, it does not own technology.
7. The IDG projects in New Zealand are not using technology that will be used in Hawaii; the technology used in Hawaii is based on Hawaii’s geophysical.
8. Trustee Oz Stender was forced to resign as Chair of the OHA ARM because of an ongoing Ethics Commission investigation into his conduct regarding several OHA transactions. This past week, the IDG was notified that the Ethics Commission is conducting an investigation on OHA, Stender, the fiscal staff & their attorneys & that a subpoena was forthcoming for all IDG records re: Stender & OHA. IDG did not file any complaint against Stender but has agreed to work with the Commission.
9. Stender’s conflict relates to an official letter sent by Stender to IDG (on OHA letterhead signed as an OHA Trustee whereby Stender supported IDG & OHA’s development of geothermal. This letter has been sent to the Hawaii Ethics Commission for its investigation.
People should check out Davianna McGregor’s record before believing her false email. Davianna & the Pele Defense Fund never got arrested for Pele, it was the Ka Lahui Kupuna Wahine & Aunty Pele who led the march & got arrested.
I know, I was there as their attorney. PDF died years ago. We won the case at the Hawaii Supreme Court then & for 20 years no one has dared interfere with our rights to worship Tutu Pele.
Where has McGregor been all these years that Ormat, an Israeli-based geothermal company has continued to operate in Puna for 20 years?
Folks should find out why the legislature removed McGregor from the Kahoolawe Commission 2 years ago, too much hakaka & lies, just like her email.
On Thursday, many Hawaiians will be coming to support, including homesteaders & Hawaiian cultural practitioners & Kumu like Cy Bridges. Hawaiians own energy, including geothermal energy & we will fight for our lands & energy resources.
OHA’s received millions from geothermal revenues, its time they protect our energy assets for our future generations.
Hawaiians should be at the helm of developing and managing our land and natural resources.
Mililani B. Trask, Indigenous Consultants
Mililani Trask Responds to Latest Misinformation Letter from Davianna McGregor
This morning I received an email from Puna with an “Emergency” request from Prof. Davianna McGregor, an academic who was a member of the now defunct Pele Defense Fund. It contains information about a secret “Executive Session” meeting held at OHA to approve an OHA investment into Huena Power. There is no secret meeting & the email is replete with fabrication & deliberate lies. The facts are the following:
1. IDG has worked with OHA for 2 years on the need for OHA to invest in & control our Hawaiian Energy Resources & to work w/DHHL to ensure that our Hawaiian State Land Trustees participate in, control & benefit from our ceded land energy resource assets.
2. Over 1 year ago the OHA BAE Committee & BOT voted to support development using the IDG Native to Native Model. At that time Trustee Stender recused himself from the BOT meetings after declaring a conflict of interest but he did not fully disclose the nature of the conflict.
3. Nearly 1 month ago the OHA ARM voted to support the investment – Trustees Bob Lindsey, Hulu Lindsey, John Waihee, Peter Apo, and Rowena Akana Supported the investment & sent it to the BOT.
4. OHA hired a professional independent expert to conduct a due diligence for the OHA ARM Committee; the recommendation was that it was an excellent opportunity for OHA & its beneficiaries & that the investment was in conformity with OHA policy.
5. Davianna McGregor is lying when she says that Huena technology has been successful in New Zealand. The truth is Huena Power has no projects in New Zealand. Can McGregor tell us where these fictitious projects are?
6. According to McGregor, New Zealand has only geothermal mud so… the Huena technology will not work in Hawaii because it has magma. Another bold lie. Huena Power is an energy producer, it does not own technology.
7. The IDG projects in New Zealand are not using technology that will be used in Hawaii; the technology used in Hawaii is based on Hawaii’s geophysical.
8. Trustee Oz Stender was forced to resign as Chair of the OHA ARM because of an ongoing Ethics Commission investigation into his conduct regarding several OHA transactions. This past week, the IDG was notified that the Ethics Commission is conducting an investigation on OHA, Stender, the fiscal staff & their attorneys & that a subpoena was forthcoming for all IDG records re: Stender & OHA. IDG did not file any complaint against Stender but has agreed to work with the Commission.
9. Stender’s conflict relates to an official letter sent by Stender to IDG (on OHA letterhead signed as an OHA Trustee whereby Stender supported IDG & OHA’s development of geothermal. This letter has been sent to the Hawaii Ethics Commission for its investigation.
People should check out Davianna McGregor’s record before believing her false email. Davianna & the Pele Defense Fund never got arrested for Pele, it was the Ka Lahui Kupuna Wahine & Aunty Pele who led the march & got arrested.
I know, I was there as their attorney. PDF died years ago. We won the case at the Hawaii Supreme Court then & for 20 years no one has dared interfere with our rights to worship Tutu Pele.
Where has McGregor been all these years that Ormat, an Israeli-based geothermal company has continued to operate in Puna for 20 years?
Folks should find out why the legislature removed McGregor from the Kahoolawe Commission 2 years ago, too much hakaka & lies, just like her email.
On Thursday, many Hawaiians will be coming to support, including homesteaders & Hawaiian cultural practitioners & Kumu like Cy Bridges. Hawaiians own energy, including geothermal energy & we will fight for our lands & energy resources.
OHA’s received millions from geothermal revenues, its time they protect our energy assets for our future generations.
Hawaiians should be at the helm of developing and managing our land and natural resources.
Mililani B. Trask, Indigenous Consultants