Akaka bill will not address kingdom issues
Stuart N. Taba from Manoa has a
letter
the
Advertiser
supporting the Akaka bill. He says "Further hearings would be fruitless," and
this is a bit condescending: "Elected government officials are paid to lead us
and sometimes must make tough decisions that indecisive residents cannot figure
out." Otherwise, it sounds a lot like other pro-Akaka talking points.
He says it would "address issues
affecting all residents of Hawai'i resulting from the overthrow of the Hawaiian
kingdom." As an internal U.S. law necessarily without extraterritorial force,
and one that defines the affected population by ethnic rather than political
heritage (i.e. Native Hawaiians rather than Hawaiian nationals), it may address
issues affecting Native Hawaiians within the realm of U.S. law, but it has
nothing whatsoever to do with the Hawaiian kingdom.
Posted: Sat
- May 28, 2005 at 08:00 AM