Is the Rice vs Cayetano decision being used to stampede Hawaiians into actions which will be ultimately detrimental? Should OHA be saved and morphed into a corporation? Would the OHA Corporation be plundered as the Alaskan native corporations were? And
Is the Rice vs Cayetano decision being used to stampede Hawaiians into actions
which will be ultimately detrimental?
Should OHA be saved and morphed into
a corporation? Would the OHA Corporation be plundered as the Alaskan native
corporations were? And the officers who stole the money walked away totally
free.
Before any changes are made, shouldn’t the weaknesses in 0HA be
corrected? Shouldn’t the shareholders of the new corporation (who must only be
the Native Hawaiians as the assets of OHA belong to them alone) set up tight
controls on their money?
Is the OHA trust in danger—or is the danger the
seats of the current trustees? Where should our priorities be? Should we focus
our energies on putting aside private agendas and moving together as one to
push for political autonomy?
Until the hearts, minds and souls of ka po’e
Hawai’i think, breathe, and work toward the re-establishment of the Hawaiian
Nation, until that is our top priority, our rights and our lands will continue
to be eroded as we chase 50 different brush fires that dissipate our
energies.
Lela M. Hubbard
‘Aiea, O’ahu
