Comments on: Controversy follows Akaka bill, advisory committee http://akakabill.org/2007/09/13/controversy-follows-akaka-bill-advisory-committee/ How will it affect you? Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: observer http://akakabill.org/2007/09/13/controversy-follows-akaka-bill-advisory-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-5 observer Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:01:48 +0000 http://akakabill.org/2007/09/13/controversy-follows-akaka-bill-advisory-committee/#comment-5 Yaki stated flatly in his dissent, "I cannot possibly be impartial when it comes to this issue." Asserting that his grandfather lived in an orphanage on the <a href="http://www.usccr.gov/calendar/trnscrpt/cm060120.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Island of Hana",</a> he believes that he may in fact have native Hawaiian ancestry. Although his gaffe regarding the Island of Maui (which has a town called Hana) may be simply amusing, given his self-admitted inability to be impartial, it seems that he should recuse himself from any further proceedings regarding this legislation. Yaki stated flatly in his dissent, “I cannot possibly be impartial when it comes to this issue.”

Asserting that his grandfather lived in an orphanage on the “Island of Hana”, he believes that he may in fact have native Hawaiian ancestry.

Although his gaffe regarding the Island of Maui (which has a town called Hana) may be simply amusing, given his self-admitted inability to be impartial, it seems that he should recuse himself from any further proceedings regarding this legislation.

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