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Mavor and Co , i ~ i .n,,mcil <br /> Before you seu the 4400 acres ~,c.unty land alun the Hainakua Coast. please <br /> consider the following. <br /> If you look at Central Ame ~ica _ richest nation there is Costa Rica, and t]us is <br /> the most democratic. The poorest r,at~:,:; i. El Sal~adoi', v,here about 1?families own <br /> most of the farrnable land. Urrfgrtunat_1,. land ownershipvi Hawaii is more like El <br /> Salvador than like Costa Rica. Th c 1a.,1< i'available laid. especially with the closing of <br /> the plantations, restricts the oppon tv it people to imp,ove their economic well-being. <br /> It was a good move when the tray )r a_,,,-a ed this luzd front the sugar company, and it <br /> should stay ut public owners}up to pro,i le tarntinK and fr~restry opportunities to the <br /> people. It would be a shame for it to y~~: pack to the big corporations or es"tales. <br /> Land generates wealth . The I~~-:. ~ ;i_ of this island will never get ahead if they are <br /> denied access to the use of the land. I i ~ County does u~at wtutt to be bothered with <br /> leasing land for farming, perhaps tltep :0,1,1 sell it to the State. who could ntattage it along <br /> with dze State lands on the Hamak.i2 Cc~ <br /> Whatever is done. please d~ri t u~~: ~1>is laird out of reach of the people of Hawau. <br /> Thank you. <br /> David A. Caccia <br /> ~ ,9(~-Gw,.~. C- <br /> ~w <br /> Comm. DI0.. <br /> F11e Ito. ~ G <br /> HeP. Tv: ~C <br /> R.ef. TYata BFI` Q„ R a99r' <br /> <br /> td WdS't :Z~ Z66S BD '~°D S'.Ei c_. - 'u~, =~~L~`-id N~7~C=~ WCb~ <br /> <br />