‘I he tali ki he ngaahi fehu‘i lahi fekau‘aki mo e taimi mo e founga ki he fakatotolo ‘a e Potungāue Fakafederal ‘o e ‘Ohomohe, Tapaka, Me‘afana mo e Ngaahi Me‘afana (ATF) ki he tupu‘anga mo e tupu‘anga ‘o e lipooti ‘o e vela ‘i Lahaina, ‘oku ‘oatu ai ‘e he Pule Vela ‘o Maui ko Brad Ventura mo e tangata lea ‘a e ATF ko Jason Chudy ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala ko ‘ení:

“Naʻe fakataha ʻa e Potungāue ʻo e Afí mo e Maluʻi ʻo e Kakaí ʻi he vahefonua ʻo Maui (MFD) mo e ATF ʻi he uike fakaʻosi ʻo Suné ke vakaiʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakaikiiki ʻo e lipooti ʻa e ATF ki he tupuʻangá mo e tupuʻangá, ʻa ia ʻoku laka hake ʻi he peesi ʻe 400,” ko e lea ia ʻa e ʻEiki Ventura ʻi he ʻaho 10 ʻo Siulaí. lahi ‘o e taimí. ‘Oku mau fie fakamahino atu ‘oku ‘ikai ke tonu ‘a e fakamatala ko ‘eni, pea ‘oku kei lolotonga ‘a e ngaue ‘a e ATF ke fakakakato ‘ene lipooti. Ko e taimi pe 'e format ai 'e he ATF 'ene lipooti, 'e 'ave leva 'a e lipooti kuo faka'osi ki he MFD pea te mau tanaki atu ia ko ha appendix ki he lipooti 'o e tupu'anga mo e tupu'anga 'o e MFD.

“Lolotonga ʻoku fakafatongiaʻaki ʻemau potungāué ke fakatotoloʻi ʻa e vela kotoa pē, ʻoku mau fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ATF ke tokoni ki ha ngaahi ʻanalaiso fakasaienisi ʻo e velá ʻoku faingataʻa ange,” ko e tānaki atu ia ʻa ʻEiki Ventura. “Kuo te’eki ke ‘omai ‘e he ATF ha taimi ki he’ene lipooti faka’osi. Kaekehe, ‘oku mau ‘ilo’i ‘a e mahu’inga ke vahevahe ‘a e fakamatala ko ‘eni ki he kakai, pea ‘oku mau palani ke tukuange mai ‘emau lipooti ‘o e tupu’anga mo e tupu’anga ‘i he taimi pe te mau ma’u mo fakatahataha’i ai ‘a e ngaahi me’a na’e ma’u ‘e he ATF.”

“Ko ʻeku ngaahi fakamatala kimuí ni mai ʻi ha fakamatala ʻo e Civil Beat ʻi he ʻaho 28 ʻo Suné naʻe kau ai ha fakamatala naʻá ku maʻu ʻi he taimi ko iá,” ko e lea ia ʻa e tangata lea ʻa e ATF ko Jason Chudy ʻi he ʻaho 10 ʻo Siulaí. ʻOku ngāue faivelenga ʻa e ATF ke fakaʻosi ʻemau lipōtí, pea ʻoku mau houngaʻia ʻi he kātaki ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē ʻi heʻemau fakaʻosi ʻa e fakatotolo fakalūkufua, mahuʻinga mo taʻefilifilimānako ko ʻení.”