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C. ERE~l4ER AN®C®MPANY, LIMITED P.O. ®OX 1826 B PAPABKOU, iiAlPdAl19678/-9828 ~8Q6) 9E9~6181 !PAX: (8Q8) E68.8152 J. 9N. A. ~UY~~S chairman September 21, 2001 The Honorable I-Iarry I{ina IVlayor County of I-Iawaii 25 Aupuari St. Kilo, IiI 96720 Dear harry: dNe arc now deeply concerned about our Iiawaii econotny ahd that concern starts with our Governor, as I learned yesterday ira Honolulu. As we all Ioaow, the President of the United States is also concerned about the econoany of this ~Tatiott. ~e should be especially concerned about our dig Island economy as we ray face a afic c in unenzployraaent. T~eveloping a senior citizens facility will do wonders for ernployrnent both in ~dqe construction and in the operation of assisted living facilities. ~1Je shotald be accelerating any new endeavor, which creates jobs as well as benefits our senior cit~ens< Fortunately, our country has coarse together more than any tarns I can reanetnber since @Vorld VJar II, when I was a teenager who then enlisted in the United States ' e Corp. Congress wi11 be modifying several rules and we will also be chap ' the males in the State Legislature to deal with this issue. ~e also need to change our procedures tar the county $overtmaent in Hilo. The economy of I-Iawaii tray be an more trouble than any other state due to our dependence ota airplanes and tourism, and of course the nei~hbor~ islands are especially vulnerable. ~e need to do ev ' ~ in our power to preserve jobs, which is why I wrote the enclosed letter to Chris Yuen and Planning Cornrnission, as we need to develop future facilities for our senior citizens. Ivow is the bane for vision and actioars by all of us to create a better fixture for our island rand its citizens. . ~11oha, J.i~V.A.13uyers JWAE/jtnb Enclosure