ʻOiai ʻo nā hōkele a me nā hōkele ma Waikiki e holo nei i nā moʻolelo a ʻo nā mākaʻikaʻi mai Kina i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he lilo kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi i nā loaʻa kālā i ka hiki i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii ke mālama i ko lākou home home ʻole.
Ke loaʻa pinepine nei ka hopena i ke kumu e alualu ai i nā ʻohana home ʻole mai kahi paka a kahi papa. Ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lilo ke ala hele alo o ke kai ʻo Kalakaua Avenue ma Waikiki i wahi hoʻomoana no ka poʻe home ʻole e hiamoe ana ma nā puka o nā hōkele hōkū ʻelima kahi e hoʻolilo nei ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i $ 500.00 i ka pō.
I ka alualu home ʻole ʻana, ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kānāwai a me nā kahakai kokoke i ka pō, ʻike ʻole ʻia ka poʻe home ʻole i kēia manawa. Ua nalo anei lākou? Aʻole naʻe.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia ka poʻe home ʻole i kēia manawa e noi kālā ana i mua o nā hōkele a i ʻole nā hale ʻāina. Hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia ka poʻe home ʻole i ka ʻaʻahu nani a nānā pinepine e like me kahi mākaʻikaʻi e kali ana no kahi kaʻa kaʻa. Ua pani ʻia kahi ʻeke maikaʻi i ke kaʻa kūʻai me nā ʻeke lula.
Ke waiho nei ka nīnau: ʻO wai ka mea e uku nei i ka ʻeke a me nā lole maʻemaʻe?
Pehea ka lōʻihi e hiki ai i nā hōkele ke hoʻoneʻe i ke kuleana e kōkua i ka home ʻole i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii a i nā limahana aloha me ka manaʻo ʻole e emi ka noho ʻana?
Maliʻa paha me ka wehewehe ʻana o ke kānāwai e ʻohiʻohi ai i nā ʻauhau noho kuʻuna ma nā uku hoʻolimalima kūpono, aia kekahi mau koho hou aku i kēia manawa e mālama i kēia ʻoihana maikaʻi ʻole o ka poʻe Hawaiʻi. He lanakila lanakila ia e kōkua ana i kēia poʻe i nele a paʻa no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e loaʻa ka manaʻo o Aloha ke hoʻi lākou i ka hale.
ʻO ka pākēneka nui o ka poʻe home ʻole ma Hawaiʻi nā keiki liʻiliʻi. He pūʻulu ʻōpio ʻōpio home ʻole Pepehi kanaka ʻia kahi mākaʻikaʻi ma Waik i ka makahiki aku nei.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Just about a year ago the sidewalk of oceanfront Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki turned into a camping area for homeless people sleeping in doorways of five star hotels where tourists are spending $500.
- ʻOiai ʻo nā hōkele a me nā hōkele ma Waikiki e holo nei i nā moʻolelo a ʻo nā mākaʻikaʻi mai Kina i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he lilo kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi i nā loaʻa kālā i ka hiki i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaii ke mālama i ko lākou home home ʻole.
- How long can hotels shift the responsibility to assist homeless to the State of Hawaii or to charities without feeling a decline in occupancy.
