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~~ahana~i _ . <br /> aka I~a~ <br /> Thoughts on the proposed Sraoreline Setback`for the Kohanaiki ahupua~'a ' <br /> Should the ~'our}ty of H~wai ' i establish an open space set bacl~ protecting tl~e Kohanaiki <br /> shoreh.ne? , <br /> . ~ Perhaps the discussion should begin. with an investigation of precedent. And perrzaps -thee . - <br /> rele~ar}t precedent should be our laws, our customs, and our personal experience. <br /> "Those ignorant of the lessons. ofhistory "are, bound to repeat them. <br /> The farther back we can loop the, farther forward we-can see." <br /> . Winston Spenser Churchill ' <br /> . , What better precedent than the preambleof the Constitution of the State of I-Iawai' i? <br /> e~~~?e, ties ` _ people a>~ aw~i' i... agrizatif~ai ®f our 1<Ia~=~ian heri~a~c ,end <br /> <br /> . u~aseia~eness as ~n islar~si State, ~edieate oar eff®rts~'t~ I'~ill~li tii~ I~ii~sca;phy <br /> €ieca°eecl b3= ties ~-lE~;~v~~:' i State arfl~tim, - <br /> . Ua rta~st lea ca .o ka ~i~a~ i ka pono." <br /> . The Constitution of the State of.Hawai' i, Preamble ' <br /> Rephrase the question. <br /> Is a ~h~a~-eiine setiaaei~ Po~.~~ <br /> Perhaps we might adaress the question in an historical .context. Ho=~~ was the Kona ' <br /> shoreline used historically and during our lifetime? <br /> "An environmentalist is someone who wants the world to remain as it was when <br /> he or she was a child," . <br /> dill Mollinson , <br /> When I was growing,up, Kailaa was our gathering place . <br /> -There s~aas~ afn old pier when y~?:z could swing off a rope and-dive under pilings. <br /> There ~;~as .a little bead: where: they loaded cattle- but where-you could swim into the bay , <br /> and- di for shells <br /> Next to-the pier was a gym <br /> Next. to the, gym was a beach <br /> Where older. children and young meri could-launch tlieir`racing canoes <br /> Where k ittle naleed children could play . <br /> l ~ . <br /> <br />