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Jan.23, 2004 Rtc:ti v tb Hawaii County Council ,n,,,,.____._ i- ---~Y Re: In opposition to O'oma rezoning ~~---X13-~=~-- I,ITTI,F A1,llHA cwnty cAUn~ir~~ I usually begin by saying "aloha." Bui sadly I have little aloha for those who have wrecked the quality of life of thousands of W.Hawaii residents by your actions that have brought us traffic gridlock! We're upset, angry, damn angry, and the proposed O'oma rezoning would be a vile blow struck upon W.Hawaii by the E.Hawaii county council majority. You, the E.Hawaii council majority, have destroyed the quality of life of the people of W.Hawaii who use Palani Rd and Q.K Hwy by your rubber stamp approval of virtually every rezoning request that comes your way without any consideration of providing the infrastructure that would alleviate or prevent the awful traffic situation that now befalls us: nearly 20 miles of stalled bumper to bumper traffic from KeAhole airport to Kealakekua. Now you're in the process of wrecking the visitor industry when word gets out as it will inevitably will that traffic through W.Hawaii is as bad as the worst mainland cities, you'll have cooked the goose that lays the golden egg. CAPTIVE COLONY Let me tell you how most of us in W.Hawaii feel. That we are a captive colony of a dominating E.Hawaii council majority whose rule is ruthlessly exploitative. You use us to extract our financial resources for your own benefits and leave us suffering under your arrogant rule. You take from us and give us back nothing but grief. The traffic gridlock you've caused is the prime example. This absolutely unnecessary rezoning is the straw that will break our back. EXPAND TAX BASE Your notion that more development is needed to expand the tax base in order to provide necessary services and infrastructure is patently false. The exact opposite happens invariably happens. It's an known fact and to believe otherwise is to be deluding yourselves. The more you approve, the further behind we get. Just look at where you've brought Kona after years of development and increasing the tax base: TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK. Rather than planned development you've brought us developer directed malignant growth. Rezoning O'oma is a prime example. You also say "let the market decide." You are the "Planning Committee" you are the County Council. It is your job to plan, not pervert, which is what you are doing with the reckless abandon that you approve rezoning here.x~c ~ Ref. Ta e~e~ Ref. Date