Letter: OHA should focus on more important issues

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is broken. Only one trustee, Keli‘i Akina, is standing up for the many Hawaiian supporters of the TMT (“Meeting of the minds,” Star-Advertiser, July 27).

The TMT is a distraction to deflect that OHA is sitting on more than $642 million. Larry Ellison bought the whole island of Lanai for $300 million. This could have been a great opportunity to create an island legacy for Native Hawaiians. Where was OHA?

Meanwhile protesters are fighting over a telescope and are distracted from more important issues like Hawaiians dying while on the wait list for Hawaiian Home Lands.

I have been told they have separate missions, but do they?

Ed Ernce

Kailua

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