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<br /> Murashige Laura <br /> From: Janice Palma-Glennie [palmtree7@hawaiiantel.net] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 12:56 PM <br /> To: county council testimony; Pilago, K. Angel <br /> Subject: Ban on the biggest of the big-box stores <br /> Res. 21-07 - Ban on Big Box Stores <br /> Aloha, Committee Chairman Pilago and committee members: <br /> I support a ban on big box stores and think our island missed an opportunity <br /> 15 years or so ago to stop the blight which is now a part of Hawai-i Island's scene. <br /> Though Z would support the resolution, I feel that it doesn't go far enough to stop the <br /> type of big box stores with which Hawaii (especially West Hawaii) has been inundated <br /> (Wal-mart, K-Mart, Lowe's, etc) and with which it will continue to be inundated. Though <br /> some feel that lower prices justify the problems created by these monsters growing in our <br /> midst, others understand how they kill small business which in turn helps to kill <br /> neighborhoods and communities by creating suburban sprawl, and that cheap, plentiful goods <br /> end up filling our landfills at such a great rate as to cost all taxpayers dearly both <br /> environmentally and economically (disposal of rubbish being one of our island's greatest <br /> challenges). The costs associated with these problems, to me, far outweighs the benefit of <br /> buying a box of Q-tips at Wal-Mart for $1.89 instead of $2.39 at a smaller store, though I <br /> understand that it all adds up-. <br /> I'm glad that this issue has come up, but I think more work should be done to 1) have the <br /> subject addressed in context of the island's Community Development Plans (i.e., when <br /> sprawl is properly addressed and regional plans devised, that these stores won't fit into <br /> the picture anyway) and 2) strengthen the rules to stop more than just the hugest of the <br /> behemoths that may someday try to muscle their way into our communities by slipping <br /> through our new, improved regional plans. <br /> n. <br /> v <br /> c~ <br /> Mahalo for your attention to this land use planning matter. <br /> i"'~? <br /> ~ <br /> Best regards, C r-'• ~ <br /> Janice Palma-Glennie r' <br /> -M , N <br /> "O <br /> - 3 <br /> W <br /> !.~1 - <br /> N <br /> Comm. ~ Pres~rat~0• <br /> Ref. To: AN 3 X007 <br /> Ref. Cate <br /> i <br /> <br />