na Chuck Mills
Ua aʻo mai au i ka wā e nānā ana i ke kīwī – ka mea pono no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana o ke kanaka - ʻekolu mau puke wehewehe ʻōlelo i mahalo nui ʻia i loaʻa nā wehewehe ʻē aʻe o ka huaʻōlelo. ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka makahiki 2013, ʻo ia ka mea i "lawe ʻia ma ke ʻano kiʻi." ʻO kēia kaʻu kumu #827 no ka loaʻa ʻole o nā keiki: e ʻōlelo ʻino lākou inā pili lākou i nā mea like me Oxford, Cambridge a me Merriam-Webster.
Akā,ʻo wau ka luahine.
Ke hāpai nei au i kēia manaʻo e hoʻokūpaʻa i ka wā aʻu e ʻōlelo ai ʻaʻohe kālā mokuʻāina o Kaleponi i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei, e hele ana au i ke kula kahiko ma luna o ʻoukou. ʻAʻole i lōʻihi loa i hala aku nei, ua kāʻili ʻia ka papahana ʻo Urban and Community Forestry Program o CAL FIRE mai nā kālā pili. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kālā Urban Streams i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ka makahiki 2012 ma ke ahi hope. A ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hopena o ka EEMP i ke kauwela no ka hana ʻana o nā mea kuleana e hana i kahi Polokalamu Hoʻokele Active hou. Ua hoʻokomo maoli ʻia mākou i loko o ka Dark Ages… ma ke ʻano hoʻohālikelike, ʻoiaʻiʻo.
ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, loaʻa iā Kaleponi kahi ʻauhau mokuʻāina ʻaʻole he miliona, ʻaʻole ʻumi miliona, akā haneli miliona miliona no nā papahana hāʻawi hoʻokūkū he nui i loaʻa, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, nā pilina kūpono i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale.
$101 miliona no nā haʻawina hoʻokele wai ʻino: 'Ōlelo maoli ka Manaʻo 1 "hiki i nā papahana kūpono ke hoʻokomo, akā ʻaʻole e kaupalena ʻia i nā ʻōnaehana ʻōmaʻomaʻo." (ʻAe - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka "verbatim" ma laila.)
$400 miliona no ka Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program: “ʻO ka hoʻohana kūpono ʻana i nā kālā e pili ana, akā ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia i… nā kumu lāʻau a me nā kumu lāʻau malu…”
$120 miliona no ka Polokalamu Active Transportation: Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo nei pehea e pili ai kēia i ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale, e kelepona iā Claire ma Amigos de los Rios i loaʻa i ʻelua mau makana i ka pōʻai hāʻawi mua loa.
$7.6 miliona no River Parkways. $6.7 miliona no ka EEMP. $10 miliona no kahi papahana hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni waho. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia mea. ʻAʻole, ʻo kaʻu e ʻōlelo nei aia… e kali, i kēia manawa ua huikau au.
ʻAe, a poina iaʻu e haʻi aku i kēia manawa ke kākoʻo nei ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a me ke Kiaʻāina $ 37.8 miliona no ka mea, Ka Papahana Ululaau Kaona a me Kaiaulu o CAL FIRE, e koho 'ia ana ma hope o keia kau wela. Ua like ia me ka nui o ke kālā e like me nā Manaʻo 12, 40, a me 84 i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no kēia Polokalamu… hui ʻia!
No laila, i ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana o Iune a hiki i ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa, e hoʻokaʻawale i kahi manawa e nānā i ka nui o nā koho kālā ulu lāʻau kūlanakauhale ma mua ou a me kou mau alakaʻi kaiāulu. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike maoli i kēia ʻano kākoʻo no nā ʻōnaehana ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūlanakauhale ma ka mōʻaukala o Kaleponi. ʻAno maikaʻi, huh?
A ʻae, hopohopo wau e hoʻopiʻi paha ʻo Cambridge a me Oxford no ka hōʻino. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ua hoʻololi lākou i ka wehewehe ʻana i ka hōʻino i ka makahiki 2014 e hōʻike i "kahi kūlana euphoric kahi i hiki ʻole ai ke kuleana no kā lākou hana a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia."