{"id":7971,"date":"2010-11-05T14:49:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T23:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7971"},"modified":"2010-11-05T17:29:44","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T01:59:44","slug":"lingle-attempts-another-superferry-move-with-kulani-prison-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=7971","title":{"rendered":"Lingle attempts to “Superferry” the Kulani prison transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Governor Lingle was on hand to dedicate the new Youth ChalleNGe facility at the former Kulani prison site on Hawai’i island. This was reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser<\/a> and Hawaii News Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But wait.<\/p>\n

The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) decision to transfer the land from the Department of Public Safety to the state Department of Defense is being challenged by three parties: Kat Brady of the Community Alliance on Prisons, Michael Lee, a Kanaka Maoli cultural practitioner and lineal descendant with ties to the lands in question and DMZ-Hawai’i \/ Aloha ‘Aina. Read more here <\/a>and here <\/a><\/p>\n

The three parties requested a contested case hearing before the BLNR.\u00a0 This should place a hold on the BLNR decision going into effect. \u00a0 To date, there has\u00a0 been no correspondence from BLNR to the intervening parties.<\/p>\n

The Kulani prison lands, which are zoned for conservation, were set aside decades ago by executive order of the Governor exclusively for a prison.\u00a0 No other uses are permitted.\u00a0\u00a0 When Governor Lingle closed the Kulani prison she announced that she was giving the facility to the National Guard for the Youth ChalleNGe program.\u00a0\u00a0 The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Defense signed a memorandum of agreement to transfer the occupancy of the facility.\u00a0\u00a0 But the previous executive order has not been officially terminated. And a new executive order has not been issued nor approved by the legislature. \u00a0 So the the new Youth ChalleNGe facility is illegal.<\/p>\n

Lingle is not one to let the law get in the way of her plans.\u00a0 We saw what lengths she would go to in order to circumvent the law in the case of the Hawaii Superferry<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Earlier, the Hawaii National Guard tried to sneak in military training<\/a>, but community groups blocked the military training component. \u00a0 In the last months of her term, the expedited transfer of the Kulani facility to the National Guard seems to be Lingle’s attempt to\u00a0 “Superferry” the Kulani prison transfer.\u00a0 This time she’s leaving the mess for the next governor to clean up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Governor Lingle was on hand to dedicate the new Youth ChalleNGe facility at the former Kulani prison site on Hawai’i island. This was reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser and Hawaii News Now. But wait. The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) decision to transfer the land from the Department of Public Safety … <\/p>\n

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