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Re Reso 74-25
Aloha council members,
janice glennie
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9:49 AM
Council Testimony
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Kill Reso 74-25
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I've been waiting to testify on zoom for almost an hour while council presentations took place, but I need to leave. So here
is my testimony which you likely won't see until after you take your vote.
Mahalo and best,
Janice Palma-glennie
Aloha Council members,
I'm speaking to Reso 74-25.
It's clear that the Federal agencies we normally consider trustworthy no longer are— if they even exist. Until January
20th, ICE was entrusted with work that was deemed necessary to protect our borders and the immigration process. But
even under past administrations, the boundaries of immigration law enforcement have often been blurry. Since January,
that agency and others have been changed unassailably for the worst and in ways that can and already are negatively
affecting our island.
It's not clear what the intentions of this resolution are. It feels naggingly like a forced attempt to bring our state in line with
the inhumane goals of the Trump administration There've been changes made to it that may help it adhere to the tenets of
democratic process, but it doesn't seem there's clarity even with those changes, nor am I sure that most people on the
council understand or see a need for the reso.
In normal circumstances, law -enforcement agencies from county to federal would be expected to cooperate in order to be
of mutual benefit to the work of those agencies —the goals of which are to serve the public interest. To do that requires
transparency and clarity for everyone from the public to the top levels of government. To imagine that the current federal
administration has any of the same goals, intentions, and integrity based upon democratic principles is baseless.
It's time for Democrats, independents, rational Republicans, and everyone in between to join forces to fight the darkest
intentions of the darkest administration in the history of our nation. If there's a need to synchronize enforcement agencies
for reasons that serve local interests but which may teeter on the infringement of our basic rights, then let's create a
community task force that brings all stakeholders together to carefully figure out what's needed to attain mutual, fair, and
understandable law enforcement goals and outcomes.
Until that time, I ask that council members please kill reso 74-25 and any others that may kowtow to the trump
administration's oligarchy -driven agenda. Mahalo.
Mahalo for considering my views on this serious and looming topic.
Sincerely,
Janice Palma-glennie
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