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While the kupuna watched over them <br /> ~Jhiie they picnzcked, Inlayed zr:usic and talked story <br /> ~~Vhere the children learned that they ~vere;part `of a larger Ohara <br /> Where everyone-.got to know orae another <br /> before I was born <br /> There ~:as rao pier <br /> No seaviwall <br /> ~ailue ~~vas the home of Kamehamelia I <br /> llis liah; his fish ponds; his canoe sheds, his heiau <br /> All were- set back from one of she :most beautiful. beaches in the islands <br /> What .advice does the Constitution .of the .State of Hawai'~ i proffer ~bottt places like <br /> Kai-lua? <br /> . ~`T~ae State.~s~all have -the p~~er to s®nserae and. ~e~~el~.Is ub~ects and ~a~aces <br /> of histo~ie or eaaltati~al interest and pr®via~c f®r ~aahlic si~litaess an.~.~shy~ieal <br /> g®od. order. ~o~ ~'hese '•iata~poses private ~Sroperty sYta11 he sub;~cct of <br /> r~aso~iabte r~g~aiatim~" <br /> The Constitutipn. of the State of Hawai' i, ARTICL~, tX section 7 <br /> . Was it pono~ to demolish I~arr~ehameha's hale? <br /> Was. it pono to fill the ash porids to riake ~ lumberyard? " <br /> Was it pono to demolisk the canoe hells to make. room for shops? <br /> ;`for the ben~t~t pt°ese~a~ agid 1<'e~taare geiteration~s, the. State aai<~ its ~®iitisa~ <br /> ~ sailaslivisi®hs sigall c€r~ser~e stall protect Havvaa' i§s ~aa#aar~l l~e~a~t~~ an€i all <br /> • ~ natatral •resources ....~iad s~aall pr:omtste' the rleve~®pment and utili~atie~n of <br /> these resources apt ~ trt~t$~rea~ ~aaasistent avath them cora~st°rat~~rt and ia~ ` <br /> . . furtherance of the: self-s~affie~ency ®f ~lae State" ~ ~ . <br /> The Constitution of tire. State of Hawai' i, ARTICLE XI r.ection 1. <br /> <br /> . Was it pond. to build a sea wall at 4.he price of the.beaeh? " <br /> Was it pons to demolish the ~_vm rex~~ to the old pier? <br /> • .Was. it pono to -build a new pier. for. cruise ,ships and barges and .charter boats at the <br /> .expense of that. little `beach? : . <br /> .Was _it Mono to :build. a tilt up concrete hotel on that. last remaining bit of beach? <br /> - Was it ~ono~to move the: caned c4ub'so the hotel guests could "feel safe"? <br /> ...Did the Iittle.naked.children offend them? <br /> Or did they-fear the swage paddlers; (myself included)? <br /> Is it pono that Kailua is a gathering,plaee no more? <br /> Did ~ve:.conserve and pr®teet:our resources? <br /> Webster's defines resource as: , <br /> "r'~ natural source of wealth" ~ <br /> 2 <br /> <br />