Akaka Bill

The Commission is an independent, bipartisan agency established by Congress....

In the letter, the four Commissioners stand specifically against the use of Presidential executive action as a means to enact the provisions of the Akaka Bill....

"We are not tribal, nor of tribes."

Esther Kiaaina may be the next Assistant Secretary of Interior for Insular Affairs....

"Congress is deemed by the Supreme Court to have exclusive and plenary power to deal with Indian affairs"

...the Schatz and Hanabusa camps seek to outdo each other in hare-brained schemes to invent the Akaka Tribe.  And the Star-Advertiser editorial board has been suckered by the rhetoric....

The Akaka Tribe hasn’t even formed yet--but the expulsions have already begun....

With a vote of 7-0, the Hawaiian Homes Commission voted to amend its long-standing revocable permit (RP) program....

...the impending total depletion of its trust fund....

What's the difference, if any, between a "cemetery" and a burial....

Opponents have argued that Native Hawaiians are not “Indians”....

Dr. Kelli Akina, the new CEO of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and former OHA trustee candidate, addressed the Conservative Forum for Hawaii at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....

The FCC order exposes more information on Hee than has ever before been made public....

Michelle Kauhane, senior vice president of CNHA and former deputy director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, will succeed her....

...at the Conservative Forum for Hawaii, Sunday June 2nd, 2:00 pm, at the Naniloa Hotel Crown Room in Hilo....

...the Tejon Tribe, along with several other American Indian groups, submitted petitions requesting 'reaffirmation'....

...you can only go to federal court after you've exhausted your tribal court remedies....

"Now I know what it's like to be God."

After nearly a year of efforts the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission claim a mere 9,300 signatures....

... he received improper gifts and didn’t report them, misused campaign or official resources and that he “made false statements to federal officials” ....

This hearing is a brushback to Sen Schatz' pipe dream of creating the Akaka Tribe via the US Department of the Interior without a vote of Congress....

“Pa`ina in the Country” celebration of Dr. Akina’s appointment as Grassroot Institute’s new president on April 6, 2013 from 12 PM to 2 PM at 45-114 Waikapoki Rd -- Kane`ohe Congregational Church

... they did ask to become a part of the country ....

“Now we’re in sequestration, we have a bill that would give ... companies an additional 5 percent, $15 million,” McCain said. “It’s disgraceful, and it’s been going on for years....

“In a tribal court, Constitutional protections and the Bill of Rights do not apply. Under the bill, a non-Indian citizen tried in a tribal court has no right to appeal to a federal court, lacks the guarantee of due process, has no right to an impartial trial by jury of one’s peers, and more."

...see the list of 1,000 well-known prison reform activists, elected Democrats, Hawaii County Prosecutor, sovereignty activists, religious leftists, green mailers, and current inmates who have signed on to this effort....

"...stop chasing the Holy Grail, get down to business, educate our children. Spend the money on that instead of sending millions of dollars to lobbyists in Washington...."

"For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real, and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation," Schatz said.

12/17/2012: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 568.

“This bill provides key improvements to the way self-governance works in the Department of the Interior...."

...members of the Akaka Tribe will not be guaranteed free speech, due process, or other civil rights....

 ... $3.7 million for capital improvement projects (CIPs) at Hilo Medical Center ....

...providing safe and reliable utility service at a reasonable cost, through the development of Resource Plans and Scenarios....

" ...we need to focus on how much funding is flowing.... "

I am humbled to try and get everyone access to healthcare in a fair and timely way in Hawaii and that is all my letter to the city of Honolulu was about....

...recommendations to strengthen the County’s energy program and realize more than $3.9 million in taxpayer saving....

Chief Harry Kubojiri announced that the Hawaiʻi Police Department has been awarded accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies....

The Second Amendment is alive and well in Hawaii....

Hawaii Electric Light Company is seeking to add up to 50 megawatts (MW) of geothermal power at prices not tied to the cost of oil to help lower electricity costs for customers....

November 9th 2012 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Sheraton Keauhou Resort, Kailua-Kona 

Hounded by Luddites, shakedown artists, and anti-GMO hypesters, Hawaii’s Kamapachi Farms open ocean fish farm has now been named by TIME magazine as one of the Best Inventions of the Year 2012. Surely it will soon be driven from the state....

It is clear that our state government has not been working for the people and I am running to change that.

104,323 Hawaii County residents are registered to vote in the 2012 General Election....

SMS did a survey of 303 interviews, 90% said they unfamiliar with `Aina Koa Pono (AKP). 10% were aware of AKP. The math says this is 29-31 people.

Hawai'i Free Press endorsements on State and County ballot initiatives....