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e e 'lUUL.t ~ ~ ~ Preserving the <br /> P.O. Box 263, Pahoa, Hawaii 96778 good in Puna <br /> Adrian Barber President <br /> Phone & fax: (808) 965-6050 <br /> Pahoa Office: (808) 965-0557 <br /> <br /> May 7, 1997 <br /> testimony <br /> page two <br /> Speaking now as President of Puna Ma la ma Pono I say that this is <br /> perhaps the most important issue we face here. Civil rights, <br /> personal freedoms, Constitutional guarantees. But this is also <br /> about money. What is this two million dollars of ours to be spent <br /> on? Surely when we appropriate money from the general fund or from <br /> a bond issue it must have a specific purpose, must it not? Not a <br /> maybe application but a specific, stated dedication. Is this not <br /> the law? Can you vote money out their with no application? I ask <br /> you and I ask the voters, is not this two million, in reality, a <br /> <br /> defacto bribe to get Isomedics to build here? Are we tax payers <br /> not being asked to foot the bill for part of Isomedics start-up <br /> costs? I say do not appropriate this money to subsidize Isomedics. <br /> Let them compete in a free marketplace like everyone else. Thank <br /> you. <br /> Adrian Barber <br /> A Hawaii non-profit corporation certified pursuant to lRS Code § 501(c)(3) <br /> <br />