Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 10, 1 October 2014 — SAY, CALVIN K.Y. DEMOCRAT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SAY, CALVIN K.Y. DEMOCRAT

Q1. I woulel like to see OHA negotiate a master lease with just one developer for commercial/

business ventures. Why, if we build housing, OHA would have to sell the FEE to make it financially feasible. Most buyers do not want to be in a leasehold situation for housing. Commercial zoning will give OHA the opportunity of the highest and best use and still retain the fee. Similarly to what Kamehameha Schools did in its sales to J.P. Morgan of the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. As an entity of the Hawaiian community, we should preserve public lands for the future generations.

Q2. We as a community will have to continue to debate, vex, discuss, talk story, listen with patience, agree to disagree, respect one another's point of view, ho'oponopono and accept the values of the Aloha Spirit. We all have to search deep in one's spirit with our ancestors to learn about what exists today may not exist in future. Let us go back to our ancestors in their wisdom of our Nation. Let us listen to the soft and guiet voice of a strong-willed kupuna, loving, compassionate, peaceful and royal who defined the Aloha Spirit, Kupuna Pilahi Paki. That is the journey to further the Native Hawaiian Nation-building efforts.

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