March 2020.  Hawai'i. 
The Leadership of the State Legislature, in alliance with certain "industry leaders," is poised to RUSH THROUGH landmark bills to the Governor's desk, in what may be the islands' biggest public land grab (yet) of this century: 

 Giving away public lands to private developers for 99 years - to build housing that local residents can't even afford.

Creating a "school facilities agency" exempt from public spending laws and environmental protections - all but inviting sweetheart deals with private developers seeking to profit off of public school lands.

Forcing the DLNR to transfer 93,000 acres of remnant native forest lands that survived the industrial sugar era, that today serve as endangered species habitat, public hunting areas, and watershed buffer zones, so private ranches can clear-cut fields and build livestock and dairy facilities for mainland export - with broad environmental and land use exemptions granted under the Board of Agriculture's authority.

Yes, this is real life.

Enough already.  Public lands are not for private corporations' profits.

​Time to let our elected officials know:  your employers are watching.

Public lands, private profits.

Selling public lands to private developers for 99 years, to build un-"affordable" housing and "connected" commercial/industrial projects.
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​Exemptions from environmental and land use protections.

Fast-tracked land use district  amendments, to expand urban boundaries into agricultural and rural lands, without due diligence and limited public input.

Could you afford an "affordable" shoebox studio for $2,500 a month? 

Do you care about the loss of public lands to private developers for the next four (4) generations?
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If yes, you may want to click here to learn more and join the fight. 

Shady deals and desecration, "for the keiki."

A new agency, with the power to cut huge contracts exempt from state spending laws specifically designed to prevent corruption.

Unprecedented exemptions from laws protecting historic sites and human remains, for private development on public lands that "support" school facilities.

The sale of public school lands for 99 years,​ to private corporations seeking profit in the name of our keiki.​

Do you think a small number of political appointees should have the power to award huge taxpayer-funded contracts to private developers, without public accountability or transparency requirements?
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Do you care if your keiki go to schools with facilities built on potentially toxic lands, or on top of ancient Hawaiian burial grounds?

If yes, you may want to click here to learn more and join the fight. 
 
 

Native forests and subsistence hunting, or more cows for mainland consumption?

Hawai'i Island's most powerful ranches, catering to mainland cattle markets, with tens of thousands of acres of public lands they want even more control over. 

A department of agriculture waiting to give "the Industry" anything it wants - and with the power to grant environmental and land use exemptions for dairy farms and other "agricultural developments."

Hunters and conservationists fighting against the loss of subsistence hunting grounds and endangered species' habitat.

Do you think watershed protection,  hunting areas, and the saving of endangered species should be considered in the leasing of 93,000 acres of public lands?
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Are you concerned that the department of agriculture, seeking to take over management of these lands because "the industry wants it," might not know or care about any of these things?  
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​If yes, you may want to click here to learn more and join the fight.