Laserfiche WebLink
June 1, 2005 <br /> Your Honorable Mayor Kim and Council Members of Hawaii <br /> i ~ n,,~~ Q „ ~ <br /> ~_~5 ~J,,, <br /> PLEASE RECONSIDER APPROVAL OF BILL 79, <br /> OR USURPING THE E~~JCATED WORK OF THE <br /> PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Yout jobs as council representatives is not to agree with each other, it is to seek what is <br /> really right, not for your fellow council members, but for the people of Hawaii. "Think <br /> about it! Making laws which restrict private property is not and has not ever been the <br /> way of the Big Island. <br /> If you approve this bill without a presentation from Bob Jacobson, its sponsor, you will <br /> all be wearing the emperor's clothes. Who ever heard of sponsoring a bill which does <br /> not designate what this huge amount will be used for? I am sure if you question the <br /> sponsor and he is truthful about his intentions, you might be startled. Bob told me at a <br /> party that he believed the government should own all lands and lease them back to the <br /> public with conditions that would save the land from its present devastation. And you are <br /> considering taking private landowners money (our taxes pay back bonds) to take away <br /> our land? You will have to tax everyone to pay this loan. The ones who will be mostly <br /> injured are those who have waited for the opportunity to own their own land and home. <br /> Go ahead and pass this bill 79, but not until YOU, have thought it out. That's your job, <br /> not some ad hoc committee which may not provide the answer, or an intrusive law which <br /> we can't live with. 'That is the problem with these bills. (Mayor Kim, when you took <br /> <br /> office you promised to make it easier for people to own homes without more <br /> <br /> cumbersome laws and regulations) These laws has been glossed up to make them look <br /> like they are for the Public Good, well if they are really, then tell the public what good <br /> they can e=peM. <br /> When I hear Bob Jacobson say "land for RIGHT-OF-WAYS," I start building a bigger <br /> fence around my property. <br /> <br /> And about the bill to stick it to developers and land owners who are not necessarily <br /> looking for anything more than a much needed Ohana, or rental home. It is just too dumb <br /> <br /> to believe that you believe another Jacobson land use law. Do you think the people who <br /> <br /> put their risk capital in front to provide housing are not helping our economy?. The more <br /> <br /> homes built the lower the cost. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> <br /> Dale Pratt <br /> <br /> PO Box 473 <br /> <br /> Kurtistown HI 96760 <br /> <br /> PH: 982-9016 <br /> Comm. No. Z <br /> Ref. To: Prose <br /> Ref. i:at4 <br /> <br />