Lolotonga e Fakataha ʻa e Kōmiti Tokangaʻi ʻo e 2024 ʻi Lahaina ʻi he pongipongi Tuʻapulelulu, naʻe fakalea ʻe he Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ʻa e komiunitií ki he tali ʻa e puleʻanga fakafederal ki he vela ʻo e vaotā ʻi Maui ʻi he 2023. Ko e ngaahi fakakaukau, mo e ngaahi fakamoʻoni kehe, te ne fakaʻilo ʻa e ngaahi tali ʻa e ngaahi potungāue fakafederal ki he ngaahi fakatamaki ʻi he kahaʻú.

Naʻe fakalahi ʻe Bissen ʻa e hohaʻa ʻa e kakaí fekauʻaki mo e ʻikai ha fale ʻi he hili ʻa e fakatamakí, fakapapauʻi ʻa e ngaahi feinga ʻa e ngaahi potungāue fakafederal ki he ongoʻi fakafonuá pea fakamamafaʻi ʻa e fie maʻu ke hokohoko atu ʻa e poupoú. Naʻe tokolahi ha kakai, kau ai ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Fale Aleá, kau fakamoʻoní, kakai ʻo e koló mo e mītiá, naʻa nau ʻi he fakatahá, ʻa ia naʻe kamata ʻi he taimi 10 pongipongi ʻi he holo fakasōsiale ʻo e Lahaina Civic Center.

“Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá, ʻoku ou fie ʻiloʻi ʻa e mālohi taʻealafakakaukauʻi ʻo hotau kakaí, ko e tokolahi kuo nau kātekina ha mamahi taʻealafakakaukauʻi, ka ʻoku nau kei teke pē ki muʻa ʻi he loto-toʻa taʻealafakaʻatuʻi, feilaulau, mo e loto-toʻa taʻefaʻalaua,” ko e fakamoʻoni ia ʻa Pule Kolo ko Bissen. “Pea neongo ‘e lava ke tau toe langa ha ngaahi langa, kapau he’ikai ke tau fakafoki ‘a Lahaina ki he kakai ‘oku nau fakafofonga’i ‘a e laumalie mo e laumalie ‘o e komiuniti ko ia – kapau he’ikai ke tau ‘ilo’i ‘a e fofonga ‘o hotau ngaahi kaume’a mo e famili ‘i he’etau toe fakanofo ‘a Lahaina, kuo tau ikuna ‘i he tau ko ‘eni ma’a hotau kakai – pea na’a mo ha toe famili ‘e taha ‘oku mole ko e taha ‘oku fu’u tokolahi.”

“ʻOku kei mamaʻo ʻa e tau mei he ʻosi, pea ʻoku mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻa e hokohoko atu ʻo e poupou fakapaʻanga mo fakapolokalama mei heʻetau ngaahi hoa ngāue ʻa e Siteití mo e Puleʻangá ki hono tauhi mo e moʻui ʻa hotau kakaí, pea mo e lavameʻa ʻo e fakaakeake ko ʻení,” ko e tānaki atu ia ʻa Pule Kolo ko Bissen.

Ko e fakataha ko ʻení, naʻe fakakaveinga ko e “Siviʻi ʻo e Tali ʻa e Puleʻanga Fakafederal ki he Vela ʻo e Vaoʻakau ʻi Maui ʻi he 2023,” naʻe sivisiviʻi ai ʻa e tali hokohoko ʻa e puleʻanga fakafederal ki he vela ʻo e vaotā ʻi Maui ʻi he taʻu kuo ʻosí. Naʻe ʻoange ʻe he fakatahá ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e Fale Aleá ʻa e faingamālie ke nau fakafehuʻia ʻa e ngaahi kautaha tali fakatamaki fakafederal fekauʻaki mo ʻenau fakalakalaka ʻo aʻu mai ki he taimí ni, lolotonga iá ʻoku ʻoange ai ha tuʻunga ki he kau taki fakalotofonuá mo e kakai ʻo e koló.

Ko e kau fakataha ʻo e fakataha ʻi he malaʻe ʻo e Fale Aleá ko e Fakafofonga ʻAmelika ko Pete Sessions (R-Texas), ko e sea ʻo e Kōmiti Siʻi ki he Ngaahi Ngāue ʻa e Puleʻangá mo e Kau Ngāue ʻa e Puleʻangá, pea mo Katie Porter (D-Calif.), ko e mēmipa ʻo e Kōmiti kakato ʻa e Fale Aleá ki he Tokangaʻi mo e Fatongia, fakataha mo e kau Fakafofonga Temokalati ʻo Hauaiʻí, Maokuise T.

Naʻe kau ʻi he kulupu fakamoʻoni fakafederal ʻa Robert J. Fenton, Vahefonua 9 – Pule ʻo e Potungāue Puleʻi Fakavavevave ʻa e Puleʻanga Fakafederal; Ko e Kau ʻEnisinia ʻa e Kau Tau ʻa ʻAmeliká ko Koloneli ʻĒliki Suenisoni, ko e ʻEnisinia Fakavahefonua ʻo Seni Paulá mo e ʻEnisēnia Fakavahefonuá; Cheree Peterson, Tokoni Pule Fakavahefonua ʻo e Potungāue Maluʻi ʻo e ʻĀtakai ʻo ʻAmeliká ʻi he Vahefonua 9; mo Francisco Sanchez Jr., Puleʻi ʻo e Ngaahi Pisinisi Iiki, ʻŌfisi ʻo e Fakaakeake & Fakafepakiʻi ʻo e Fakatamakí ko e Tokoni Pule. Naʻe kau ʻi he kulupu fakamoʻoni ʻa e siteití/fakalotofonuá ʻa Meita Seniale Kenneth Hara, ko e ʻAtita Seniale maʻá e Siteiti ʻo Hauaiʻí, Potungāue Maluʻí; Pule Kolo ko Lisiate Piseni; Lauren Nahme, Tokoni Palesiteni Māʻolunga ʻo e ʻŌfisi Fakaakeake ʻo Maui ʻa e Kautaha Fakakomiunitī ʻo Hauaiʻí; Sne Patel, ko e palesiteni ʻo e Kōmiti Ngāue ʻa e Kolo Lahaina; pea mo Ke'eaumoku Kapu, ko e palesiteni mo e CEO 'o e Na 'Aikane 'o Maui.

Ko e Komiti ki he Tokanga’i mo e Fatongia ko e komiti tokanga’i tefito ia ‘o e Fale Alea ‘o ‘Amelika pea ‘oku ‘i ai ‘ene mafai lahi ke fakatotolo’i ha me’a ‘i ha taimi pe. Ko e misiona ‘o e panel ke fakapapau’i ‘oku fakahoko lelei mo taliui ‘e he ngaahi potungaue fakafederal honau ngaahi fatongia.