Angry crowd opposes public land agency

A newly created entity should be disbanded via repeal of the law creating it, state officials are told

By Sarah Zoellick / szoellick@staradvertiser.com

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 30, 2012

~~<p>Environmentalists, Native Hawaiian leaders and University of Hawaii students crowded a state office building conference room Wednesday night to demand the repeal of the newly created Public Land Development Corp.</p>
<p>"We do not believe that this act (creating PLDC) can be fixed by rules," said Jonathan Osorio, a professor of Hawaiian studies at UH who is on the executive board of KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance. "We believe that the state has no business setting up an autonomous entity to make decisions about ceded (former monarchy) lands and their use."</p>
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Environmentalists, Native Hawaiian leaders and University of Hawaii students crowded a state office building conference room Wednesday night to demand the repeal of the newly created Public Land Development Corp.

"We do not believe that this act (creating PLDC) can be fixed by rules," said Jonathan Osorio, a professor of Hawaiian studies at UH who is on the executive board of KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance. "We believe that the state has no business setting up an autonomous entity to make decisions about ceded (former monarchy) lands and their use." Login for more...