Governor Acts - and the Record is Ignored

When the Governor Acts — and the Record Is Ignored

By OHS / HKHT

On July 9, 2024, the Office of the Governor announced that Governor Josh Green had finalized veto decisions and signed ten bills into law. The announcement was presented as routine governance.

What the announcement did not mention is just as important as what it did.

By the time the press release was issued, the Governor’s office had already been served with formal notices and violation citations from the Office of Hawaiian Subjects and the Hawaiʻi Kupuna Humanitarian Tribunal. Those notices challenged the State’s asserted authority over Hawaiian Subjects and Hawaiian Kingdom lands and cited ongoing violations.

The press release confirms that executive authority continued to be exercised.
The record confirms that the notices went unanswered.

This is not about the content of the bills.
It is about sequence.

 
Exhibit 1 — Executive Action After Notice
Source: Office of the Governor Press Release, July 9, 2024
Finding: Confirms continuation of executive action.

 
Exhibit 2 — OHS/HKHT Notices (Previously Served)
Source: OHS government notices and citations
Finding: Formal notice of alleged violations and jurisdictional dispute.

 
Exhibit 3 — Absence of Response
Source: OHS/HKHT record logs
Finding: No documented response, correction, or engagement.

 
Why Sequence Matters
In accountability work, silence after notice is not a gap — it is data.

When an executive office:

Receives notice,
Continues acting,
Declines to respond,
that sequence is preserved as willful non-engagement, not misunderstanding.

 
Closing
Governors change.
Administrations turn over.
Records remain.

This record now includes:

Notice,
Action,
Silence.
That sequence is preserved — publicly.