Aia mākou i loko o ka pule ʻelua o ka pani ʻana o ke aupuni federal i kumu i pani ʻia ai nā paka a me nā monuments, e like me kā mākou Grand Canyon National Park. Ua lilo i mea hoʻonāukiuki nui iā mākou a pau ke hoʻohuli i ka poʻe malihini mai kēia mau mea waiwai.
Ua nui nā hoʻāʻo a me nā hoʻoikaika like ʻana ma ka mokuʻāina e wehe i ka Grand Canyon National Park. Mahalo nui mākou iā Kiaʻāina Jan Brewer, Luna Hoʻokele o Arizona ʻo Andy Tobin a me ka Pelekikena Senate ʻo Arizona ʻo Andy Biggs no ka kākau ʻana i kahi leka iā Pelekikena Barack Obama e noi aku i kāna alakaʻi e hoʻolako kālā koke i nā National Parks o ʻAmelika - me ka Grand Canyon - a i ʻole, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa. , e hiki ai i ke kālā moku'āina a me ke kālā pilikino ke wehe hou i nā Pāka Lahui e like me ka mea i hana ʻia i ka wā o ka pani ʻana a me ka hāʻule kālā.
Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi a mahalo i nā hana a ka mokuʻāina a me ke alakaʻi kaiāulu, nā hoa hana, e like me ka Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, a me ka ʻoihana lehulehu i ka ʻike ʻana i ke koʻikoʻi o kā mākou ʻāina i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ko mākou mokuʻāina a me ko lākou makemake e hāʻawi kālā. e wehe hou.
I kēia manawa, ua hōʻole ʻia kēia mau hana e ke aupuni federal. Eia naʻe, ke hana nei mākou i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana a kākoʻo i ke alakaʻi o ko mākou mokuʻāina i kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e wehe hou i nā paka aupuni o Arizona. Manaʻolana, e hoʻoholo koke ʻia kēia mau pilikia federal. Ke hana ikaika nei mākou e kōkua i ka poʻe huakaʻi e ʻimi i nā wahi ʻē aʻe i loko o Arizona i hiki ai iā lākou ke hauʻoli i kā mākou mau hiʻohiʻona.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- We extend our gratitude to Governor Jan Brewer, Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin and Arizona Senate President Andy Biggs for drafting a letter to President Barack Obama to request his leadership to immediately fund America's National Parks – including the Grand Canyon – or, at the very least, make it possible for state and private funding to reopen National Parks as has been done during previous shutdowns and budget shortfalls.
- We would also like to acknowledge and thank the efforts of statewide and community leadership, industry partners, such as the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, and the public sector in identifying the importance of our national attractions to our state's economy and their willingness to contribute dollars to re-open it.
- We are well into the second week of the federal government shutdown that has caused the closure of national parks and monuments, such as our own Grand Canyon National Park.
