04-03-2018, 06:08 AM
The group (Kanaka Rangers, Beneficiaries Trust Council, Aloha Checkpoint) isn’t affiliated with DHHL...
Hawaii Police Department Lt. Gregory Esteban said ... no warnings had been given
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State Sen. Kaiali’i Kahele said he visited the summit access road checkpoint Friday and found the rangers to be dedicated, friendly and nondisruptive.
I hope Native Hawaiians are paying attention. DHHL, the Hawaii Police Department, and Seator Kahele have all given their tacit approval for an unauthorized, unapproved, self appointed group calling themselves the Kanaka Rangers to set up a building on DHHL property.
Should it stop there? What about other uses by Hawaiians, such as a hunting cabin on DHHL land for personal use, and call it the Aloha Hunters Club? Or maybe an enterprising and rightful recipient of the trust lands might wish to fence an area for cattle or sheep? Why would DHHL now object given the precedent of the Aloha Checkpoint?
Or perhaps, do the Kanaka Rangers of the Beneficiaries Trust Council (unrelated to DHHL) serve to move forward some agenda that Kahele and DHHL and OHA wish to push through the legislature. Such as resurrecting the failed Senate Bill 3090 which "proposed to take the management of Mauna Kea and its astronomy precinct out of the hands of the University of Hawaii and the Board of Land and Natural Resources and hand it over to a new Mauna Kea Management Authority?"
SB 3019 has been reintroduced as HB 1985. Is it a coincidence that HB 1985 and the Kanaka Rangers appeared at nearly the same time? Perhaps. If it is however, OHA and DHHL seem willing to take full advantage of the opportunity, since they're not asking Hawaii Police to remove any trespassers.
Idiots rule the world, but only when there is a fair vote. - Last Aphorisms
Hawaii Police Department Lt. Gregory Esteban said ... no warnings had been given
...
State Sen. Kaiali’i Kahele said he visited the summit access road checkpoint Friday and found the rangers to be dedicated, friendly and nondisruptive.
I hope Native Hawaiians are paying attention. DHHL, the Hawaii Police Department, and Seator Kahele have all given their tacit approval for an unauthorized, unapproved, self appointed group calling themselves the Kanaka Rangers to set up a building on DHHL property.
Should it stop there? What about other uses by Hawaiians, such as a hunting cabin on DHHL land for personal use, and call it the Aloha Hunters Club? Or maybe an enterprising and rightful recipient of the trust lands might wish to fence an area for cattle or sheep? Why would DHHL now object given the precedent of the Aloha Checkpoint?
Or perhaps, do the Kanaka Rangers of the Beneficiaries Trust Council (unrelated to DHHL) serve to move forward some agenda that Kahele and DHHL and OHA wish to push through the legislature. Such as resurrecting the failed Senate Bill 3090 which "proposed to take the management of Mauna Kea and its astronomy precinct out of the hands of the University of Hawaii and the Board of Land and Natural Resources and hand it over to a new Mauna Kea Management Authority?"
SB 3019 has been reintroduced as HB 1985. Is it a coincidence that HB 1985 and the Kanaka Rangers appeared at nearly the same time? Perhaps. If it is however, OHA and DHHL seem willing to take full advantage of the opportunity, since they're not asking Hawaii Police to remove any trespassers.
Idiots rule the world, but only when there is a fair vote. - Last Aphorisms
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves