Do you remember when the US wanted to sell De Russey for millions, to pay down on the national debt?  And do you remember the State of Hawaii said that that land was taken for reason of defense...and since it was no longer needed for that purpose, it should be returned to the State of Hawaii?  It still, however, remains in some capacity as military, and there stands Hale Koa...the place for R&R of our warworn troops and their families.  So it remains military property?  
So what is the citizens protesting...it gets blurred with the who, what, or why of citizen chatter!