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i <br /> -JUL Ul '97 1432 HPD CID-KONq 32E-4Z36:!~- 3i~'-~~''-~ ~.'P. 2• . <br /> i i <br /> Paar QtfiGb $ox 281" <br /> Ktarlua~Kona, H@vldil ,8R7a~ <br /> 7el~phpne.~go$, 342-898$ <br /> fax: (a08) 322.23x; ' <br /> <br /> K'UUIVOSp198,t ~ TYps ~fng.~ f8D8j 379~81ag <br /> Ghsirmdn'anc~.Members <br /> Hswaii Caunty.Counei,l <br /> 29 Au¢luni; 5tY,eet Jul 2', .1497 <br /> Hi.1G, xawaAi 96'rao Y <br /> - Alahaz <br /> 'Thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the H~awai.i,, <br /> .County Police pepar~ent, to urge acceptance of the"Ped+~raL <br /> .grant o8 $ t50, 000., OA, to continue marljuana eradication . <br /> ?`hgse who ar,e so vielently opposed must realize there will, be <br /> an increase 3n the growing of marijuana if the program ceases.' <br /> mhis wii1, )Ytoat aertainl~/ trigger an incZea~s'e In criNe whSUh <br /> wpuld ai:fect our who3.e island econorey. <br /> With tourism increasing and the jassibility of crime Tieing, <br /> we must continue all anti°clYUg programs, and work hard to <br /> maintain control, Xou have, d a, rave responsibility to t11e public <br /> and those who a2lected you.' Yle cannot acc~Pt sny-,fle1'ay in Lh~ <br /> %3ecisiota concerning this very valLahle,ahti-Crug program: <br /> l~ulalic.aaEety is of paramount $.mportance and we must &11-share <br /> <in maintaining that. Although there have been many ailagations <br /> of problems with spraying,, the DLNA state that ngne.of there <br /> have bten substanti?ted. > <br /> 'The rgcAjority of palls to the Crime 'S toppers Tipg Line era drug-, , <br /> xelatid an3 ha+re resulied in many .=crests. We find it , <br /> irrcraaaangly difficult to raise the funds required to pay the <br /> rewards.. Please do ,got mare our' lob any harder by discontinuing <br /> the..cempaign aga'nst marijuana graw~~.n5. <br /> Z 'urge you not tc "committee",this ;luostion to death and tq ; <br /> make the-right decision to prevent any increase in mdrijnaiia <br /> growth,.-we need ~iawaii CaunCy to Yee marihuana free. <br /> t. <br /> slur greaCeht asset "'L'ha young people of Hawaii",should grow <br /> u'p in a drug-,free.environmeni, Yon can help toward5`that ' <br /> final, and 1: strongly urge You to do so by voting tq„continue , <br /> the marijuana eradication program. <br /> mh~ank you foF taking the t-ime to 4isCen to my presentation. <br /> pie i<a: U S <br /> res~nte~+ <br /> A a Pruitt. , ,ph. D' Nbl. 7b~ GMhU~ <br /> ,president-West Hawai_ Crime 5topp¢t'~, Ync. <br /> Bonrd Member-Crime stoppers Zntasna~tiongl, znc LL JUl 02 1997 ° <br /> A MEMBER Or CRIME S~OP>'E6;S INTEFiNA71~NAL., ~C. <br /> <br />