HAWAII KINGDOM GOVERNMENT BACK AT `IOLANI PALACE
US Occupiers Still Trying To "Nickel & Dime" Hawaiian Patriots
Members of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government returned to `Iolani Palace before 6 AM this morning and said they will continue to occupy the mauka side of the grounds indefinitely.
The sovereignty group first arrived on the grounds early Wednesday morning when about 75 of the kingdom's representatives locked and blocked the entrances to the grounds and called it their "seat of government."
Last week, DLNR officials told the group that if they return they must have a permit starting today to assemble on the palace lawn.
Representatives of the kingdom did fill out a request for an assembly permit with the state on Friday, but it was incomplete and returned. The permit was being reviewed again this morning, DLNR officials said.
The kingdom's representatives were also warned that, starting this week, the parking meters on the grounds had to be fed for all of their vehicles or they would be ticketed. Last week, state officials declined to cite the group for not filling the meters.
At least eight parking stalls were being used by the group early this morning.
Mahealani Kahau, the "head of the state" for the Hawaiian Kingdom, was not one of the early arrivals for the sovereignty group, but arrived later.
Her brother, who is the kingdom's "Minister of Interior," was on hand, as was the kingdom's head of security and some guards.
