Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 9, 1 September 2000 — Bishop Estate [ARTICLE]

Bishop Estate

We should not fault the interim ttustees of the Bishop Estate for not cooperating with the state attomeys in the litigation against former Bishop Estate trustees. They are only doing their duty. In fact, they need more support by beneficiaries ,, for standing up to the attomey general's demands. If they do succumb they would not only jeopardize their future but succeeding ttustees as well. Who wants puppets beholden to the state bureaucracy? To do away with the ttustee advisors and insurance people would be to leave them powerless and subject to every whim of the state bureaucracy. What I see here is the start of the state administration's conspiracy agenda that would eventually take conttol of this multi-billion dollar Hawaiian institution. This projected move counters the wishes of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's last will and testament and must be stopped. It is ironic that Professor Randall Roth is so critical of the trustees when in fact he works at the University of Hawai'i's Richardson School of Law named after — William Richardson, former lieutenant govemor and Bishop Estate ttustee. Paul Lemke Kapa'a OHA reserves the right to edit all letters for length, defamatory and libelous material, and other objectionable eontent, and reserves the right to print on a space available basis. Letters are authorizedfor publication on a one-letter, per subject, per year basis. īhe inclusion ofa letter author's title is a courtesy extended by Ka Wai Ola and does not constitute validation or recognition ofthe writer as such. All letters must be typed, signed and not exceed 200 words. Send letters to Ka Wai Ola o OHA, 711 Kapi'oloni Blvd., Suite 500, Honolulu, HI 96813. Readers ean also email their letters to oha@aloha.net. ■