HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.134 2024-2026From:
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Thomas Kevin Dolan
Saturday, August 16, 2025 9:23 PM
Council Testimony
Cc: info@hapahi.org
Subject: Support Res. 234-25
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I strongly support this resolution.
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Summary of Why the County Council Should Support Resolution 234-25
P6hakuloa is a sacred and ecologically important place that holds deep cultural significance
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Hawaiians and is home to endangered species. r
Decades of military activity, including bombing and live -fire training, have caused severe and irreversible
damage, such as the burning of thousands of acres of critical habitat. These activities also raise serious
concerns about toxic contamination that put public health, water, and the environment at risk.
The Hawai'i Supreme Court has affirmed that the State has a constitutional duty to malama'aina (care
for the land) and protect trust lands like P6hakuloa. Ongoing military use, however, violates these
responsibilities.
Because P6hakuloa is in a conservation district, its continued use for bombing and training is
fundamentally incompatible with conservation, cultural preservation, and community well-being.
In short: Supporting Resolution 234-25 aligns with protecting cultural heritage, safeguarding public
health, fulfillingthe State's legal obligations, and ensuring the long-term preservation of Hawai'i's unique
ecosystems.
Please support this resolution to protectthe land, water, and people of Hawai'i.
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I live and work on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish,
and Tsleil-Waututh peoples of Vancouver, and while in Honolulu on the stolen and unceded lands
of The Hawaiian Kingdom and the Kanaka Maoli people. I acknowledge how I have benefitted and
continue to benefit from colonial practices. I actively work toward truth, reconciliation and
decolonization through a lifelong commitment of unlearning attitudes and acts of oppression, and
I'm committed to cultivating respectful and reciprocal relationships with these lands and their
ancestral stewards.
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