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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Mr. William Kenoi <br /> Mayor's Office <br /> County of Hawai'i <br /> 3 March 2006 <br /> Page three <br /> My Questions are: <br /> <br /> 1. What in the name of good sense is going on here? <br /> <br /> 2. Are state and county government officials not aware that the bird flu epidemic <br /> now progressing in Asia, Africa and Europe might reach our island? Or do they <br /> figure our state is somehow immune? <br /> 3. Why do those of us who build our homes, landscape our properties, obey the <br /> law, pay our taxes, and try to be good aloha citizens, have to put up with those <br /> who flagrantly break or circumvent our laws? <br /> Quite frankly, the majority of us are fed up with the "Louisiana-style politics" and the <br /> "good of boy" attitudes of many of our elected and appointed officials. I personally don't think that <br /> we can tolerate the wait-and-see mind-set exhibited by so many of those empowered to look out <br /> for our interests. That mind-set has resulted in the "Ice Epklemic," the "Coqui Frog Infestation; <br /> the "overfilled Hilo landfill' and the "Gamecocks" (along with the attendant gambling), the lack of <br /> proper infrastructure and a myriad of other problems. Many of these issues could have been <br /> resolved by the timely enforcement of existing laws or changing laws that fail to address the <br /> needs of a majority of the people, but Instead protect the interests of certain individuals. <br /> We are well aware that there is no law preventing the raising of these fighting cocks. We <br /> thus are left to conclude that the law (or rather the lack thereof) favors them. What must we do to <br /> get you, our lawmakers, to instruct the agencies over which you have authority to take into <br /> consideration our rights for a change? So far, it appears that the only people with any so-called <br /> rights in this matter are the ones who flagrantly violate existing laws. <br /> M nui to , <br /> <br /> Ronald & Maril Baptista <br /> Enclosures <br /> <br /> cc: Governor Linda Lingle <br /> Lt. Governor Duke Aiona <br /> U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka <br /> U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye <br /> U.S. Representative Ed Case <br /> U.S. Representative Neil Abercrombie <br /> State Senator Robert Bunda <br /> State Senator Lorraine R. Inouye <br /> State Senator Russell S. Kokubun <br /> State Representative Helene Hale <br /> State Representative Cliff Tsugi <br /> Mayor Harry Kim <br /> County Councilman James Arakaki <br /> County Councilman Gary Safarik <br /> County Councilman Bob Jacobson <br />