08-04-2014, 12:41 PM
carey, mahalo for the bump of this. Your comments are exactly why we all need to vote, however, Mr. Easterling, I fully understand and appreciate your opinion.
Of interest, the Japanese I have spoken to over the decades are very, very firm on "not getting involved in something that is not their business". They are of the mind it would be "disrespectful" for them to vote in Hawaiian matters.
Well, truth be told, Hawaiians, for the most part, don't always vote. The historic numbers of OHA races will show this to be the case. Even after the Rice vs. Cayetano. Some of the argument is that if we vote, we are agreeing with the US system. If we don't vote, we're showing "them" that we are a separate nation/kingdom from the USA, and will not participate.
For example, I have seen (recently at a forum at the UH) a kanaka maoli literally run out of the room when the pledge of allegiance was recited. Extreme, to say the least. Standing or sitting quietly would have sufficed.
Then, we have those (a few here who have stated the same) who will vote against someone just so they don't get in. They are not Hawaiians, nor claim to be. The pendulum does indeed swing both ways.
Of note, there are changes coming in this State, and if Abercromie loses (for argument sake), OHA has a new Board of Trustees, the individual Counties vote out the incumbents, we all are affected.
The end result, in my opinion, will affect all of us. OHA has more money than the State. Combined with the uproar of nation building/reinstatement, OHA will have lots to say about what goes on with the holdings they do have, until such time OHA is no longer representing "the people of Hawai'i", should that occur. That is another goal of some of the lahui, as mentioned before. Disband OHA and DHHL, they are not working for the people.
Mahalo for your time in reading yet another dissertation. Sorry!
No, I'm not! lol...Have a great evening all. [
]
JMO.
Of interest, the Japanese I have spoken to over the decades are very, very firm on "not getting involved in something that is not their business". They are of the mind it would be "disrespectful" for them to vote in Hawaiian matters.
Well, truth be told, Hawaiians, for the most part, don't always vote. The historic numbers of OHA races will show this to be the case. Even after the Rice vs. Cayetano. Some of the argument is that if we vote, we are agreeing with the US system. If we don't vote, we're showing "them" that we are a separate nation/kingdom from the USA, and will not participate.
For example, I have seen (recently at a forum at the UH) a kanaka maoli literally run out of the room when the pledge of allegiance was recited. Extreme, to say the least. Standing or sitting quietly would have sufficed.
Then, we have those (a few here who have stated the same) who will vote against someone just so they don't get in. They are not Hawaiians, nor claim to be. The pendulum does indeed swing both ways.
Of note, there are changes coming in this State, and if Abercromie loses (for argument sake), OHA has a new Board of Trustees, the individual Counties vote out the incumbents, we all are affected.
The end result, in my opinion, will affect all of us. OHA has more money than the State. Combined with the uproar of nation building/reinstatement, OHA will have lots to say about what goes on with the holdings they do have, until such time OHA is no longer representing "the people of Hawai'i", should that occur. That is another goal of some of the lahui, as mentioned before. Disband OHA and DHHL, they are not working for the people.
Mahalo for your time in reading yet another dissertation. Sorry!
No, I'm not! lol...Have a great evening all. [
]JMO.