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SUBJECT: LINGLE ON KAUAI THURSDAY

SOURCE: SURFRIDER FOUNDATION surfriderkauai@gmail.com

POSTED: 19 SEPTEMBER 2007 - 6:30pm HST

Lingle to lay down the "law" on Kauai on Thursday

by the Concerned Citizens of Kaua‘i on 19 September 2007

Aloha kakou

Governor Linda Lingle will be on Kaua`i this Thursday evening (September 20) to speak to citizens of Kaua`i about the Superferry. She will be at the Convention Hall at 6 p.m. and those who want to attend should go.

Before her meeting, we are proposing a gathering of our own. It will be a Gathering of Aloha to request an
EIS FIRST!

—with the intention, strength and clarity to protect and preserve our precious Garden Island of Kaua'i .

The Governor, Superferry officials and certain media have been trying to paint those seeking an Environmental Impact Statement on Kaua`i as a small, insignificant minority.

Please join other concerned citizens of Kaua'i to show how unified and deep our desire is for an
EIS FIRST!

Where:
Historic County Building, Lihu'e

When:
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Time:
4:30-5:30 PM

Our purpose is to gather law-abiding citizens of Kaua'i to express our earnest desire for a pono decision-making process on the Superferry.

• Bring you family, neighbors, friends, co-workers and everyone who desires an EIS FIRST!

• Be proud and humble. We have a constitutional right to assemble and to petition our government.

We request you be on site by 4:30 pm. We expect to conclude our gathering by 5:30 pm. Please allow yourself ample travel and parking time as it will be crowded.

If you don't show, they won't know.

Aloha Kaua'i Ohana,

Regarding the Super Ferry, No matter if you're For it, Against it, or Don't Know.

An EIS is required by law.
Please join us that LIVE Here and LOVE the island.
PLEASE let your voice be heard.

Mahalo.

Please could you also ask your Ohana to turn up at the Kaua'i County Court building on the Airport Road at 9am on Friday morning for the next Superferry court hearing? The places are limited, but we need a big showing.
Many thanks!

Linda S. Masterson
Hanalei, Kauai, HI (USA)
808-651-0307

SUBJECT: SUPERFERRY STORY SEPTEMBER 19TH

SOURCE: JOEL GUY typaguy@yahoo.com

POSTED: 19 SEPTEMBER 2007 - 8:30pm HST

It's On!

by Joel Guy on 19 September 2007

Tommarrow is a great day. We get to shine as Kauai caretakers.

These are only my thoughts:

I would like to have 0 expectations from Lingle, this is a chance for her to make us look like freaks in the media. We can shatter her dreams by killing her with
kindness and staying pono.

In all my haole-ness, I would like to ask everyone to bring a tea leaf. Hold it or stick it in our clothing to remind us that the aina is what we are standing for. An EIS is the best method we have to take care of it. And the Supreme Court decided it was the thing to do.

I think any press that has thousands of calm people with a tea leaf or two is good for our cause. We all are representing Kauai, as well as ourselves. What an
incredible honor.

Full of respect for all,

Thanx,
Joel

Please let me know if everyones down for the T-leaf
idea, I dont want to be the lone t-leaf worrior

SUBJECT: SUPERFERRY STORY SEPTEMBER 19TH

SOURCE: ELAINE DUNBAR inunyabus@gmail.com

POSTED: 19 SEPTEMBER 2007 - 8:30pm HST

Spokesperson For Kauai

by Elaine Dunbar on 19 September 2007

Aloha all regarding tomorrow. Seems like pretty disconnected. Sounds like nobody should be going into this thing because nobody has a clear cut idea what they're doing.

I still stand by BOYCOTTING this meeting but any action taken must be planned. Everyone has much they want to say but we must step aside and allow for one spokesperson. And no one has more right to speak regarding this aina, than a Kanaka does. My recommendation still is Kane Pa. He does know what he's doing and if you want to have any effect on future state decisions, then you call in a qualified spokesperson; to deliver whatever it is: the petition signatures, an article of impeachment, etc. then allow Kane to speak.

OR you have the statement document prepared, one person goes in and presents it to the receiving representative for the governor, the person says NOTHING, waits for a response, if none, LEAVE. If the response by the govling is acceptable the messenger calls a person to notify the group to come to the hall.

The message (delivered silently on behalf of the community) states:

1. A copy must FIRST be given to each member of the press.

2. This message is to be given to the govling upon receipt.

3. The terms of the meeting and the time questions and answers will begin.

4. A declaration that no one will come to the table unless meeting terms are agreed to.

5. The messenger must stand there and wait for a response.

There is NO time to be spent listening to a conspiracy presentation. That's my suggestion because the ball is in the community's court and we can call the agenda. But to have ranting and pleading and demanding rights and a testy atmosphere that could spark a riot (what they want and what the news crews want) is USELESS AND A WASTE OF TIME.

Mahalo

SUBJECT: SUPERFERRY STORY SEPTEMBER 18TH

SOURCE: JONATHAN JAY jonathan@DAkauai.com

POSTED: 18 SEPTEMBER 2007 - 8:00am HST

It's all about Aloha
by Jonathan Jay on 18 September 2007

"It's All about Aloha"

No aloha, no Ferry.
No EIS, no Ferry
No malama Aina, no Ferry
No malama Aina, no AINA!

Does anyone want this?
Do you want this, Governor?

Perhaps this will help you better understand:
When you travel, before you enter someone's yard, first you call out - and wait to be invited in.

Then, you walk of to the front door and knock.
You wait till someone comes to the door, and invites you in.

Then you take off your slippers before enter the home.

This is aloha, this is respect.

Aloha is the way we do things here.
That is what I was taught when I arrived.
Did you miss class that day?

The Ferry has not respected Kaua`i.
You have not respected Kaua`i.
Your Appointees at Hawai`I DOT has not respected Kaua`i.

Kaua`i is our island home. We come from many different walks of life. We come from many different backgrounds. Some of us have been here for a short time, some of us have been herre for almost 2,000 years – but we all have one thing in common – we all love Kaua`i, and we all demand the outcome be pono for Kaua`I, for ALL of Hawai`I Nei – not just the Board of Directors and the Stockholders for the Ferry Corporation. Our interests outweigh their desires for speedy profits. They must FIRST obtain an EIS.

Do not fly here at the last minute of the 11th hour to finally ask if it is OK to come barging into Nawiliwili Harbor next Wednesday with 'Security' so tight it is like wearing muddy combat boots with as you storm into our home. No Aloha, no come. This is no way for a lady to treat Kaua`i.

What is the cost of all this?

Six Thousand signatures -

How dare you ignore our reasonable requests.
How dare you rebuff our Council leaders unanimous voices
How dare you confuse our Mayor with your "Unified Command"
He is our Mayor, not yours - set him free to join his people. You did not vote for him, we did.

He works for Kaua`i, not Linda Lingle.
Let Bryan Baptiste do his job
Let Bryan Baptiste be the Mayor of Kaua`i

When you come to our home with a military flotilla to help shove your boat into our harbor, This is not Aloha.

And you write new laws with the ink still wet and treat us like we are terrorists in our own homeland, this is Terroristic Threatening!
This Rogue behavior is unbecoming to a duly elected Governor

When you work to secure profits for the Ferry Corporation over protecting the interests of the people who elected you into office – and the aina you have sworn to malama, and perpetuate in righteousness… Have you read you oath of office, Governor Lingle!

Where is the Aloha in any of that?

This is your mess Governor Lingle
This is your fault the EIS was not started 2 years ago.

You can not blame anyone else
You said it wasn't needed
you said it wasn't necessary,
you said "Slam dunk mister president"
You were WRONG.

The Supreme Court said so >unanimously<, but now you say they are not the final authority. What?

What is it about 'Supreme' you don't understand?

Why is it so hard for you to respect the rule of laws you didn't re-write to suit yourself? If Hawai`i begins to get the reputation that the 50th State is a bad place to conduct BAD BUSINESS, good for us!

Who do you think you are?

This is your fault this confrontation is escalating
Tell your Unified Command to stand down.
Tell the Coast Guard to 'Guard the Coast'
Tell our Mayor to tell our police to go fight crime

Tell yourself:

The Unified Command can not confront a Unified Community
This is what they do in Authoritarian Regimes
This is State-Sponsored ‘Terroristic Threatening’
This is a regime that needs changing.

All of this tension,
All of this struggle
All of this ill-will
does not need to be so.
You have the power
You can shut this all down

You can leave this meeting a hero, and the people of Hawai`i will sing your praises – Hurray for Lingle! Hurray for Lingle!!

You can make history:
It only takes one simple thing
Three simple letters

declare you have seen the light
declare the scales have fallen from your eyes
declare : "I AM SORRY PEOPLE OF HAWAI`I NE"
and support the majoritarian call for an E I S
before Ferry impacts begin.
It is not only the pono thing to do –
It is good politics – Simple lidat.

If you do this, jump on the bandwagon and join the rest of us already on, we will welcome you with Aloha and open arms!
The past will become the past.
Bygones will become bygones.
Some will forgive – many will forget.
Who knows, you may become so popular in Hawai’i, you might one day even be elected Senator.

Stranger things have happened.

Aloha and thank you for coming to Kaua`i.

Please go.

SUBJECT: SUPERFERRY STORY SEPTEMBER 18TH

SOURCE: JOHN TYLER mysticseaswimmer@gmail.com

POSTED: 18 SEPTEMBER 2007 - 7:00am HST

image above: U.S. Army Sgt. Sean W. McGerald, front, team leader; Pfc. David J. Cruz, middle, and 1st Sgt. Mark L. Victor, all with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry, Hawaii Army National Guard, provide access security to Camp Victory, Iraq, entry control point one, April 13, 2005. Photo by Spc. Jeremy D. Crisp

[Editor's Note: this is vital meeting to attend. Yes it will be a boring long Powerpoint presentation of the dire consequences to us if we defend our island, but it will be the only time we can tell Governor Lingle our thoughts on the issue of the Superferry fiasco before the showdown on the 26th. Bring signs. Be prepared to ask her tough questions.]

by John Tyler on 18 September 2007

Before listing the Governor's announcement for the Kauai public meeting Thursday, the Garden Island has on the same front page the following article (first few lines here)....I'm not going to bother asking if this is a coincidence, because it definately is not. We are seeing the beginings of a police state practicing to be prepared against its own non-violent protesting citizens, and where is our mayor truly?

Check out these two stories:

Civil Defense stages anti-terrorism training this week
by Blake Jones - The Garden Island

Because it's not enough to just have a plan, county leaders and state officials will station at Vidinha Stadium this week to train for terrorist attacks.

Kaua'i Civil Defense Agency Administrator Mark Marshall said the five-day training, which began yesterday and concludes Friday, is a way for leaders to put their strategizing to the test and see where it does and does not measure up.After identifying the kinks, leaders go back to the drawing board to iron them out, he said.

Hawaii Guard in anti-terror exercise on Kauai
staff writers on 17 September 2007 in The Honolulu Advertiser

The Hawai'i National Guard's 93rd Civil Support Team today began its annual weeklong anti-terrorism training exercise on Kaua'i.

While the exercise is taking place, a portion of the Vidinha Stadium parking lot and access road will be closed, and county officials are advising the public to stay away from the area.

The county Civil Defense Agency is co-sponsoring the training with the Hawai'i National Guard to ensure that county, state and federal agencies and private industry will be prepared in the event of a terrorist attack on the Garden Island.

The training will test anti-terrorist response plans through various scenarios.

Lingle Superferry discussion Thursday
by Nathan Eagle - The Garden Island News

Gov. Linda Lingle announced yesterday that she will open dialogue with the community on Kaua'i at 6 p.m. Thursday to discuss the return of the Superferry. The meeting will be at the War Memorial Convention Hall in Lihu'e and is open to the public.

The governor and state, federal and county officials will first discuss the steps being taken by law enforcement agencies to strictly enforce a temporary security zone established by the U.S. Coast Guard to allow the Superferry to safely enter and depart the harbor, while providing a safe place for protesters to demonstrate.They will also outline the state and federal penalties for violating the temporary security zone or obstructing the operations of law enforcement officials.

The public will then have the opportunity to ask questions about the security enforcement measures.

SUBJECT: SUPERFERRY STORY SEPTEMBER 18TH

SOURCE: JUAN WILSON juanwilson@mac.com

POSTED: 18 SEPTEMBER 2007 - 7:00am HST

THe DOT goofs up Superferry issue by
writing, reviewing & approving EA requirements

Responsibility with DOT
by Hartwin Weiss - The Garden Island News

Prior to my retirement I spent the last 35 years devoted totally to environmental reviews/permitting, covering several thousand permits and reviews for virtually every major governmental and industrial activity including original work relative to harbor operations at a major U.S. port. I also visited three major ports in Germany for an exchange of information on environmental issues and solutions. The research covered cruise ships, cargo vessels, freighters, tankers, etc., as well as harbor vessels and land activities. I have managed enforcement activities, have lectured, and testified as an expert witness.

I should be flabbergasted by the still ongoing controversy regarding this straightforward Superferry project, but when examining it more closely, I no longer wonder. For years we were treated to political pandering, public relations campaigns, lawsuits, vandalism, shrill accusations and shameless exploitation of well-meaning and concerned citizens. Yet I have seen only representatives of these endeavors; environmental review professionals were noticeably absent.
A look at the statute, rules and other pertinent documentation provides the first clues; they are written in a manner supporting political interference and governmental micromanagement so prevalent in Hawai‘i at all levels.

Ambiguities and lack of proper definitions are just two examples. When all fails, the law is changed as drafted into House Bill 702 and Senate Bill 1276.
Take the environmental assessment of March 2005 conducted by the Department of Transportation for the Nawiliwili pier modifications to accommodate increased cruise ship traffic. You immediately notice that the applicant (DOT) and the approving agency (DOT) are the same — how convenient. Add the absence of environmental review professionals in that agency and you have the “perfect storm,” something I have not seen in 35 years doing work in almost 40 states.

DOT approved a “finding of no significant impact” (FONSI) omitting consequential secondary effects such as the cruise ships and other activities very much contrary to applicable rules. The Environmental Council played an advisory role, not a decision-making role, at least none that was visible to the public. Note that there was only one objecting comment by a UH professor. By the way, cruise ships are sources of air pollution from propulsion engines, electric generators and onboard incinerators (if installed) and they are sources of water pollution from waste discharges, bilge water discharges, ballast water discharges and, yes, they have killed whales too.

The Superferry exemption ruling by DOT was based on an exemption list prepared by, guess who, the DOT. I do not know how the list was supported or what participation the public was allowed, but it seems logical to assume that secondary effects were no more considered here than in the EA. However, it is also false to knowingly accuse Superferry of violations of the law for not doing an EA/EIS when that responsibility rested with DOT.

As a pragmatist on these matters I take no sides other than that of law and rules, and I let the chips fall where they may. I am so glad that I am retired.