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This kind of concentration on the public good, in preference to' perceived private profit, would be promoted with a moratorium on rezoning agriculture, conservation and unplanned West Hawaii lands for urban use and private development. There are already many thousands of residential units zoned and/or permitted in West Hawaii. So there is no shortage at all of private development opportunities, even with the present shortage of infrastructure for all those yet-to-be- developed units. It is the rezoning for urban use of more and more agricultural, conservation and unplanned lands and the additional units the County is pressured to approve, without adequate infrastructure provided by the government and/or contributed by the developer, which so seriously adds to the mess. A rezoning moratorium would provide an opportunity for the County and State to catch up on infrastructure with massive investments, which will support a booming economy. Maui County used a rezoning moratorium this way under Mayor (now Governor) Lingle, and the resulting economy was called the "Maui Miracle". A serious change in attitudes, direction and effort by the County and State is needed to address the ever-growing serious and damaging problems in West Hawaii. Those changes start and should be supported by eligible voters by registration, voting, turning out the vote, candidates who will go further then business as usual, tax payers who will pay, supporting a moratorium, and citizens who will get involved proactively. Complaining by itself does nothing.