2015-08-17 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – August 17, 2015 B. Command: Because I’m the representative from the Mayor’s Office. I have a suggestion instead of seeking a binary solution to this, leave this as an open ended question, and ask the legislature to resolve the conflict between the fact that we allow and encourage management of and hunting of feral ungulates but also consider them as invasive species. Rather than asking them to say “yes” or “no” we want this back in the Constitution, “Why do we encourage hunting, but we also consider what we hunt as rubbish when it is food. The reality of the language is that it allows the State to eradicate animals. Suggest that a proposal be presented to the Mayor so that it can used as a point of our discussions. The bill includes the Hawaiian cultural aspects. Action: D. Ike Yoshina moved to have a discussion in executive session to move us toward a meeting with the Mayor, and to include Bobby Command. We need to clearly understand what the Constitution says or does not say of the issue of protection for our game animals and how we address this to the legislature – whether it’s a resolution or a bill or an amendment to the Constitution; Seconded by W. Camara. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote. Constitutional amendment of ’78 that was not ratified, why, undefined. Comment from Steven Araujo: I’d like to offer some insight, for a guy that’s been doing this for a very long time. Number 1) please do not screw with the Constitution. Leave it alone. What would be advisable is maybe creating a resolution – like the resolution that you wanted to create earlier and incorporate within that resolution the reaffirming of what Article 11 Section 2 of the Constitution states quoted. You guys understand what I saying? OK. Don’t even try go, for a Constitutional amendment because you could end up screwing everybody over. So all you going have the legislature do and which would kinda like do what Bobby is saying, but not actually having it done. They are reaffirming what is stated in the Constitution. You guys catching on? OK. Now, to get, OK, maybe if you create that, whole thing first, yeah, that resolution, that would probably fly because every legislature swears to uphold the Constitution. If they do not agree on upholding the Constitution they in violation of the oath of office. They can be kicked out. Plain and simple. OK. So you kinda putting everybody on the spot, ‘cause they, like I said, you got a lot going there because this is what I wanted to do. When I was chairman for the Hawaii Hunting Advisory Commission, but, as I advising, anyway, it didn’t happen. But, second thing that you can do is 8