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i <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> From: Kanani Aton [k-aton@hawaii.rr.com] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:48 AM <br /> <br /> To: counciltestimony@co. hawai i. hi. us <br /> Subject: testimony for submittal <br /> Regarding the RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 25, ZONING CODE, <br /> HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RELATING TO RETAIL <br /> ESTABLISHMENTS (amends the definition for "Retail establishment" and adds definitions for "Stock keeping <br /> Unit or SKU" and "Superstore" to establish limits on permitted retail uses in the Zoning Code.) <br /> The health of our island communities depends on establishing a boundary around Hawaii to exclude Superstores and <br /> SKUs that always end up contributing in large part to economic decay in any community. If we were to use a metaphoric <br /> analysis, superstores have similar effects like cancer to a once healthy and vibrant person. It is plain and simple to see <br /> how superstores starve healthy economic flow to once balanced businesses setup in our island communities to provision <br /> supply and demand in healthy competition with each other. Undercutting competition for pure profit increase will help only <br /> the superstore, the economic loss suffered by the rest of the community is crippling, especially to the long time, locally <br /> established businesses that contribute to the beautiful and unique tapestry of our homeland townscape. <br /> Mahalo a nui, <br /> Kanani Aton <br /> Na Lau Lama Community Coordinator <br /> 808 969 6864, office <br /> 808 935 5351, fax <br /> PO Box 11245 <br /> Hilo, HI 96721 <br /> Na Lau Lama: A Statewide Collaboration To Improve Outcomes For Hawaiian Students <br /> a <br /> N <br /> l('~~ C, <br /> L/'1 <br /> C1 way <br /> t..J <br /> cn <br /> N <br /> Cornm. Nq. 3 t. <br /> Ref. To• Pres <br /> Ref, Uofe JAN <br /> 0_ 3 <br /> pr_ <br /> t <br /> <br />