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Monday, December 7, 2009

This is a adobe flash player of large clear photos that show exactly where the bike path mauka goes.

GET EDUCATED MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION

PROTECT SACRED WAILUA

http://www.kaieie.org/Wailuanuiahoano_GreatSacredWailua.html

Judy Dalton and Brad Parsons letter re: Bikepath

Important article written by Judy Dalton and Juan Wilson RE: Bike Path

By Judy Dalton and Brad Parsons on 6 December 2009 -

Aloha friends of Kaua'i,

On Monday evening, December 7th, the fate of one of the island's most notable beaches will be at stake - Wailua Beach. Building a 14 feet wide boardwalk to serve as a recreational multi-use/bike path will put the beach at unnecessary risk. Hawai'i is losing and will continue to lose many of its beaches erosion and sea level rise. Imposing a structure on the beach at Wailua will stress the natural beach process and eventually threaten its existence. We must ask ourselves, "Am I willing to sacrifice a beach so I can ride my bike on it?"

Wailua Beach, also known as Mahunapu`uone (meaning "the sand dunes that conceal the bones"), is considered by the Hawaiians to be the most culturally, historically and spiritually significant not only on Kaua'i, but in the Hawaiian Island chain. Building a boardwalk on the beach would be a profound insult to the Native Hawaiians. Why would development here be considered when it has become very evident that it would be hurtful to so many people who want to keep the beach intact and protect the iwi of their ancestors?

At this point, it appears that the county is planning to build the path on Wailua Beach, despite recommendations by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to keep it off the beach unless large numbers of people attend the meeting and ask the Mayor to change his mind. New information shows the importance of protecting the beach and respecting the mana`o of the Hawaiian kupuna, which was mis-interpreted by The Path consultants.

There is a very viable alternative to the path being on the sandy beach at Wailua, which was included in the Environmental Assessment (EA). It's a mauka route on an existing road along a scenic canal behind Coco Palms, on land belonging to the county.

There seems to be some confusion and misunderstanding about the path alternatives and the assumptions/questions below which are clarified by the responses.

1. "If the mauka route is chosen that would cause an additional highway crossing, wouldn't it?"
NO! BOTH THE BEACH ROUTE AND THE MAUKA ROUTE WOULD CROSS KUHIO HIGHWAY THE SAME NUMBER OF TIMES. The only difference is that the highway crossing on the beach route would be at Lanikai Street, and the highway crossing on the mauka route would be at the existing light at Kuamo'o Road. In addition, IF THE ROUTE ON WAILUA BEACH IS USED ,A NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY WOULD BE ADDED at Lanaikai Street causing more stop and go in this congested section of the highway.

2. "The beach route would provide access to the beach access."
There is ALREADY access to the beach. The two parking lots presently located on either end of the beach will continue to exist if either route is chosen.

3. "I'm not sure if I want to walk or ride a bike on a path along a canal."
BOTH routes go along the canal. The beach route, continuing north along Papaloa Road, turns on Lanikai Street crosses the highway, where a new traffic light would have to be added. It then cuts across land on the mauka side of the highway and along the canal following it on to Foodland. The mauaka route would go alongside the canal starting from a road behind Coco Palms and continue to Foodland, as well. See pictures of the scenic canal route behind Coco Palms at end of this letter.

4. "Wouldn't it hold up completion of the path if the mauka route is used?"
No. Since the mauka route was listed in the EA as one of the alternate routes, getting it approved would take could take just 2 or 3 months and cause no delay in the overall project. The path can't connect to points south until the bridge over Wailua River is completed which will take at least a year.

5. "If the road behind Coco Palms is used it would cause more disturbance to burials."
No, the Wailua Drainage Canal roadway is an ALREADY EXISTING ROAD behind Coco Palms connecting Kuamo'o Road with Haleilio Road and was used by cars for several years. The section of path coming off the bridge would go cross the highway at Kuamo'o Road and continue along the road (which is being widened) to connect with the mauka route and avoids disrupting cultural sites in the area. By not placing the path on the beach it prevents disturbing cultural sites on the beach while keeping the beach intact in its natural state. The recent letter from the State Historic Preservation Dept states that cultural sites would be affected, yet those sites are actually a considerable distance away from the mauka path. Their letter stands in sharp contrast with OHA's letter.

6. "The path on the beach would be on dirt and not sand, right?"
No. The path on the beach would be on top of flat sand dunes, currently covered with plants. The sand dunes are vital to preservation of the beach as they store sand for future beach replenishment.

7. "Upon crossing Haleilio Road, the mauka path would displace people living in their homes."
Not so. There's one house on commercial property that's been for sale over a year and unoccupied. There are two additional empty lots to obtain easements that are also for sale.

8. "We will lose the $4.2 million incentive money if we don't put the path on the beach."
Not true, provided the money is used anywhere on Phase 3 by March 2, 2010 as confirmed by the Department of Transportation.

For more photos of the alternative path route mauka of the old Coco Palms Hotel see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21400600@N03/sets/72157622826153697/show

If you want to protect Wailua Beach and support native Hawaiian culture, please come out on Monday, December 7th at 6:00pm at the Kauai Peace & Freedom Convention Center on Hardy Street in Lihue. To read a request from kanaka maoli to attend the meeting, visit: http://www.kaieie.org/Wailuanuiahoano_GreatSacredWailua.html

See also:
Ea O Ka Ania: Last Chance For Wailua 12/2/09 INDEX: Access, Hawaiiana, iwi, Planning, Transportation

DO NOT FORGET A PROTEST IS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY 12-2 MAYORS OFFICE (ROTUNDA) TO PRESENT SIGNATURES, PETITIONS, ECT. SPONSORED BY THE La'a Aina Coalition

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Kauai Christmas Parade!! VIDEO!!

The Kauai Christmas parade, Lights on Rice street.

KAUAI NO KA OI NOBODY DOES IT LIKE US COUNTRY STYLE ALL DA WAY

MELE KALIKIMAKA A ME KA HAUOLI MAKAHIKI HOU

PATH MEETING ON MONDAY!!

http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2009/12/05/news/kauai_news/doc4b19fef542749819277705.txt

PLEASE ATTEND

Official Statement for the December 10th protest-petition widget

To:

Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr.

Mayor, County of Kauai
4444 Rice St., Suite 235
Lihue, HI 96766

From:

Ka La'a Aina Coalition

4417 Maka Road

Kalaheo, Hi 96741

332-0341

kad2009@ymail.com

And various undersigned herewith

Dear County of Kaua'i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr.,

RE:

Kauai Bike Path Inc. also known as Ka Hele Makalae.

We the undersigned hereby protest any construction of a bikepath that would in anyway come near any sacred areas of the entire Wailuanuiha'oano Complex, or encourage any more traffic to any of these sacred areas.

This would of course include any alignments that would take the path onto Alio Sands, (Wailua Beach), which we most strongly disagree with, and protest.

Hauloa South bank of Wailua rivermouth

Likely included a pu‘uhonua (place of refuge)

Hikina-a-ka-lā Part of Hauloa (religious center)

395 feet (120 m) long;

56 to 80 feet (17 to 24 m) wide

Kukui Heiau North bank of Wailua rivermouth

Across rivermouth from Hauloa

Na Ki‘i Pōhaku (Petroglyphs) South bank of Wailua rivermouth

Sometimes covered with sand

Canoe Landing East bank of Wailua river mouth

Loko i‘a (Fishponds) Near Wailua river mouth.

Māla‘e Heiau West side of Kūhiō Highway (Hwy. 56)

Dimensions: 273 by 324 feet (83 by 99 m)

Walls were up to 10 feet (3 m) high,

Holoholokū Heiau South side of Kuamo‘o Road (Hwy. 580).

Hauloa Heiau

Hauloa (“Dew of life”[vi]) is a large heiau (sacred place of worship) located at the mouth of the Wailua River, and is thought to have included a pu‘uhonua (place of refuge). The religious center at Hauloa was

Hikina-a-ka-lā (“Rising of the sun”[vii]), located at the point where the sunlight first touches the island of Kaua‘i’s eastern shore each morning.

In the 1800s, the sacred area of Hauloa was abandoned as far as religious uses, and coconut palms and sweet potatoes were planted. In the 1900s the heiau’s rocks were taken away and used for road beds, leaving only the loose outline of the foundations stones that may be seen there today. Formerly at the site were many great slabs of stone set on end in a double row.

In 1962, Hikina-a-ka-lā and other Wailua heiau were designated National Historic Landmarks. A bronze plaque commemorates the heiau as “Hauola, City of Refuge.”

Located next to the plaque is an adze grinding stone as well as two flat, stone salt pans. Toward the beach are some petroglyphs known as Na Ki‘i Pōhaku, which are often covered by shifting sands.

Across Wailua Bay, on Alakukui Point, are the grass-covered remains of the foundation stones of Kukui Heiau.

[Hauola Heiau, end of Lydgate Beach parking lot near Wailua rivermouth.]

Māla‘e Heiau

Māla‘e Heiau is located near the mouth of the Wailua River, about 45 feet (12 m) from Kūhiō Highway (Hwy. 56), on the mauka (mountain) side of the road. Thought to be one of Kaua‘i’s oldest heiau and also the largest, Māla‘e Heiau encompasses about 2 acres (.8 ha).

The stone structure measures 273 by 324 feet (83 by 99 m), with walls up to 10 feet (3 m) high and 8 to 13 feet (2.4 to 4 m) thick. A 6-foot by 2-foot (1.8-m by .6-m) stone ledge lined the inside of the wall, providing a place for people to sit and watch the proceedings.

According to legend, Māla‘e Heiau was built by menehune about 1,500 years ago. The heiau is said to be an example of the menehune trait of forming a single line of people many miles long to pass rocks from one person to the next. (See Menehune section, Chapter 3.)

Māla‘e Heiau was converted into a cattle pen by Deborah Kapule (the last queen of Kaua‘i as the wife of King Kamuali‘i) after she converted to Christianity.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the rocks of Māla‘e Heiau were used by the sugar plantations for construction projects. This was the impetus for the founding of the Kaua‘i Historical Society by Reverend John M. Lydgate and others. More recently, the heiau has been cleared of overgrown brush by volunteers working to restore the site.

[Māla‘e Heiau, located on the west side of Kūhiō Highway (Hwy. 56), near the south bank of Wailua River.]

Holoholokū Heiau

Holoholokū Heiau is located on the south side of Kuamo‘o Road (Hwy. 580), just off the main highway. Said to be one of Kaua‘i’s oldest heiau, Holoholokū is relatively small, measuring about 20 feet by 40 feet (6 m by 12 m). Holoholokū Heiau was a luakini, where human sacrifices were performed.

A birthstone on the western side of the site is where ancient ali‘i (Hawaiian royalty) gave birth. A plaque on the stone reads “Pohaku Hoohanau Birthstone.” Another rock on the site has a plaque that reads “Pohaku Piko,” and this pōhaku (stone) was where the baby’s umbilical cord (piko) was left to ensure the child’s health.

A stairway near the heiau climbs to the top of a small hill overlooking the Wailua river. On this mound are dozens of Japanese gravesites, some marked with lava-rock gravestones.

[Holoholokū Heiau, alongside Kuamo‘o Rd. (Hwy. 580), about ¼ mile (.4 km) from Kūhiō Highway (Hwy. 56) on the left (south) side of the road.]

Poli‘ahu Heiau

Poli‘ahu Heiau is located on the south side of Kuamo‘o Road (Hwy. 580). Considered the sister heiau to Māla‘e, Poli‘ahu Heiau is 242 feet (74 m) long by 165 feet (50 m) wide, and the site of ancient religious ceremonies led by a kahuna (priest).

Structures within Poli‘ahu were dismantled after the overthrow of the kapu in 1819 (see Chapter 11, Timeline: 1819, May 20), including an ‘anu‘u (a three-story wooden oracle tower), lele (altar, or raised platform), hale pahu (temple drum house), and a hale umu, described as an “...oven house where the temple fires were kept and offerings were prepared.”[x]

Visible from Poli‘ahu is Māla‘e Heiau, and it is likely that communication took place between the two locations in ancient times. Above Poli‘ahu is Kālepa Ridge’s last peak, called Mauna-kapu (“Sacred mountain”[xi]).

[Poli‘ahu Heiau, Kuamo‘o Road (Hwy. 580), on south side of the road just before ‘Ōpaeka‘a Falls Viewpoint, Wailua.]

It is imperative to us that absolutely no sites on this list be impacted in any way by the construction of the bike path, be they on the mauka side of the current highway or the makai side.

We insist that an alternative route be implementated.

When one sacred site is impacted they are all impacted. Increase in traffic to some heiau such as the Hikina A Ka La Heiau and the Kukui Heiau and Hau'loa Heiau have been significant. The sands at Alio should be absolutely off limits to any bikepath alignments.

The idea that somehow these are a disconnected group of structures and sacred sites is absolutely incorrect.

We pray that you will make significant adjustments and support an alignment that protects, preserves and prevents any further degradation to any of the sites on this list.

There is no site here on this list that is more important than the other. They are all interconnected both spiritually and physically to each other. A desecration of one of them is a dececration to all of them.

We strongly protest the path going up to, into, around or through, or on top of (in the case of Alio) any of these areas listed. We protest any traffic traversing them in any way except for the explicit use in most cases of a specific Hawaiian religious appropriate to that area in the case of the Heiau's, and/or cultural and appropriate uses of certain areas such as the sands at Alio, on the canoe landings.

Sincerely, the undersigned presented on this day:

December 10, 2009 at approximately 2 pm in the afternoon

To be presented to the Mayor, or his authorized representative

Mahalo, Sincerely the undersigned.

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My new favorite quote

To those who know, no explanation is required. To those who don't know, no explanation is sufficient.

The End.

Friday, December 4, 2009

West Hawaii Today - Local > Hamakua planning draws little interest

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Palin Makes Her Dumbest Comment Ever

Ok let us see if she can top herself this week

Fox News Analyst Viciously Slams Sarah Palin

I love when the Republicans begin to eat their young. Speaking in a strictly carnivorous bird of prey stance of course, not literally people.

Sarah Palin - Obama Wants To Kill My Baby

Beleive it or not, the Reps have FOX and WE have these guys. I love them. This guy would make a TERRIFIC President. Another Sarah Palin Video. Remember to come to the Bookburning and Potluck on December 19th at Lydgate Park!!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Abortion rights plan sparks feisty debate

Abortion rights plan sparks feisty debate

Expect a longer blog about this issue today

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

President Obama: Address to Congress on Health Insurance Reform

Sit back and grab a cup of coffee, and watch this 47 minute long speech. And hope that this plan passes. Mahalo

Monday, November 30, 2009

What Did George W Bush Accomplish in His first year? Find Out.

With everyone giving our Prez a hard time, lets just back up and look at what he is actually doing right now.

First of all, he is taking care of state dinners, flying all over the world trying to better our image, handling healthcare, and trying to get the war in afghanistan from turning into another 8 years. Everyone is whining. But this isn't done yet, and this isnt done yet. Oh, cut it out, kids. The man has four years you know. If you ask me he is doing a pretty monumental job. Not only that he is still charming, young, handsome, has a wonderful family and tucks his kids into bed at night and loves his wife, ok? So knock it off.

Look, you could always have another Dubya on your hands. Would you prefer that? I found this great website, here is the link: showing Dubyas accomplishments in his first year in office.

For Your viewing pleasure, I have c and pd it right here, so lets just sit back, relax, and peruse this list, shall we?(Bad stuff is marked with an asterick (*))

George W. Bush's first year in office (List of 77 accomplishments)
www.redpepper.org.uk ^ | 3/25/02 | Red Pepper staff

Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 8:14:09 AM by LarryLied

In George W. Bush's first year in office he:

1. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.*
2. Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.*
3. Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced pediatric training.*
4. Cut funding for research into renewable energy sources by 50%.*
5. Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic in drinking water.*

6. Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual assistance to non-English speaking persons. This, from a candidate who would readily fire-up his Spanish-speaking skills in front of would-be Hispanic voters.*
7. Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands and the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii (please see San Francisco Chronicle, April 6, 2001).**
8. Cut funding for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks by 28% *
9. Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability to deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety, environmental and other federal laws. **
10. Approved the sending of letters by Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national monuments for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting. *

11. Appointed John Negroponte -- an unindicted high-level Iran Contra figure to the post of United Nations Ambassador. *
12. Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rainforest conservation. *
13. Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals, clinics and providers of care for people without insurance. *
14. Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about the potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents. *
15. Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites on public lands. *

16. Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for public housing. *
17. Proposed to eliminate a federal program, designed and successfully used in Seattle, to help communities prepare for natural disasters. *
18. Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement. 19. Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers. *
20. Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property. *

21. Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move from welfare to work. *
22. Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra). *
23. Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing. *
24. Appointed Otto Reich -- an un-indicted high-level Iran Contra figure -- to Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. *
25. Cut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency by $500 million. *

26. Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an animal placed on the Endangered Species List. *
27. Rescinded the rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps. *
28. Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health and safety. *
29. Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide, the waste gas that contributes to global warming. *
30. Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that offer abortion counseling with other independent funds. *

31. Closed the White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and Outreach. *
32. Nominated David Lauriski -- an ex-mining company executive --- to post of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health. *
33. Approved a controversial plan by Interior Secretary Gale Norton to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast of eastern Florida. *
34. Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National Forest to oil and drilling. *
35. Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments. *

36. Gutted the White House AIDS Office. *
37. Renegotiated a free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate workers's rights and safeguards for the environment. *
38. Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments. *
39. Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the Interior. *
40. Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality. *

41. Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program. *
42. Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly bear re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
43. Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects. *
44. Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid for college, though convicted murderers can. *
45. Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah. *

46. Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco company lawsuit. *
47. Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, 43% of which will go to the wealthiest 1% of Americans. *
48. Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills. *
49. Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants." (Meet the Press.") *
50. Appointed Diana Roth to the Council of Economic Advisers. ("There is no gender gap in pay", Boston Globe, March 28, 2001.) *

51. Appointed Kay Cole James, an opponent of affirmative action, to direct the Office of Personnel Management. *
52. Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect. *
53. Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get credit cards. *
54. Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that gives free books to poor children. *
55. Is pushing for development of small nuclear arms to attack deeply buried targets and weapons. This would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. *

56. Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton, the attorney responsible for a recent case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act, to federal appeals court judgeship. *
57. Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of national forest from logging and road building. *
58. Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which taught school children about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and citizenship. *
59. Appointed John Bolton, who opposes nonproliferation treaties and the UN, to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. *
60. Nominated Linda Fisher, an executive with Monsanto, for the number-two job at the Environmental Protection Agency. *

61. Nominated Michael McConnell, leading critic of the separation of church and state, to a federal judgeship. *
62. Nominated Terrence Boyle, an ardent opponent of civil rights, to a federal judgeship. *
63. Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high mileage cars. *
64. Nominated Harvey Pitts, a lawyer for a teen sex video distributor, to head SEC. *
65. Nominated John Walters, a strong opponent of prison drug treatment programs, to be Drug Tsar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001.) *

66. Nominated J. Steven Giles, an oil and coal lobbyist, for Deputy Secretary of the Interior. *
67. Nominated Bennett Raley, who advocates repealing the Endangered Species Act, for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science *
68. Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the US against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII. *
69. Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug abuse prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular equivalents. *
70. Reduced the Low Income Home Assistance Program by 40%; it aided low-income individuals who need assistance paying energy bills. *

71. Nominated Ted Olson, who has repeatedly lied about his involvement with the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton, for Solicitor General.
72. Nominated Terrance Boyle, a foe of civil rights, to a federal judgeship. *
73. Proposes to ease permit process, including environmental considerations, for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington Post, May 18, 2001.) *
74. Proposes to give government the authority to take private property through eminent domain for power lines. *
75. Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable energy come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve. *
76. Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official government functions. *
77. Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber industry lobbyist. **

WELL HECK 77 OUT of 77 ARE THINGS OBAMA HAS TO FIX NOW.

WHAT DO YOU NAY SAYERS, WHINERS AND COMPLAINERS HAVE TO SAY NOW?

I will be posting the other 7 years up here as well.
Ok, then...lighten up.

Its either HOPE or THE DOPE. Make up your minds

Stop Dattatreya Siva Baba from desecrating our sacred heiau!!

Here is the link

Dattatreya Siva Baba is a self styled "Guru" who is coming to Kaua'i. His itinerary includes most of our most sacred heiau and temples. He is intent on using them for HIS ceremonies and purposes. THIS IS BLASPHEMY! DO we go to a Hindu temple and perform Catholic ceremonies? Do we go into a Synagogue and perform Islamic prayers? Do we go to a Shinto temple and perform Christian ceremonies?

NO! HEWA HEWA HEWA HEWA HEWA!!!!!!!

What is so strange to me, is this man should know better. But apparently he does not. Even if he has the blessing of someone who is claiming to be an authority, those of us in the community will not allow this. Neither will the DLNR I suspect. I am calling on all groups with authority to help; me, through THE LA'A AINA COALITION to STOP THIS MAN FROM PERFORMING ANY CEREMONIES ON OUR HEIAUS!!

Here are more links to his "itinerary".

Here is his itinerary and he is charging between 2,000 and 4,000 dollarsw to attend!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is more!

Just look at this!!

According to his website, he is going to perform some ceremony that will call up some sort of power, that he will "take" from all of our heiau!

I urge all Native Hawaiian groups, halaus, sovreignity, community groups, environmental groups to join forces under The LA'A AINA COALITION to prevent Him from performing ANYTHING on our heiaus!

We will be organizing ceremonies on all of the heiaus, in order to prevent them from coming onto them. This will require a LOT OF PEOPLE!!

Help us today!!

email me at kad2009@ymail.com

or at stopsivababa@yahoo.com/ymail.com

MAHALO

You betcha! The Sarah Palin speech(es) we never heard one year ago tonight

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

The La'a Aina Coaliton Protest In the Rotunda

The La'a Aina Coalition will be sponsoring a protest in the Rotunda of the Kauai Mayoral Complex a week from this Thursday. Please spread the word.

The purpose of this protest is to disagree with the determination that the bikepath should go on or near the sacred Hikina A Ka La Heiau, or ANY heiaus on the maKAI side of the road.

We believe that all heiaus are precious, and equal in their importance, and that NONE can be disturbed.

We will be gathering and begin at Noon and go until 2 PM on December 10, in the rotunda area by the Mayors off ice. There will be a large petition to sign. If you can't make it, email and call the Mayor about your feelings on this issue.

Go ahead and bring signs, all are welcome to film or photograph this event. Media are welcome.

HOWEVER THIS IS A PEACEFUL PROTEST AND RALLY!!

Around 2 pm we will walk the petition up to the Mayors office, in a friendly, polite and orderly way!