Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 9, 1 September 1999 — Disagreement [ARTICLE]

Disagreement

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I am writing to express my distress over the antics of Trustees Maehado and Apoliona. Machado seems to be alienating herself from grassroots Hawaiian communities as an ironic result of trying to position herself "for the people." Her messages posted in your forum are filled with nonsensical backbiting and nary a viable solution. It's apparent to all that you are willing to forsake a large number of Hawaiians to further your personal polarization with the otber trustees on the board. Political naivete aside, you attack an organization of Hawaiian parents and children, who don't give one guava about politics. I have even met some of the trustees and they perform their jobs without compensation! Tell us again how they eompare to bureaucrats such as yourselves. Before you take your sickle to such a young tree as immersion education, not even having the facts straight, remember another lesson from nature: It makes no sense for the parasite to kill the host. My grandchildren are immersion educated. If you are going to attack the education in Hawaiian language, what are your motives? We, your hosts, who put you there in your position of power grow weary of how you wield it. Donna M. Malu Wai'anae