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<br />HEAUKULANI: Thank you, sir. Luana Jones.
<br />JONES: Here we go again. Aloha all you guys. I want to start with apology, you know, for the
<br />rudeness, but we’ve been dealing with this for so long. You know, each of us have different
<br />ways of dealing with our frustration and our anger. I can’t even bring my husband to these
<br />things anymore, but the fact is we’re all connected. Whatever the issue, we’re all connected.
<br />And, I’ve been praying about this for a long time in addition to being impacted by it. Watching
<br />my neighbors being impacted by it.
<br />And—one time was in Kalapana, and it, message came to me. Help, help the hewa. You know
<br />what hewa is? It’s when things is not right. Terrible, not right. And, so that’s why I’m here.
<br />Hopefully, to help the hewa.
<br />Government’s supposed to serve the people. Serve the people, and not usurp the people. And,
<br />as the, if you, if you’re not aware as the ʽaha aloha ʽāina grows, the people of this place, assert
<br />their rights, and as we go into the future with our young folks coming up knowing the language
<br />and the culture, things are gonna change. It’s like what happened with Mauna Kea. It’s just the
<br />beginning of the change. We all need to take our responsibility. Take our kuleana to take care
<br />of Hawaiʽi.
<br />I was contemplating bringing a picture in from my car, but I don’t know if any of you have seen
<br />what kind of sludge that they reinject into the ʽāina. I have a picture in my car if you want to see
<br />it, but it’s pilau. And, you know, in our culture, that’s not acceptable. Just for that reason alone,
<br />we could not do geothermal. Not that way.
<br />I respect Pali’s manaʽo, and I agree with that but, you know, us Hawaiians have been dealing
<br />with so much hewa for so long being pushed to the side, and I don’t know the word—like,
<br />nobody is noticing. Nobody is acknowledging. But, these are real things, and we are all
<br />connected no matter we come from. When we come here—and it’s important that we, when we
<br />get in positions of leadership that we serve the people.
<br />And a—yeah, I just want conclude with the State motto. It’s, you know, Ua Mau ke Ea o ka
<br />ʽĀina I ka Pono. That means the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness, you know.
<br />What is—what is the right thing to do here? I think we took the wrong turn a long time ago, and
<br />our State song, Hawaiʽi Ponoʽī, Hawaiʽi pono—right, righteous Hawaiʽi.
<br />And then Robert mentioned 1989, the permit was approved, and I was there, and Duane and
<br />Russell were there, and you. I remember you handing Condition 51 to us and saying this is
<br />going to take care of the people, and, really, we didn’t have much say, but today, I would just
<br />like to ask you and ask you all, even us—I am thankful for all these people, that are taking care
<br />of the people, to please, please take care of the people.
<br />Mahalo.
<br />HEAUKULANI: Thank you. Kahu Fujiyoshi.
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