Carroll and attorney Michael Ostendorp discuss Governor Abercrombie's proclamation, signed 6/14/11, suspending state statutes protecting the environment, historic sites,  public access to recreation areas, and environmental policies.   For what reason, and why wasn't the public informed?   Basically, the governor has declared a state of emergency and suspended a broad set of laws so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can look for and blow up old munitions (that have been around for many years) wherever they are found.  By suspending laws under the "emergency proclamation"  he alone can now dictate and do whatever he wants with state resources and property.  If it is an emergency, why didn't he tell anyone?

This, along with a bill introduced by State Senator Donovan Dela Cruz allowing the state to transfer public land to a corporation for generating revenue, could devastate both our public and private property rights.   We wonder, what's coming up with APEC and the rail project in the works?