In one of the most understated corrections I've ever read (and confirming what an anonymous commenter to this post predicted), the GI said this morning:
A Saturday article entitled “Naue burial fight continues” should state that Calvert Chipchase said “We’ll let it lie.”So, according to the correction, Brescia attorney Chipchase, while disagreeing with State Historical Preservation Division archaeologist Nancy McMahon's assertion that Brescia did not have permission from the Kaua‘i-Ni‘ihau Island Burial Council to cap the burials, didn't go so far as to accuse her of lying.
Here's the original context:
McMahon said Brescia did not have permission from the Kaua‘i-Ni‘ihau Island Burial Council to cap the burials, explaining that construction workers have placed large circular cement slabs over the burials, a few feet below the surface, and then covered them with dirt.
“He wasn’t supposed to do that, they never got that approval,” McMahon said. “They did that on their own, without consulting the burial treatment plan.”
“We’ll let her lie,” Chipchase fired back, explaining that the plan under review by the SHPD says that the burials must be preserved in place. “Capping is one part of that.”

4 comments:
Well said Charley, one of the most "understated" corrections ever...go figure.
As predicted a few days back, they did "correct" the error.
However, the original context still appears wrong, per the reporting. I've heard the reporter asked about capping in general and the response was "let it lie" or "no comment." In essence, it appears the attorney did not want to comment on McMahon's assertions at all, "let it lie." Commenting could have provided some fodder that everyone was desperately seeking...
The lawyer's "correction" does not really seem to fit the context and seems like a stretch. it looks more to me like the lawyer got scolded by his boss and reinvented the quote.
Reducing the fodder.
Caps are on the surface or 6" below.
What a tragic farce this whole affair has been...it seems that the only ones being allowed to "lie" are the ones being "capped", & who, strangely enough, don't appear to have an opinion or give a damn one way or the other either.
RS Weir
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