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State News
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- “Strawberry
Guava Bio-control Plan Full of Bugs” - By Sydney Ross
Singer, President, Good Shepherd Foundation, Inc., November 8,
2008
The government of Hawaii intends to loose an invasive insect,
a Brazilian scale (Tectococcus ovatus), as a bio-control to eradicate
the strawberry guava (waiawi), which has been on Hawaii for 200
years, because it is an “invasive species.”
The Brazilian scale would be allowed to spread throughout the
islands and eradicate the well-loved, useful ornamental fruit
tree on both private and government-owned land, to no reasonable
purpose and significant risk.
More on this
topic: Invasive
Species—National
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- “Hawaii
Department of Agriculture ‘Chirping’ Away at Our Property
Rights” - By Sidney Ross Singer, President, Good Shepherd
Foundation, Inc., November 8, 2008
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture is preparing a rule to
declare the beneficial coqui tree frog, which does no harm to
plants, a pest that should be controlled for agricultural purposes,
apparently because its nocturnal chirping is disagreeable to
some people. The rule change will also allow the department to
declare other vertebrate species as plant pests.
More on this
topic: Invasive
Species—National
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 “New
Wave of UNESCO World Heritage Sites Proposed” - By Carol
W. LaGrasse (PRFA Position Brief, June 2007)
This spring, the National Park Service announced that 36 locations
in the United States have been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage
Sites, adding to the twenty that already are designated in this
country. Such international recognition potentially threatens
private property rights because preservationists could exploit
the designation to stop the use of land in the region just beyond
a site’s borders.
More on this
topic: Biosphere
Reserves & World Heritage Sites
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- Letter
to U.S. Senator John McCain in Opposition to The Akaka Bill
- From Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA, January 23, 2006)
The racially divisive “Native Hawaiian Government
Reorganization Act” (S. 147) should be rejected.
It would disrupt government with a non-functional, confusing
patchwork of jurisdictions and destroy citizen confidence.
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- “Akaka
Bill Proposes ‘Native Hawaiian’ Tribe to Split Up Hawaii”
- By Carol W. LaGrasse (PRFA, January 18, 2006)
The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (S. 147,
H.R. 309) proposed by Senator Daniel K. Akaka would create race-based
discord, dividing Hawaii into a multitude of intermingled jurisdictions,
with some people living under tribal law and others under the
laws of the State of Hawaii. Those choosing to be certified as
Native Hawaiians would be eligible to vote on tribal matters
and become eligible for benefits. In addition, large tracts of
land would come under tribal jurisdiction, and it is feared that
casino gambling could be also introduced.
More on this
topic: Tribal
Issues—National
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- “Maui
Church Settles Zoning Dispute” - By Carol W. LaGrasse
(PRFA, December 2004)
The U.S. Justice Department had joined the Hale O Kaula church
case in Wailuku, Maui, to enforce the federal Religious Land
Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. The settlement left the
law unsettled. Maui County paid $700,000 to the church, but restricted
the building, congregation size, and hours of operation.
More on this topic: Zoning
& Building Codes—National
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