Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 20, Number 7, 1 July 2003 — Waiting list woes [ARTICLE]

Waiting list woes

Please help me and other Hawaiians understand what is going on? I am referring to the Lambert Hans Ho'olehua Moloka'i watermelon farmers. We read a few years ago that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands won a $600 million lawsuit whereby the state was to pay DHHL $30 million eaeh year until 204. What has happened? Couldn't it help move the over 33,000 on the waiting list a lot faster than the 9.6 million we read in the papers a few weeks ago? Please explain this mystery! We are so tired of all the delays, stalling, excuses, while others are trying their level best to aggressively cut in line, ahead of the bona fide Hawaiians dying on the waiting list. Elizabeth G.L. Lee Loy Hilo

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