text: OHA may need new leadership, but the openly pro-assimilation Akina is not the one to provide it. As a fellow Hawaiian, I cannot fathom why he opposes the notion of sovereignty. While I respect Trask's history of bringing attention to the plight of native Hawaiains, her recent dust up with rep. lee make me think she is not as idealistic as she once was. I think Apoliona has done a fine job in her OHA tenure.