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~~C~~.~.~~- sl-~/9~ <br /> 1~~~~r~ <br /> May 7, 1997 <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> 25 Aupuni St. <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Dear Hawaii County Council, <br /> I am an educated, God-fearing, law-abiding, tax-paying, married mother- <br /> of-five, voting resident of the Island of Hawaii. I am not a terrorist and never will <br /> be. But, my Good sense tells me to scream NO! Enough Is Enoughl <br /> I cannot be expected to say yes to the importation of lethal radioactive <br /> material (that is life-endangering for generations) for a very bad business idea <br /> that does not even have the market research to support it. Nor do I believe it's <br /> the County Council's place to market private business. Tax-payers should not <br /> be in the business of supporting anybody's business. The whole thing reeks of <br /> cronyism. <br /> I cannot be expected to support an irradiator company (Isomedix) whose <br /> presentation called the accidents that led to their present level of so-called <br /> safety "stepping stones". Our fragile aina could be that next stepping stone, <br /> and, now with the county's money involved, we share liability for the clean-up. <br /> I cannot trust the safety regulation expertise of our county government <br /> that has yet to figure out how to correctly flush our toilet or throw away our <br /> garbage. Unlike these problems, the containment and disposal of radioactive <br /> wastes require the safeguards and guarantees of a technology no man <br /> possesses, much less Isomedix. <br /> Nor, can 1 be expected to endorse the same plantation-minded politicos, <br /> who bankrupted sugar. Under their stewardship, Hilo Bay has bio-accumulated <br /> into a toxic mix of carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens. No one is cleaning it up. <br /> Lucky we live on a small island under the American Constitution. We still <br /> have a reasonable chance to manage our own destiny. Hawaii could be a self- <br /> sustainable, ecological example of living correctly. Imagine a place of healing <br /> for our planet, a place of refuge from pollution. My hat is off to Curtis Tyler, a <br /> council member with the vision to see an ecological Hawaii. Perhaps it is time <br /> <br /> our county seat of power should reside in Kona. <br /> Comm. Floe 21 <br /> <br />