HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.636 2024-2026From:
Susan RobertsEmery
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Saturday, August 30, 2025 2:16 PM
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Council Testimony
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Subject:
Strong Support for Resolution 234-25
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Aloha Council Members,
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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, the
destruction to the land, water, and air are very real issues that are before the Council members today
in 2025. 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 cleanup of PTA is required by their lease. The
Greens see this as a violation of said lease. The US Military is Not a good steward of the land. The
settler colonialism mentality, has run out of steam and it is now up to us , to right the wrongs of the
past.
P6hakuloa 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 Al, military munitions,or the almighty tourism dollar, buVr
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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.
On behalf of the Green Party of Hawaii, 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 GPH
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