Transcript: Clarence "Boogie" Kahilihiwa
He doesn’t let the National Park interfere with his activities
- [Boogie:]
- Before there were patients here, there were Hawaiians.
- [Lindberg:]
- Oh, I’m sure. Absolutely.
- [Boogie:]
- In the area. It’s good. I see what they do, but they have a different criteria from the state. See? Sometimes they do things I don’t see—I don’t agree with it, and I will tell them.
- [Lindberg:]
- I bet you do.
- [Boogie:]
- When we first came they put up fences here, and I asked them, I said “What’s the fence for?” Well, you have— what do you call that—those rare plants and they want to preserve them. I tell them, “Okay, that’s fine,” but they was mostly down at the beach area, and I said, “Well, that’s fine but don’t block my way or the other fishermen’s way.” We have a lot of people who go down and gather them. See? This is the road. I want a gate here. They put a gate about 25 feet away. And I go there, and I cut the fence. Cut it down. Yeah. Put back the fence. Cut it down again. Today they pulled up the whole fence. It’s a waste of money.