AKAKA BILL BAD FOR HAWAI`I & U.S.
Hearings never held on bill in Hawai`i
Honolulu Advertiser - May 25, 2006
In the letters of proponents of the Akaka bill, I hear the common argument that because tribal groups on the Mainland are recognized by the federal government, so should Native Hawaiians.
The fact is, current Federal Indian Policy is under attack in the courts, and America's version of apartheid is only a Supreme Court decision away from being abolished....
The Akaka bill is an assault on the U.S. Constitution and on the unity of Hawai`i.
If all the citizens of Hawai`i were to have a chance to vote on it, I am sure it would be rejected.
I guess that is why the politicians who support it have never supported a public plebiscite on the merits of the bill.
Stephen Aghjayan
Waikiki, O`ahu
