Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 12, 1 Kekemapa 2006 — Harmful development [ARTICLE]

Kōkua No ke kikokikona ma kēia Kolamu

Harmful development

Please don't give in to moneymotivated development like everywhere else. Moloka'i ean stay and heeome an inspiration for sustainability. I, Karen Nohle, oppose the development of Lā'au. Given the long-term drought, we need to protect the limited water supply for our homesteads' needs and for the needs of the next generations of homesteaders. Also, the Lā'au development will have devastating cultural effects and negative social impacts for the residents of Moloka'i. These kinds of developments have proven catastrophic to Hawaiian culture, while increasing the strain on threatened water resources and doing little to bolster sustainable eeonomie development. Karen Nohle Via the lnternet