Competing interests argue over the need for Ho‘opili

By Cynthia Oi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 27, 2011

~~<p>A man goes before a government agency and pleads for a housing project that he says will give his children and grandchildren an opportunity to buy a home nearby.</p>
<p>The appeal evokes images of family cohesion — kinfolk sharing events of the day over potluck dinners, grandpa and grandma helping busy parents raise and care for youngsters and passage of clan traditions from generation to generation.</p>
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A man goes before a government agency and pleads for a housing project that he says will give his children and grandchildren an opportunity to buy a home nearby.

The appeal evokes images of family cohesion — kinfolk sharing events of the day over potluck dinners, grandpa and grandma helping busy parents raise and care for youngsters and passage of clan traditions from generation to generation. Login for more...