Letter: To pave over these lands is to pave over my culture
Mar 11, 2010 - 02:43 PM | by The Hawaii Independent Staff | Main Columns Page
I was able to speak against the development of Koa Ridge and in favor of food security and sustained agriculture. We were the minority at this meeting. This meeting was almost entirely comprised of Castle & Cooke supporters along with hordes of out-of-work construction workers -- their main issue being jobs. A young woman, whose husband is an unemployed construction worker, spoke on behalf of "green" jobs. She made it clear that there are jobs in agriculture, and they are secure jobs, unlike construction that seems to end when the building stops. However, the horde simply did not want to listen.
