House Speaker Scott Saiki has recently publicly acknowledged that remediation of a toxic landfill at Kakaako Makai and repairs to the wharf will likely cost more than $100 million (“Renegotiate new Kakaako Makai settlement agreement for OHA,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, Feb. 12).
The diverse commentary in last Sunday’s Star-Advertiser makes it clear there is no shortage of opinion on what Native Hawaiians can do with their land.
The gulf separating the positions held by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the state House over the development of OHA land at Kakaako Makai still appears impassable.