More than 100 people are expected tomorrow morning to protest efforts by Hawaiçi’s two U.S. senators to insert the so-called Akaka bill into one of the federal appropriations bills coming up next, according to a spokesman for the Koani Foundation, which calls the effort a “sneak attack.”

U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, is planning to insert the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009 into the Defense Appropriations Bill or one of several others coming before Congress this week, according to Ehu Cardwell, spokesman for the Koani Foundation.
The effort would virtually guarantee passage of the Akaka bill through a “back-door” tactic, thus circumventing any public review or input, Cardwell said in a statement today.
Protestors will gather at 7 a.m. tomorrow by the state Capitol.