Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Ban Would Favor Clayton Hee's Irish Opihi Monopoly

Ban Would Favor Clayton Hee's Irish Opihi Monopoly
By Andrew Walden :: 288 Views :: Hawaii State News, Hawaii State Politics
 
Clayton Hee’s opihi scam
by Andrew Walden July 7, 2006 (Republished in honor of SB 2923, SD1 introduced 2012 by Sen Clayton Hee.  SB 2923, SD1 has passed second reading and will be heard by JDL Tuesday 02-28-12 at 10:00AM in conference room 016.)
Sen. Clayton Hee (D-Kaneohe) a former Office of Hawaiian Affairs chair, pushed through the legislature a bill (SB2006) banning the sale of Hawaiian opihi. Governor Lingle has issued a June 26 ‘intent to veto’ notice on the bill.
Hee, chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee supported the recent protests demanding that UH relinquish ownership of patents on the improvements in disease-resistant taro. Hee opposed the use of UH facilities to host a University-Allied Research Center (UARC). Hee has family connections to Sandwich Isles Communications a federally funded $500 million scheme to connect Hawaiian Homelands to high speed internet with costs estimated as high as $278,000 per connection. All of these schemes are based on Clayton Hee’s Al Sharpton-esque posturing about Hawaiian culture.
So why is Hee suddenly trying to put Hawaiian opihi pickers out of business? 

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