SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
Letter To Office Of Hawaiian Affairs Protests Character Assasinations
Ka Wai Ola O OHA
Editor,
The Akaka bill sits on the ash heap of history.
Hawaiians and their supporters were responsible for it’s righteous defeat, more so than Republicans.
In his July Ka Wai Ola column, Mr. Mossman named the Koani Foundation as one of the organizations largely responsible for the bill’s demise.
We at Koani accept, with humility, that acknowledgement of our kuleana, our responsibility to the Hawaiian Nation.
In her August column, Trustee Akana attacked Clarence Ku Ching, Hawaiian patriot and former OHA Trustee, wrongfully aligning him with the radical right that worked to defeat the bill for very different reasons.
Ku Ching’s successful efforts to defeat the bill, and efforts by others in Washington, DC, were honorable and a true reflection of the will of the people back home.
OHA’s conspiracy to legitimize the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom - spending millions of beneficiary dollars to illegally lobby for passage of the Akaka bill - confirms, again, that the trustees are out of touch and out of control.
Worse, OHA Trustees’ recent attempts to smear and demonize those who disagree with them reveal a leadership filled with contempt, desperation and moral bankruptcy.
Had the Trustees genuinely intended to serve their constituents’ best interests, they would have gathered community input through public hearings, in Hawai`i, on the several versions of the bill – without fearing overwhelming public opposition.
We at Koani, along with countless other Hawaiian Nationals and supporters who remain loyal to our Queen and country, will continue the quest to end US occupation and restore our Independent Hawai`i.
Trustees Mossman and Akana have come out on the wrong side of history again by siding with the oppressor in the first place - and now, by waging desperate character assassination campaigns.
`Ehu Kekahu Cardwell
Kai`opua Fyfe
David Ingham
The Koani Foundation
