2018-05-03 Hearing Transcript - Hamakua CDP

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Ordinance and the U.S. Constitution is Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2. One can read Sai vs. Clinton, 2011. The land speculation the Kingdom did not allow because of the native tenant rights involved. Lands was only leased out, and if you look at the history, the lease is about to end in the early 1920's, so when they create—the U.S. Congress illegally created the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. It only, it was limited to 1.8 million acres. The rest of the lands was left out because they had plans on claiming they owned the lands and that's, that's why it's left out. So, in the 1959 Admission Act, you can read that the fake State of Hawaii was given 1.8 million acres only. Limited. Not beyond that. So, a lot of lands was left out. But, anyway, the Admission Act is based on the Northwest Ordinance. Every element of it is based on that. So, the lands are still Crown and Government lands. We're still in the jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Kingdom. There's no State of Hawaii. The courts here are kangaroo courts based on that. They cannot make decisions over the Northwest Ordinance. The Northwest Ordinance is limited to the courts in Washington D.C. only. They are the only courts that have jurisdiction over the Northwest Ordinance and the U.S. Constitution question over the treaty, the Reciprocity Treaty. So, with that, I'll end with the reservation of the rights of this Kingdom under the Queen's protest of January 7, 1893 against U. S. Minister Stevens, as he has to make his way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Article 3, Section 2, Clause 2, original but limited jurisdiction only over U.S. Minister Stevens. The other question is whether the U.S. can extend the Article Five of the Northwest Ordinance which is Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution beyond the limits to include the Hawaiian Kingdom and beyond. Thank you. SHROPSHIRE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the committee. My name is Steve Shropshire. I reside in Papa`ikou, and I'm the owner of Hakalau Point, which is an approximately 8 -acre parcel of land makai of the highway. It's the same piece of property that was referenced to earlier. I'm a fourth generation farmer. I spent my entire life in the ag industry. I currently have farms here that we have ornamental plants, tropical fruit, and other cattle operations, so I'm very vested in farming and agriculture. I purchased this piece of property roughly 15 years ago, and I bought it, and I've invested millions of dollars in this property. I bought it because it'sI felt it was a very unique opportunity. It represents one-tenth of one percent of the available Industrial land that's on this island. It's a very rare commodity. I started participating in the Hamakua CDP with my son. I attended over 20 meetings. As you heard earlier, it's a seven-year process. We contributed. We provided input, and we were very excited about our ability to use our property and make it available to really help to fill the goals and visions of the Hamakua CDP which includes promoting, preserving a sustainable diverse economy, local economy, a lot about supporting agriculture and ag-tourism, sustainable agriculture, farming, ranching, revitalizing retail services, dining. Hakalau was once a thriving EXHIBIT D 12