OUTRAGE GROWS AT AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE SELL-OUT LETTER
Karen Poepoe
Vice Chair,
Aha Moku Advisory Committee
Aloha Karen,
As the Vice Chair of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee (AMAC), and on behalf of the WHOLE committee, as OHA board of Trustees did with the letter to U.S. Secretary John Kerry from OHA CEO, Dr. Kamana'opono Crabbe asking for a legal opinion if the Kingdom of Hawaii still existed under International law HAVE AMAC WRITE and SUBMIT to the Dept. of Interior a letter rescinding Leimana's letter. And demand her resignation. This mea culpa is a hollow one and quit frankly, with all due respect speaking for myself...DISINGENUOUS.
Leimana's Letter supporting this ANPRM proposal IF left standing without AMAC rescinding it is simply another ploy to hoodwink the thousands of people from the Moku and Ahupua'a in giving the U.S. Federal Government "manufactured consent" that misrepresents your and the committees constituents.
I ask you, the chair of AMAC and the whole AMAC Committee and DLNR/BLNR Chairperson, William Aila.... Who has the official "authority" to RESCIND Leimana DeMate's Letter to the DOI supporting the ANPRM.
Anything short of this will not remedy this current crisis. It will exacerbate the deceit and treachery brought upon us all by the secret, behind-the-back, manipulative dealings at/from Washington D.C. that brought the U.S. Dept. of Interior here in June and July of this year to aihue our resources and MAHA'OI our kuleana.
This is a chance for AMAC to salvage what little credibility it has left...or join Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Assembly, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii State Congressional Delegates, Governor, Abercrombie, (et al in case I forgot somebody) in being the ones that DESTROYED our heritage wale no.....
Foster Ampong
Maui
