TMT - Contested Case Hearing Status - Hilo

[Eric1600]

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Originally posted by kalakoa
Considering how they've been treated, I can hardly blame them. From another thread:

But this is where Boteilho's familial succession will end. None of Boteilho's daughters -- ages 2, 5, and 10 -- are eligible to inherit the land their great-grandfather settled in 1951. Simply put: They don't have enough Hawaiian blood.

Here we are, a century later, STILL taking their land from them. Gee, I wonder why they're so upset?

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I think this is a distortion of the issue. Maunakea is not a place where people can live and there is no claim of ownership. The astronomy industry is not the resort or realestate development industry who are the real drivers of the problem you cite as well as population growth in general.

The idea that Hawaiians are eligible to apply for 99-year land leases at $1 per year on the condition that they prove they are at least half-blooded Hawaiians is a completely different issue.