Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 10, 1 October 2004 — CANDIDATES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
CANDIDATES
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My name is John Louis Sabey, born on January 5, 1925, to John Samuel Sabey and Anna Kamakahukilani Kawaiaea Sabey. I am still married to my second wife, Marjorie Mae Magee Sabey, since June 16, 1996. My racial extraction is half Norwegian, since my father was pure Norwegian and "Sabey" means "by the sca." From my mother I got 3/8 Hawaiian and 1/8 Chinese. I was bom at home on Alani St. in the Mclnemy Park division. I attended Lanakila Elementary School for the first grade, Kapalama Elementary School for the second grade, Lineoln Elementary School for grades 3-6, Kamehameha School for Boys for grades 7-12, University of Hawai'i, for the freshman thru junior grades. This schooling occurred from Sept. 3, 1930 when I was five years old to June 1947 when I was 22 years old. I graduated from Kamehameha in June 1942 instead of June 1943 because of the start of the Second World War for the United States. I was 17 years old at the time and one of the youngest in my class. W7/v do I want to be an OHA trustee? Well, besides the beneficiary benefit, I would care to help my native Hawaiian relatives get back their long-lost nationhood over a hundred years ago when the United States deposed Queen Lili'uokalani from her
throne as queen. What qualities woulā you bring to the position ? Well, as you ean see by some of my past genealogy, schooling, State Tax office, cartographic drafting technician (30 years, eight months.), landowner in Maui and Califomia City, real estate salesman that sold over $ 1 million for Herbert Horita, pianist for various bands, Japanese night clubs, name on plaque at Kamehameha Schools for staying ovemight Dec. 7 with my classmates to protect the school from attack (one missile exploded helow the auditorium, making a 50 ft. crater in the road). I have been a landlord to three different tenants in town when I was single, one tenant when I got married to Marylynn Momi Ka'akimaka and raised four sons from Febmary 20, 1960. What do you consider the most important issues confronting OHA and/or the Hawaiian people ? I think the most important issue is Hawai'i should secede from the United States and heeome an independent country, like it was during the days of the kings and queens - with the help of the United States, of course. What past or current involvement and
activities demonstrate your commitment to the Hawaiian community ? The question asked about the Hawaiian community - whieh I see a little ambiguously as I consider the community I live in as community consisting of a hodgepodge of nationalities living in Hawai'i, not only of having the blood nationality of Hawaiian. During the times of the kings, Hawai'i had a mixture of many ethnic groups of people besides the pure -blooded Hawaiian. However, this kingdom was ruled by the ali'i, not the people. Today, I would rather live as I have been, in a democracy. So this would be tantamount to including not only people with Hawaiian blood, but people of other nationalities bom and raised in Hawai'i and loyal to a democratic nation of Hawai'i. As an OHA trustee, how would you resolve those concerns? I would try to vote democratically for these concems. If you could only accomplish one goal as an OHA trustee, what woukl that be? I should think that that goal would be a new nation of Hawai'i consisting of the former leaders in the state and county govemments, with the United States providing us with our own military forces. ■
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My motivation to be an OHA trustee is to have a highly effective and eompetent board working together with the Hawaiian people and their different views. We need leaders that bring a mix of academic performance, community involvement, business experience and a broad range of interactions and networks with the Hawaiian people and all communities, and who have labored and accomplished productive and meaningful outcomes. In retrospect, I feel that I fit those qualifications. As a single mother pursuing two master degrees, I understand about using social services and programs for low-ineome families in order to reach goals for my family and myself. I started in 1991 at Kapi'olani Community College and finished at UH Mānoa in 2000 with a master's in urban and regional planning and a master's in public health. My eldest daughter, Ko'olau, also graduated in 2000 from Santa Clara University. As an entrepreneur and small-business owner, I started "Breakfast In Bed," a catering company in 1979 with gourmet breakfasts delivered to residences and hotels, serviced by a staff of butlers and French maids. In my consultant business, "Burke and Daughters - Global Traders," I work with my two daughters on various projects. I have ten years of media experi-
enee: radio, public relations and marketing; a TV and independent producer; and in print media for loeal magazines and newspapers. In 2003, I launched the only independent statewide Native Hawaiian multi-media network, starting with a news joumal publication called "The 'Ōiwi Files - News Journal." The '0 Files has a distribution of 20,000 statewide and is available in most libraries and Hawaiian agencies on all islands. Our objectives are to develop a Hawaiian multi-media network that owns a press, radio station and TV and/or cable network. The development of our own eommunieahon venues will be invaluable in building our nation as part of a solid base for socioeconomic control and growth. Currently I serve on: OHA's Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund Board, helping Native Hawaiians get a business loan, training and technical assistance; Hawaiian Community Development Board to bring affordable housing and multi-purpose centers on homestead land; and the 'Ohina Short Film Showcase, to promote loeal filmmakers with our sixth showcase in October featuring video and films less than 30 minutes long. I've served on the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce Board and others. My campaign objectives: a comprehensive health care plan; create a bank where every Hawaiian owns one share; and follow
Hawaiian protocol in reciprocating ho'okupu in a visitor cultural assessment fee to be deposited into a repository fund to be used for sacred sites restoration and protection. OHA's most major role and greatest ehallenge is providing an inclusive process to independence and nationhood. In the current mode, we are being asked to make a "selfdetermination ehoiee" without true representation. I want that to be an "informed ehoiee". . . without imposed restrictions, limited participation or only giving one ehoiee, such as the Akaka Bill format. To overcome the limited opportunity to participate in making an "informed ehoiee," I have already proposed to OHA Ka'a Ea - The Sovereignty Buses project. In brief, this educational project on four buses, outfitted with multi-media educational material, that will go out into the community statewide and do a 12 -city West Coast tour. It will provide comprehensive sovereignty education on two choices: independence or dependence, and from that an "informed ehoiee" ean be gathered in a quasireferendum and from that models and strategies ean be developed. The services of the buses include creating a citizenship repository as well as dispensing Hawaiian agencies information on programs. Please elect me as the "kaho'okele", the navigator, of our political future. Mahalo. ■
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