Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 12, 1 December 2000 — Recount OHA [ARTICLE]

Recount OHA

The ongoing recount situation in Llorida has made me wonder whether Hawai'i should consider recounting the OHA votes cast. After all, how is it that we have a bartender from Keo's, a non-Native Hawaiian, and a former embroiled tmstee from Bishop Estate, in charge of $400 million dollars? The media-engineered "name recognition contest" for OHA resulted in the eleehon of trustees that are only slightly more quahfied and deserving than a republican secretary of state in charge of certifying votes for al A1 Gore. You wouldn't wish this on your worst poliūeal enemy, yet the voters in Hawai'i subject Native Hawaiian beneficiaries to the decision of a bartender with a famous last name. Good grief, are all the voters positive they filled in the right circle, or was their true intent lost in the maehine count? Amy Kantrowotz Kailua