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hey, I want Hawaiian - they're doing it right now by saying well, I don't know if you can.
<br />And the response that we're getting, as a community leader, I'm having the problem of
<br />trying to mitigate two Native Hawaiians within the community. Well sister, you're wrong
<br />and she's right. She's right and you're wrong. Where's the law that tells us how we
<br />can do it? That's why we're coming before this body, to find out. Because I believe
<br />there is a body who's supposed to be taking care of it. We think we addressed it. We
<br />told you it was the Hawaiian Home Commission that's got the power. Your Corporation
<br />Counsel said this — Because this county is non -administrators of the Act, you're
<br />restricted by Constitution, you're restricted by language in your Constitution, that the
<br />burden should be on the people who is supposed to be running it. Right now, for lack
<br />of a better word - please don't get offended - This county, this body, and everything in
<br />this county is being used as a donkey for someone else to say you guys, you carry the
<br />burden for us. You know, we're just going to look the other way, or we're going to
<br />assume that something going on. So, I think when you're saying whether they like it,
<br />when it's in or not, it's not there now and the people are telling you, hey, I'm this
<br />Hawaiian and you're not supposed to come on my land. What is the difficult part is that
<br />individual who's out there, trying to protect life, liberty, pursuit. The people are saying
<br />well, gee, I'm wondering if I can. I don't know. And I'm quite sure all of you know that
<br />it's happening. So that's what we need. We'd like to have continuity too. No one's
<br />included, or excluded, us and we'd like tb have continuity too. And we believe there's a
<br />body out there to help do the work, and I think this body should, at least, maybe if we
<br />could, work to find out how we can resolve it. And that's why I thank this body again, to
<br />the Vice Chair, for allowing us to at least submit something. This is the first time we've
<br />• ever been allowed to do something. We were just shined off before as some erratics
<br />and sent out the door.
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<br />JIM: Let me give you an example so I can answer your question. It will
<br />help this body that they can make a great future for the newer generation. I'm very
<br />disturbed when a policeman come in there and cannot enforce because it's the next
<br />neighbor that face the consequences. Unfortunately, you get group like us going to
<br />sue the policemans and all of that. It's because of the fraud and conspiracy of a crime,
<br />and maybe that's the only way the State will take action to do something. And we
<br />found in the future, when we raised the question in the court, they hear. We even have
<br />the Interior right now, and the Attorney General made tremendous investigations. The
<br />Hans case one, we had a whole year investigation before we filed the lawsuit, and we
<br />sued the Federal Government for not fulfilling that investigation. We have right now,
<br />(indiscernible) your County Council, and Wal-Mart is right ongoing now, and we're
<br />prepared to take a lawsuit again. It's unnecessary. The reason we're doing it is to
<br />bring it out so when it gets out, it has to be taken care of. It's not to be put on the shelf
<br />on the bottom, and don't even include, or exclude, the Hawaiian Affairs. With respect
<br />to what I'm going to say, you're fathers to us. Read the Constitution. You are the
<br />people that's supposed to take care of us. Read the Constitution. That's what it is.
<br />You are.
<br />KAHAWAIOLA'A: The Constitution is clear. The State and its people will uphold the
<br />Hawaiian race. I mean, that's as clear as it can get. I don't know who I am if you guys
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