2011-06-08 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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particular parcel of land has never been fully investigated. I just wanted to make sure that in the issue of forced removal, there has been the use of even SWAT teams and what not, to remove Hawaiians from their land. And I just wanted to let you know, I have this letter from the Department of Justice from Washington. So they want a full report on any native tenants who have been forcibly removed either by tasering or excessive force from their native tenant property. Because in Hawai‘i’s own statutes like HRS 17211, even if the land was alienated, the rights of the native tenants still adhered. So I’m just pleading so far as the consolidation of tax efforts and enforcement that they really need to review the laws, all laws that have to do with native tenants and Hawaiians who have the right of those properties, but they may or may not be taxable. I wasn’t aware that the Hawai‘i Revised Statute is actually based on Hawai‘i Statutes. And according to Judge Ezra, that the law of the land even the law of the land what the police are supposed to enforce actually has to do with Kingdom law. So that those particular laws are still on the books and have been revised. They actually are all based, if you look at your HRS’s which the county is akin to the state. They’re actually a corporation, municipal corporation of the state. Now, the next one is general government activities and what not. You may have heard that in other counties that the Hawaiians are actually bringing forth an effort to serve their determination. And in other counties, they have actually extended an effort to meet with the Hawaiians and to work something out. And so I’m pleading with you here today to look at the issue that was brought forth, actually from the White House under Title VI, that the Hawaiians do have the right to self determination. But as I mentioned before they’re very interested in the county services. But as I mentioned to Mr. Oshiro the county need to be retrofitted and the people informed of actual laws that would bind the county to allow for self determination, maintain services and in a nonchaotic manner. And just to let you know, I have been appointed by a federal agent. Actually I have a badge and what not, but to protect the native tenants along the trails particularly in the County of Hawai‘i. So, I’m here to, I have training in culture resource management. So, a lot of these issues, it’s a matter of Memorandum of Agreement that you can make. I was informed that the mayor has the right to put stuff forward to do that so that the county, in particular, can save itself a lot of grief and lawsuits and all these other things that might be coming down even so far as Geneva IV and human rights violations and other things. In particular that the county and the state are both bound to what’s called the Statehood Admission Act. And especially in the judicial system that they must uphold the rights and protect the Hawaiian culture and their religion. They must not cause them to diminish. And if they do Congress could sue the State of Hawai‘i and remove their statehood. And as we speak right now, there have actually been a lot of violations that have already occurred. That doesn’t mean to say that the county cannot start asserting itself into proper ethical, moral function and try to work out these efforts in an internal way, to reach out to the Hawaiians and make a better working arrangement even from within the county works and what not. The other thing, public safety, that in particular does happen to do with this letter from Washington. And so that they want dates of assaults, sequence of events, names of police officers, reports involving what you call federal criminal civil rights violations. So, basically they’re not supposed to be under Title 42 that the Hawaiians have rights under customs and usage. And I know that they made the defendant to be called citizens because the apology geared to overturn all that. They don’t want to be called citizens. 2