Post #783133 by AceExplorer on Mon, Jan 15, 2018 1:15 PM

Good article and site! The comments at the bottom are VERY enlightening. I do not envy the judge - it will be a tough decision to make.

The one thing I see clearly, though, is that if the land were to remain as it is, or be turned into a county park, there is no guarantee that any cleanup, maintenance, or further development would actually ever take place. Would the native Hawaiians (if they are found to be truly "native" in the required sense) actually do anything if they won their case? Or would they just move on to somewhere else and leave the Coco Palms land alone? I think they have the right to do that if they win their claim. But there may be other better (or more significant) sacred ground and we're just not hearing about it. I'm left wondering exactly how special the grounds of the Coco Palms really are versus other areas of Kauai.

There are good arguments from both sides, and the judge seems to be investigating and will have to sort it all out. It is going to be very interesting.