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- If I told you, "Don't think about the color red", what would you think about? - Sex.
40 Days and 40 Nights, Michael Lehmann (2002)
Given the limitations of technology and other factors, all parties acknowledge, it’s impossible to remove all munitions from the UXO [unexploded ordinance] zone. Hawaii’s rugged terrain and high iron levels, for instance, interfere with the digital equipment used to search for buried bombs. Instead, the cleanup goal is to reduce the UXO risk to “negligible.” But over the past several years, state health department documents reveal its regulators have raised significant questions about how the Corps performed its assessments in both areas. ... Once HUD [Housing and Urban Development] learned of the potential contamination problem in the region, it imposed a freeze on funding and HUD-backed mortgages until safety concerns were addressed.
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Those who have wanted to sell their homes in the region have had to look for all-cash buyers because of the unavailability of financing. And some have been unable to refinance existing mortgages, which prevented the homeowners from taking advantage of record-low interest rates in 2021. Rates have since rebounded to two-decade highs.
The result, advocates say, has been that Native Hawaiians have been deprived of building financial equity during a period in which Hawaii real estate values have soared. If any other group were denied such an opportunity, government officials “would move mountains to turn that faucet back on,” said Rolina Faagai, vice chair of Hawaiian Lending & Investments, a beneficiary-run organization that helps Hawaiians obtain mortgages on trust lands. “Not for our community. Why is that?”
- Rob Perez, “The Military Pledged to Remove Unexploded Bombs From This Island. Native Hawaiians Are Still Waiting”
Derrick Rose talks ‘super team’ comment, move to New York and more Derrick Rose sits down with Rob Perez to defend his 'super team' comments, discuss his transition to New York and much more.
Rob Perez shot by Shameer Khan
Rob Perez
