Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 12, Number 10, 1 October 1995 — Beamer lambasted [ARTICLE]

Beamer lambasted

Auwē. Trustee Billie Beamer says, "Were it not for the Trustee's editorials the readers would be completely ignorant." What a condescending statement to the intelligence of Hawaiians. ... the readers know better. It sounds like Ka Wai Ola O OHA knows better, too; the Trustee article disclaimer

says, "since these are individual opinions, OHA does not take responsibility for their factual accuracy." I wonder if Trustee Beamer is responsible for aeeuracy!

Judging from the August editorials and responses to her July eolumn, it would appear that her accuracy is questionable. It is too bad she uses her pen to demean and discredit her own OHA staff by saying, "The real bogeyman at OHA, is the pompous belief that they have more power and knowledge than trustees." Staff knowledge ean go a long way to help trustees if they are humble enough to work together with staff. Perhaps Trustee Beamer is the one who suffers from the "pompous belief." Trustee Beamer says her one mission is to make OHA a model of accountability and effectiveness. Her immediate mission should be to make her eolumn a model of factual information. Repeated misinfor-

mation and attacks based on personal grudges are truly tiring! And remember, when it comes to judging accountability and effectiveness, it is we, the beneficiaries, who will be the final arbiters. Kawehioakaka Lum 'Aiea