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<br /> Page I of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: fr8dog [fr8dog@gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 2:24 PM <br /> To: cohmayor@co.hawaii.hi.us; Holschuh, Fred; Ikeda, Donald; Arakaki, James; Higa, Stacy; Safarik, <br /> Gary; Jacobson, Bob; Hoffmann, Pete; Pilago, K. Angel; Isbell, Virginia; <br /> counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Open Space and Natural Resources Ballot Initiative <br /> <br /> Dear Mayor Kim and Hawaii County Council: <br /> <br /> I am sad to say that I am not that surprised at the county's handling of the petition drive to put the Open <br /> Space and Natural Resources initiative on the ballot. Mayor Kim, You were first elected mainly because <br /> people believed you to be honest and competent. This was based on your experience as chief of Civil <br /> Defense. We trusted you to organize us in natural disasters or if attacked, but your administration can't <br /> even set forth and fairly enforce clear rules for a ballot initiative? Good grief! Invalidating signatures <br /> because the voter omitted St. or Ave. from their address? What has that got to do with representative <br /> democracy? You know, I've lived here over 30 years and I'm positive I've never missed a single piece of <br /> mail because "Street" or "St." wasn't included on the envelope. And somehow I managed to vote when <br /> my only mailing address was a P.O. Box! <br /> <br /> The real full time citizen/residents/locals of the Big Island feel under attack by rampant, unchecked, <br /> unregulated and improperly planned development. Nothing is sacred. No rain forest, no watershed, No <br /> patch of a'a is safe! Our roads are clogged we have almost no parks or access to beaches and all we ask <br /> of you at this point having given up hope of you doing the right thing yourselves as our so-called <br /> representatives is to let the voters have a chance to decide! <br /> <br /> PLEASE PUT THE QUESTION ON THE BALLOT AND LET HAWAII COUNTY VOTERS <br /> DECIDE IN NOVEMBER TO MODIFY THE EXISTING Open Space and Natural Resources <br /> ORDINANCE BY MAKING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES: <br /> 1-To set aside 2% of the property tax each and every year for Open Space and Natural resource <br /> acquisition and <br /> 2-to eliminate the limit o£$5 million that can be held in the fund. <br /> My name is Aaron Jacobs <br /> My address is 73-1165 Ahulani STREET, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 <br /> <br /> My wife and I vote in every election. We signed the petition, and we are really pissed offl <br /> <br /> N <br /> G'? <br /> G~ <br /> CTS <br /> L <br /> C: <br /> Cn <br /> <br /> <br /> Comm. No. <br /> <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Reif, Uate <br /> 7/6/2006 <br />