HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 1210.003 2006-2008
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Teeny in s~ ~ Re~ln -Q~ on end Ur~m, Katy 200
Aloha kakou,
Mahalo Councilmember iV~aeole and others for introducing this resolution.
Trhi a military n~;eds to practice what all of our mothers taught us acrd what Mother ~~rth ~ derma ofi all humanity
today: "Clean up your mess!" Tl~ene is no safe level of rad'~ion. The rad'r~rt~n c~ontamirmtion on the mountain at the
i3ohakuloa Training Area ~P'i'A} w~l sooner or faker rcrr dorm hill grid ter down wind. we are all down hiN and doMm wind
of PTA hereon Hawaii band.
The military acknowledges there ~ Depleted Uranium radiation eontaml'inat~rr at PTA, However, the military
says that it ~ not ye# know the fill e~cterrt of the radiation c~ontamin~rtion at PTA. In the meantime the m~tary said it is
not going to halt Live-fne trial caul s~~ead the c~orrtaminn. T{ ~ tota~y in~ons?~ie and sh~vs contempk for the
he$Ith artd safe#y of r : ent.S, YI.~I` tO~, and the t tram at PTA.
Ail that it takes is one breath of invisible DU oxide to cauuse an increased risk of serious heahh Pt'o irx~txling
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offiga! opening on May 29, Zoa7', c~bzen rat~ration monitors detected several spikes of r~lia#ion at Mauna Kea State Park
which is adjat~nt to PTA. That ~y the Kona winds were biow~g diret~ly off the PTA 50,o0o-acre impact area located
less #harr Z mites from ~tat~ Kea S fk. Tfie nor~st txetter' of tfi~ ~ A~ to the park iss where
radiation ccmtamina:tion from Davy Croft nuc weapon ~ was by the rn~itary. T'he h~hest
~ os? May 29#h was t;o~r~ p~ ~ try ~ ~ ~r?eral #i~es tn~ broad r~ead~gs of ~~o
i mmediatety, there should be established a high monitoring stem ar~o~und PTA to detect radiate spikes t~mming
off PTA. tzens shard be able to act~ssthe data 24f1 v~ t~ir hcm~ c~rn~iters arrdtt~ monitofs should have a
paper trail of all reacih~gs. In add#fion ~ the people invofved in the Saddle Rd ground breaking ceremony and the
citizens the day ~ be provided, at Army expense, rival Ming fir Du expo~,re.
The military tras re}ected t~mmunlty involvement of Or. lo~ln Pang, M.D., myse~ and + ca#~~ for a tlgh
radiation as.~smerrt process and a eoropreheni site surrey to ass fira~arerrcy arld the confidence of the
commun~r. ~rhy ~ the ~ stonewa~ troarramur~y ar«i- what are they ~ to ups" If ~ that ire is
far more rad~ cantarr~n~~lan at PTA than the Davy t~ock~ sag rotes wt~ch ~e mary was foroed to
~lmit. There have been trrflr~e than 60 dlfi~~ent nuclear weaptms in the lf.S. arsenal. Have hundr+ec~s of spotting rounds
been used just far the Davy Crocked and not for any weapon seem? I don't think sol In addition, today the U.S.
has rnilllat~s 'rounds in a wtcle w~iety of u~lum {t~U} pence murri~ used to pace armor. DU Is also
u in bunker busters taarr~ arrd cruse missliles ~ weti. Tl~ ~ ? says ttmt d does rat train ~ Hawaii w}th DU
penetrators, rat that k HAS NOT tr~irred in Hawdi with such we~ons. h ~ a sad that the m~tary trap ~ be tinted
to tell the truth. The Arnny h~ lied ~ uS baaft~e. Mere on the l~;awaii IslarMd the Army ~ a !tee of stye land in the Milo
watershed bade in the 1~os, around the ~ tune they were teet#ng Davy Cr~odk~t at P`TA. They told the stake trey
wanted to do'~reattter testing" i~ ~ IlVaiakea west area near H~o, The Aum~y ~d. Tay were wing suet deadly nerve
-gas testing in the N~ water.~ed wlh with d~rnir~als 5o deadly that ~l5~#h drop wik k~ you. The late patsy Mink, bless
her soul, ~cpesed tfie s+~et nerve gas testing near h~o. All hell broke Pose. Mayor Kimura and others protested. The
State was forced to cancel the lease.
At Pohakuloa today, the m~iitary ~ paying a tats! ~ ordy ~ for85 y~rs far 109,o0o~acr'es of ceded it
contarrnnating with u ordnance, and Sher to~rc duels. Sarre of that fa~~ras supply
seized again from Kanatca Maoll ~ a '1964 order at no cost. Hut o!# ~ was
leased in 19fi4 for fi5 years ~ the State of Hawall BtNR to the military for ~1. If any Pry use
or M~•.7. to saai\1/Y~e Ui~ A.\/ ~`MY ~ ~T ~ w~~ ~t~ Mfg li I~~ ..w e'~ ~hMl~
of the peo~e of I~awaii, the au~rty of Hawaii, an e~ricda~r ter to the r~litary, cancel the m f .the
military dean. up its mess, pay for c~mages and return the to i~ss r~ul owner ~-the tl ~ o
stand up and echo the cad of Kaho`olawe movement - std the bombing! lYs tine to protet~ .
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people. h s hme for the mditary to clean ~ its opals. Mahalo. ~ ~ ~
Jim Af 'ni ~ C! ~
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