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Hawaii Gov. in Aftermath of Deadly Maui Wildfires: “I’m Already Thinking of Ways for State to Acquire That Land”
Becker News ^ | August 15, 2023 | Kyle Becker

Posted on 08/15/2023 5:49:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

“I’m already thinking of ways for the state to acquire that land so that we can put it into workforce housing, to put it back into families, or make it open spaces in perpetuity as a memorial to the people who were lost,” Green commented amid the ruins.

“We want this to be something we remember after the pain passes as a magic place. Lahaina will rebuild. The tragedy right now is the loss of life. The buildings can be rebuilt over time, even the banyan tree may survive, but we don’t want this to become a clear space where then people from overseas just come and decide they’re gonna take it. The state will take it and preserve it first.”

Green expressed concerns over foreign investors exploiting the disaster. In another briefing, Green reinforced his dedication to safeguarding the land for locals. He shared that he discussed with the Hawaiian attorney general about “options to do a moratorium on any sales of properties that have been damaged or destroyed.”

“It’s going to be a very long time before any growth or housing can be built, so you will be pretty poorly informed if you try to steal land from our people and then build here,” he remarked, emphasizing, “I will try to allow no one from outside our state to buy any land until we get through this crisis and decide what Lahaina should be in the future.”

As reported by the Honolulu Civil Beat, the fire razed over 2,000 structures, with three-fourths being residential. The death toll is around 100, but this number is likely to increase as search operations proceed.

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1 posted on 08/15/2023 5:49:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Arson for fun and profit.


2 posted on 08/15/2023 5:49:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

To be resold to China


3 posted on 08/15/2023 5:50:53 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Look for Oprah, B. Hussein and Big Mike to build new Plantations on Maui.


4 posted on 08/15/2023 5:52:07 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Greed is good when “they” do it.


5 posted on 08/15/2023 5:52:13 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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6 posted on 08/15/2023 5:53:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Or, the survivors might want to build on what is, after all, their own property. There is that...


7 posted on 08/15/2023 5:54:49 PM PDT by marron
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Acquire = steal


8 posted on 08/15/2023 5:56:00 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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To: MuttTheHoople

Oprah’s been very visibly boots-on-the-ground in many places in Maui for most of the past week. To be fair.


9 posted on 08/15/2023 5:56:20 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: marron

There are regulations written by Democrats to ensure they will have to spend 5x what it should cost to rebuild, to ensure that most can’t.

There is that. China and the globalists want the property.


10 posted on 08/15/2023 5:56:46 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: Jonty30

With a camera crew following her around


11 posted on 08/15/2023 5:57:54 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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They are going to have to fight Klaus Schwab, Blackrock and Oprah for that land.


12 posted on 08/15/2023 5:58:06 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: dfwgator

DITTO.

DITTO?


13 posted on 08/15/2023 5:58:10 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Annie Savoy : The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self awareness. )
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To: MuttTheHoople

I read that Oprah has recently been buying up land in this town and somehow her land was not burned. Don?t know if that’s true.


14 posted on 08/15/2023 5:58:30 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: Jonty30

I don’t doubt that you are right.


15 posted on 08/15/2023 5:58:34 PM PDT by marron
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Everything touched by a leftist turns to Obamastuff.
Even a place as beautiful as Hawaii is not immune.
Having lived in Maul, I noticed that no one mentions that that side of the island is very dry during this time of year, much of the land is sugar cane, and the fields are burned after the cane is harvested. (I remember some almost unbreathable motorcycle rides during those times.) I’d have thought that an inquisitive and responsible journalist (yes, I joke), might have explored this a bit. There’s a lot of stink in the story - to add to the malfunction of the alarm systems.


16 posted on 08/15/2023 5:59:21 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: wally_bert

I’m beginning to understand why they have “Kill Haole Day”.


17 posted on 08/15/2023 5:59:56 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: marron

Property tax hikes are how they will steal it.


18 posted on 08/15/2023 6:01:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Da Coyote

I heard the sugar cane fields have almost all been sold and, I forgot who bought them but I think it was companies like maybe Blackrock? Anyway, it was reported that they haven’t been tending the fields and the sugar is dry and left on the field leaving them like tinder.


19 posted on 08/15/2023 6:02:20 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: marron

Nah, give them pennies on the dollar or let Oprah buy it.


20 posted on 08/15/2023 6:03:52 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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