HAWAI'I DESERVES INDEPENDENCE
From The Maui News -
We are not Native Americans.
We want independence, not another government running our affairs in Hawai`i.
Enough, Gov. Linda Lingle, Sens. Daniel Inouye and Dan Akaka, and even the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
I know that you all aren't looking out for the best of our people because if you were there would be no more houseless Kanaka Maoli [Native Hawaiians] on the beaches and streets.
They would have a house to call home and not a waiting list.
How many of our kupuna [elders] died waiting?
The Indians and Eskimos have gotten recognition that made them slaves again to the de facto government. They became dependents to the United States.
Do we want that? I pray not.
Kenneth K. Ho'opai Jr.
Lahaina, Maui
