{"id":8394,"date":"2011-02-09T13:37:25","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T22:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2011-02-09T13:37:25","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T22:07:25","slug":"cries-for-kahoolawe-surface-in-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=8394","title":{"rendered":"Cries for Kahoolawe Surface in the Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mauinow.com\/2011\/02\/09\/cries-for-kahoolawe-surface-in-the-senate\/\">http:\/\/mauinow.com\/2011\/02\/09\/cries-for-kahoolawe-surface-in-the-senate\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cries for Kahoolawe Surface in the Senate<\/h2>\n<h4>February 9th, 2011\u00a0<a title=\"View all posts in MauiNOW\" rel=\"category tag\" href=\"http:\/\/mauinow.com\/category\/mauinow-2\/\"><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>By Wendy Osher<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Protect Kaho\u2019olawe \u2018Ohana are speaking out against a  bill introduced in the state senate that seeks a reduction in the number  of members on the Kaho\u2019olawe Island Reserve Commission.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22162\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mauinow.com\/files\/2011\/02\/protect-kahoolawe-ohana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mauinow.com\/files\/2011\/02\/protect-kahoolawe-ohana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a>The  above image from the Protect Kaho&#8217;olawe &#8216;Ohana is being used in social  media to raise awareness about the pending legislation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SB609 would reduce the number of members on the KIRC from seven to  five, effectively eliminating the current requirement that two members  be selected from a list provided by the Protect Kaho\u2019olawe \u2018Ohana.<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, the KIRC would be made up of: one member from the  Office of Hawaiian Affairs, one county official appointed by the  governor from a list provided by the Mayor of Maui County, and the  chairperson for the Board of Land and Natural Resources.  The remaining  two members would be selected by the governor in consultation with  native Hawaiian organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would also require a four year wait before members could be reappointed to the commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Protect Kaho\u2019olawe \u2018Ohana is a grassroots organization that has  been at the forefront efforts to stop bombing on the island and provide  stewardship of the island\u2019s natural and cultural resources.  Since 1980,  the organization has led cultural access trips to Kaho\u2019olawe for  thousands of students, community organizations and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is scheduled for a hearing this Saturday, February 12, 2011  at 10 a.m. at the State Capitol Conference Room 225 before the Senate  committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land and Housing.  Testimony  can be submitted online at the following link: <a title=\"SB609 testimony\" href=\"http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/emailtestimony\/?measure=SB609\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.capitol.hawaii.gov\/emailtestimony\/?measure=SB609<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/mauinow.com\/2011\/02\/09\/cries-for-kahoolawe-surface-in-the-senate\/ Cries for Kahoolawe Surface in the Senate February 9th, 2011\u00a0 By Wendy Osher Members of the Protect Kaho\u2019olawe \u2018Ohana are speaking out against a bill introduced in the state senate that seeks a reduction in the number of members on the Kaho\u2019olawe Island Reserve Commission. The above image from the Protect Kaho&#8217;olawe &#8216;Ohana is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=8394\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cries for Kahoolawe Surface in the Senate&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maui-molokai-lanai-kahoolawe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8394"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8396,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8394\/revisions\/8396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}