Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 4, 1 April 2010 — Great cover story on Nō Wai ʻEhō [ARTICLE]

Great cover story on Nō Wai ʻEhō

I commend you for including Ms. Liza Simon's well-written subject article on the Nā Wai 'Ehā contested case hearing before the state Commission on Water Resource Management (April KWO). This excellent article concisely summarizes the issues faced by the commission whose upcoming decision in the matter will weigh the importance of environmental and cultural considerations against eeonomie development. Kudos to Ms. Simon for researching the plethora of documents in the matter and contacting the various stakeholders in the contested-case hearing. Some persons, myself included, simply do not have the time, patience or technical expertise to read the administrative record of the proceeding - a task that could be charitably described as "stimulus overload." Thank you for your service to those wishing to follow the commission's deliberations

on a matter whose gravity will impact native water rights and environmental protection policy for generations to eome. Leslie Segundo Honolulu