HAWAI`I GOVERNOR OPPOSES AKAKA BILL
Honolulu Advertiser - March 25, 2010
Gov. Linda Lingle is stepping up her campaign against the current version of the Akaka bill, writing letters to all U.S. senators urging them to reject the measure.
Lingle was a staunch supporter of earlier forms of the Akaka bill, which would establish a process to create a federally recognized government entity representing the interests of Native Hawaiians. But yesterday she said the language in the latest draft "inevitably sets the Native Hawaiian governing entity and the state of Hawai`i on a jurisdictional collision course...."