Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 8, 1 August 2004 — OHA propaganda? [ARTICLE]

OHA propaganda?

Watched your program on the

Akaka Bill, and again the Office of Hawaiian Affairs continues to be out of touch with the Native Hawaiian community. Are you people for real? Is it too mueh to ask that you just present the Akaka Bill for us to see as it is written. Do you think Hawaiians are too ignorant to make up their own minds? Why not just read and hō'ike the bill? You insult all of us Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians alike. You treat the community as if people are too stupid to read and hear the facts and contents of the bill for themselves. What validity did your three panelists lend? Can they speak for the federal government and its intentions, obligations, expectations or designs in relationship to this bill? No. Why do you continue to use our financial resources in such a reprehensible and irresponsible manner, and eall this garbage education? Who advises the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to make such poor public relations decisions? These formats and strategies are bordering on the worst kind of propaganda a government agency ean be engaged in. They only serve to cause further division and isolate the Hawaiian community. Can OHA for onee just present education without being biased? It's not rocket science people. May God help us all if this is where we are at ... and Buddha too. Manu Gay Kailua, O'ahu OHA reserves the right to ed.it all \etters for length, defamatory and libelous material, and other objectionable content, and reserves the right not to print any submission. All letters must be typed, signed and not exceed. 200 word.s. Letters cannot be published unless they are signed and. include a telephone contact for verification. Send letters to Ka Wai Ola o OHA, 711 Kapi'olani Blvd.., Ste. 500, Honolulu, HI 96813, or email kwo@oha.org. ■