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<br /> FROM :MATT FAX N0. :8083240430 Jun. 21 2002 11:11AM P1 <br /> ~ <br /> Testimony to County Council on June 20, 2002 'r':' ~ ; <br /> ~ 1 <br /> Subject: General Plan Revisions <br /> 1~ro~n: Matt fiinder, ICealakekua . <br /> Aloha coucilmembers. `T`hank you for coming here tonight. My <br /> name is Matt fiinder and i live in Kealakekua. I'm a solar en ' eer <br /> and I'in on the board of directors of the Sierra Club on this island. <br /> I want to say that I really appreciate all the hard work that's been <br /> done on this revised general plan and I, and the Sierra Club, <br /> support the changes that have been proposed. I think that we've <br /> all come to understand that the paradigm of "development for <br /> development's sake" is an outdated idea, if it ever was valid. <br /> I believe we will do better with a new vision for our future, and a <br /> few nights aggo while I was reading myfive-year-old son some old <br /> fairy tales, I think I found the fable that fits our tune. It's the aesop <br /> fable about the goose that laid the golden eggs. <br /> Now the guy in the fable kills the goose because he doesn't want <br /> to wait for the golden eggs to be laid at the goose's leisurely pace. <br /> I-Ie wants to cut the goose open and get all the eggs at once. fiat <br /> once he cut the goose open, he found there were no golden eggs <br /> inside, and now the goose was dead. When I finished the story <br /> my son said, "fiat dad!!?? That guy must be really stupid to kill <br /> the goose, now he won't get any more golden eggs, he11ol" <br /> set's not make the san1e mistake here. <br /> Thirty years ago hawaiI for tourists was ail about Vl~aikiki. No one <br /> much valued Kealakekua flay, the Place Of Refuge, or Kilauea <br /> volcano. Now they're our most important attractions. Isn't it <br /> amazing how tune changes things? <br /> Now the typical tourist comes to our island for our beautiful <br /> waters, our beautiful land, our awesome volcano, and our friendly <br /> people. The people I know who live here love the small-town <br /> peacefulness, the faun life, and the friendly people. Who knows <br /> Compn. Noa <br /> File No. <br /> Re 3'0: <br /> Ref. Date ~U~ 2 ~ ZOQz <br /> <br />