Passage of OHA-Kakaako Bill Urged

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Neil Abercrombie, his attorney general, David Louie, and OHA Chair Colette Machado strongly urged two House committees to move forward legislation giving OHA Kakakako land.

“If this isn’t passed, the Hawaiian people will get 100 percent of nothing again,” said the governor.

Machado, meanwhile, rejected concerns that the Kakaako parcels might not be as valuable as estimated — $200 million — because of legislative restrictions placed on the land.

“Please move it out,” Machado urged lawmakers, referring to the bill. “You gave this a triple referral, and if it does not move out it won’t go. I’m pleading to those that know me: please pass it on.”

The House committees will hold decision making on House Bill 2521 this Wednesday (Feb. 8).

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