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• Native Hawaiian, and it is inconsistent with the Federal and State laws, based on the
<br />Admissions Act compact, that in 1959, an agreement made between the State of Hawaii
<br />and the United States of America. Section 4 of the Admissions Act clearly states that
<br />the encumbrance on the premise known as Hawaiian home lands shall not be
<br />increased without the consent of the United States. It is clear by this definition of the
<br />geographical limits of the County of Hawaii, thereby your powers under this Charter
<br />shall be - it's the whole island. Obviously, on this island, there are some conflicts
<br />because on this island, it's my understanding, as a Native Hawaiian born on the
<br />homestead, that this island has the greatest acreage of Hawaiian home lands, and this
<br />here tells me that the County's Charter, their law book, says that all of these identified
<br />in the geographical limits is the 187,000 acres of Hawaiian home lands that are on this
<br />island, and that's why I'm here before this Charter Commission. For you to take
<br />consideration that there is, as far as the Native Hawaiian is concerned, and as far as
<br />the Admissions Act of the Federal State compact, that there is a violation. There is
<br />also a prohibition that, without this fundamental document called the Consent of the
<br />United States, this county would obviously be operating in violation of those State and
<br />Federal laws that the Admissions Act, Section 4, was created during 1959 at statehood,
<br />to avoid. And this is what I need this Charter Commission - I do realize the hard work
<br />that all of you have been doing through reports to the news media, that the involvement
<br />that all of you are trying to make this a better place to live, however, no consideration
<br />was ever given, and again I'd like to go back to the Native Hawaiians. Let me remind
<br />• you, it's not the Native Hawaiians that are special. It was Congress that created the
<br />lands that made us special, and on this island, there happens to be 187,000 acres of
<br />that special land that this geographical identification, or definition, within the County
<br />Charter tells us Native Hawaiians totally different. However, in our dealings with the
<br />County, with those people that are within your Charter, that are basically all here on
<br />your agenda today in Unfinished Business, we've, as Native Hawaiians, have had
<br />conflicting ways to do, how it's done; Hawaiian's, like, you can do this or you don't have
<br />to do that; maybe we can do this, maybe you guys can do that. And that is totally
<br />contrary to the Charter, which specifically states - So my presence here today is to let
<br />the body know that great consideration should be taken by this body, whose only job,
<br />my understanding, every ten years or twenty years that comes about, when they review
<br />the Charter, is to make those adjustments or correct inequities that are within the
<br />Charter, and that is absolutely why I'm here. To let you know that there are inequities
<br />and there are remedies that can be brought forth in the Charter Amendment, which no
<br />one has taken that opportunity to - it's not that we haven't given the County an
<br />opportunity to do that, but no one has taken us seriously, and have decided to come
<br />forward and express it through their document, their law book, that governs everything
<br />that happens within the geographical limitations of this Charter and of this County of
<br />Hawaii. So, unless the County Charter Commission is prepared to tell me that, yes
<br />indeed, the County ARTICLE I, Section 1-1 is correct, and that the County now has
<br />powers and authority over these lands that I've identified as Hawaiian home lands,
<br />and this County, indeed, has the right, and the authority,, and the jurisdiction, to
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