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February 21, 2001 Good morning and aloha to one and all. I am compelled to speak bo the council today to demand that you ro give a resoundling NO voce, or oo'defer, Resolution 46-01, federal funding for the okl, failed, delusional, counter-productive marijuana eradication program. I have a beef with the police department for even asking for this money, I have ~n appdntment with the Chief soon on the matter. But it is you, the dvilians who are supposed to oversee the program, who I kx>k at and speak to today. My 3 minute testimony goes to the heart of the matter, and proposes a sdution for everyone. As I watched you swear ro uphold the Constitution against all enemies, foreign AND domestic, I happened to actually read some of that critically important document that I feel applies here today. Arucle 3, Section 3 states very clearly: 'Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them...'. Are you attempting to levy War against us today with dtls Resolution and request from the Fblice departments' I say that Is exactly what is on the agenda. Blood money for an unjust War against civilians, people of this Island that you have sworn to protect, a violation of the basic te- nent of international law that says civilians can not be the targets' rn any conflict. I asked the attorney general's office what the definition of a 'hate crime' is and this is part of what I heard: any cnminal offense against a person or property based on that person's ethnicity or religon. Many of us on this island, including me, are members of a religion that uses cannabis hemp, 'the tree of life' as our sacrament. Terrorizing us with helicopters and spraying prison on our gardens and our rooftops and our children's rays is a'hate crime' by definition. Please look it up, and 'rf the shoe fits...wear iC, as they say, and prepare for the consequences. Genocide: another very serous charge defined as any crime with the intent to destroy a specific reli~ous group, wbiecting that group tp conditions intended to cause the physical destrudlon of the group, and/or the transfer of children of the group ro other homes and famiBes. This terrible act is done with drug teeing of Mothers here who test positive for marijuana and then have their childrerR[CEIVED taken away by the Child Protection Service. flme__-_.yy--~~ ey - Dare ~"1?flol _ Where Is the conscience of the community on this mattert Some of its conscience is here speaki~°~ CO°°`~I /P~ FC with you today ur)~ng you to stop this madness before it stops you and the people you are sworn to protect At the very least, I request you make a religious and medical exemption to the program, or face the consequences in court. The marijuana eradicauon program is illegal and Immoral and must stop immediately. You have been making war on a peaceful religious group, among many others, with disastrous un-Intended conse- quences including creating massive poverty, a hard drug epidemic and rampant property crimes, ro name a few. Beverley Crogan of the Mental Health Association told me yesterday that what Is happening to the people of this island now is a new term called 'co-occuring disorders', or layers of problems occuring to people. She regrets not being able m attend this meeting, but her new Survey of Social Indicators 102.2 rs due out by next week. You should be shocked and saddened at the rewlts. Ootntn. Na Stile No. Ref. To: Prrsranb D.t- MAR zee,