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businessman, because culturally I can prove a lot of things, and the thing that—you know what, I can
<br />even take people to a moot position. And the characterization this need is the support, because you
<br />people want to talk environment, we're going to lessen the traffic out of the airport by keeping the
<br />workforce of the airline industry in the hotel that we are building there, so they are not going to
<br />come out on Queen Ka` ahumanu Highway. You know, I was at many of the meetings, `O `oma and
<br />everything, even with the federal government, the National Parks. So, I think—you know, I'm
<br />trying to keep it three minutes, and I think probably over already—but the proposition for me is it's
<br />very Hawaiian -based. It's going to be mostly green, actually, hotel in all of Hawaii, because we are
<br />putting a SWAC system in there, it's seawater air conditioning, and we're desalinating the water
<br />that's going to come through, and we are also putting solar.
<br />So, and, part of which people want to add on, well, everybody.using the airport now, everybody
<br />forgot about what Governor Burns had done; the Pa` aiea was taken away, a very cultural site, a very
<br />big cultural site, the lua training grounds, that was taken away. 'Bit instead of me for come here as a
<br />kanaka and Hawaiian to - - - in my face - - - enough to' fight or hand out my - - - plan. And part of
<br />the plan is, even when I mentioned this in, you know, the Windward meeting was that - - - area, I'm
<br />actually bringing back and developing the Pa` aiea like it once was, and bringing that site to where
<br />the `aina is supposed to be. Like everybody changirig,the names, but people' -don't realize the names
<br />of the places are characterized through:spirit, the mind; 'art;' and the body to ensures alignment of
<br />everything above and below. So the way -we are building even this hotel that I offered to propose to
<br />the State government. I was also helping them.to create funding. And I don't know about he's
<br />trying to do that to even help the government to, make money; because I know it's keep on going up
<br />and up, and our land tax is.going up. I do. know, you know, District.3, 8 and 9, you know, paying the
<br />high, it was 70 percent of the'irieome of the.County. So the heaviness, the burdens upon this
<br />situation is that, for me, is; why'building to offer..this, 4§ to 'lessentthe burden of the tax payers, the
<br />people to keep on paying tax when we cannot develop on publics"trust lands, which we all know for
<br />fact is all crown lands. I'm- not here about that argument. Especially, if I put my mo `o ku` auhau
<br />down, my genealogy, I'm not here for_ that, argument.` ,So the thing for me is a support, and asking
<br />for a support is very, cultural, because this; "this= whole thing came down from a pule and, and the
<br />needs of.°our keiki that= - =learn an education because it's a very educational way that I'm actually
<br />designing, even with the workforce, where other hotels can actually because one thing why I even
<br />want to come to this and come to public with this is because I've often experienced—I went around
<br />the world twice: J graduated from Honoka`a School. I don't have no university college degree, but I
<br />have experience --in business, corporate business. And the thing is that here with government and,
<br />honestly, I had easiet,business in dealings with, you know, doing communist, business in communist
<br />country and China, Japan; and .Sweden, even in America, in the States, and, here, it's more, been,
<br />honestly, the most difficult; it's been - - - works for since 2006, and making sure that everything is
<br />pono. So, conservation -wise;" yeah, I do understand, you know, I do know. And that's why it is
<br />delicate, the way we chose the certain areas of the `aina in that areas was way could go, and way will
<br />go. So, for me, it's, you know, I'm, I'm open to a lot of questions and, but yet, you know, I'm
<br />willing to actually put things in perspective, because, you know, people are too general. And I do
<br />understand about `O`oma. I actually been at the, the caves. I know a lot of the burial sites. So
<br />there's a lot of things that people wasn't there for for a lot of different areas and things. So, you
<br />know, even Kohanaiki, you know, plenty other places. So, my, my thing is the support for this is,
<br />helping the DOT, and honestly, you know, fulfilling things that have been envisioned years ago, but
<br />doing it in a pono way.
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