Mr. Oppegaard:
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While I share your concerns I doubt that the public will respond to your plea. For some reason local activists focus on remote or arcane causes rather than those which they can affect and which effect them.
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Protests are attended and/or conducted against the operation of a pipeline in North Dakota and the inauguration of President Trump. Signs are waved and selfies are posted. They then retire to Zippy's or Starbucks, depending upon their perceived status, to congratulated themselves and search for the next Cause De Jure.
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If the same energy was expended in front of the HPD, the OHA and Honolulu Hale, the local elites would no doubt take notice. Why then do local activists ignore the ongoing abuses of power and privilege? It would appear that the elites are quite adroit at distracting the public from the real issues and directing their attention elsewhere.
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To paraphrase Mencken : No one ever went to jail for underestimating the intelligence of the Hawaiian public.