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What shall :we do with this place?~ <br /> .Are those driving along the l'~~hway going to look down and see? <br /> Asphalt <br /> • ..Concrete . <br /> Stucco . <br /> Red tilt roofs . <br /> .Fast food franchises <br /> Big box retailers <br /> Tilt up industrial bniidings ~ • <br /> And tee~hirt shops? <br /> At night will ~we daze at *dhe sky? . <br /> . And see the reflected glow of I~alogen;streetlights? <br /> ~*ilebste's has another definition of resource: <br /> - "~h%ealth" <br /> or <br /> • ~ ``Money value or exchange value" <br /> -Will we exchange this place for money? <br /> ' This raises 'the target question, mill vie heed our cultural and Constitutional covenant to <br /> comserve and .protect "our natural resources; those, resources so storied in ' egerd and song? . <br /> What ~vili .we do with this .specie' place- f rst populated by an extraordinary race that. • . <br /> evolved ~ unique way of life and ~vho by necessity had to. learn to dive light ort the land? <br /> t~Vill we respect and lean: frame -that race whose language; traditions, customs and. ideas <br /> are embraced and protected b~~ the Mate.Constitution? <br /> i6'li'he State shall hake the p®wer p~-~serve and level®p the cta~ta~ral, <br /> er°eatave and tras~ita®n~l arts its varaa~us c~I~.nic g~®u.psa": <br /> <br /> - :The Constitution. o~fthe.=State of ~iawai' i, ARTICLE ~IX section 9 <br /> The .Sete shall p~-®~aa.®te tl?e .study of ~l~aevaigan c~alture,~ has#agy aa~al <br /> langnage." <br /> The Constitution of the State of Hawai' i; ARTICLE X section 4 <br /> -And roost significantly: . <br /> . ;~~he ~tatc i°eaf~~-s Arad shall- pa-otect all rights, ce~st®.aaral~ ._aa~d <br /> traclflti®.~nall3r exerca~cd fc~r saab~sstenc~,, cultural -anal . rclagaous p~=~li€~scs and <br /> Isossesse€l ~h~T a~a~p~aa~a tcarants ~~vho'aa-c +~escendaa~ts:,~afraatav~ ~w~~iart~ whys . <br /> i~alaal~teel the a~~a~h ~s'Iands:prior to ~77~ subject tm the ~°ight' of tic ~ta#e <br /> t"m reg~l~tc ~~aeh ~aghtsbg' <br /> 7•he Constitution of the State of Hawai' i, Article XI~I section 7 ~ ~ ' <br /> ' ~ 5 <br /> <br />