HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.360 2024-2026From:
Susan RobertsEmery
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Council Testimony
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Support Resolution 234-25 ( corrected)
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My name is Susan RobertsEmery, as co chair of the Green Party of Hawai'i, we write to you today with
STRONG SUPPORT for Resolution 234-25. The Hawaii Greens have decided to make the military
leases a priority issue for the next 4 years. The US Military has been a very bad tenant for Hawai'i, for
far too long, for us to ignore. The contamination of the land, without a thought to clean up, is just one
way, the US Military has abused the lease lands for generations. The settler colonialism mentality has
run out of steam and it is now up to us to right the wrongs of the past.
Pohakuloa is a sacred area that deserves to be respected and treated with the utmost care. The
cultural significance of this land is irreplaceable, and for generations it has been closed off to the
caretakers of this land, the native Hawaiian people. The grief runs deep through the land and the
people. What have we learned, over the past 70 plus years with the contamination at Red Hill, on the
neighboring Island of O'ahu ???? Water is life, that is what we have learned. We, the people of this
Island, need to protect Hawaii's' natural resources! The aquifer that lies beneath Pohakuloa is
something we all need to protect like our lives depend upon it, because OUR LIVES DO depend on
clean water. We cannot drink oil or the almighty tourism dollar, but we are dependent upon clean
water for our children and all future generations. The people will rise up to protect this, sacred land.
We humbly ask you to be on the forefront of the movement to help Hawaii heal from the bombings,
fires, and misuse of the land at Pohakuloa. Comm. VU'
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Ref. Da1 9 2025
On behalf of the Green Party of Hawai'i, we ask that you support resolution 234-25, to protect the
People, the Water, and yes the Land,
Mahalo ,
Green Party of Hawai'i
Susan RobertsEmery co chair
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