I remember saying to the ch... by Neil Abercrombie, an American Politician

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“I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, "Why are we doing this? Why don't the Hawaiians have control?" "Well, we have no mechanism to do it," I was told.”

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Name: Neil Abercrombie

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jun 26, 1938

Profession: Politician

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Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.

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You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.

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There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.

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When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.

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So as soon as the land was worth something and there was money in the bank, all of a sudden everybody got interested in non-discrimination, in who's really going to administer this stuff.

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