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<br /> J.t <br /> other alternatives have been investigated? <br /> The issue was raised of using this land for a park or for a camp ground, or leasing <br /> it to local tree fanners. Have any of these ideas been explored? If not, why not? If they <br /> have been explored, why is this information being kept secret? <br /> If you don't know the answers to these questions, then it is your job to find out <br /> before you allow deals to be made. You represent the public, not a couple of ranchers <br /> with political connections to the administration. Do your homework, its your job. <br /> At the very least there should be public hearings after which a plan is drawn up. <br /> There have been no public hearings. [ see no plan. All I see is a systematic attempt to <br /> deny the public the right to make decisions about the use of public resources. The State <br /> is planning to hold public hearings for the State land, why isn't the County doing the <br /> same? If all of this were to happen and it was decided long term ranching leases were the <br /> best way to go, the County should disallow any subleasing of the land. What is to <br /> prevent these ranchers from tinning around and subleasing the land to Oji Paper or some <br /> other outfit at a considerable profit? Hawaiian Homes lands have been used in this <br /> crooked manner for years. The Cotmty should not allow this kind of crooked business <br /> with public lands. <br /> This is public land. The public should have a say in how it is used, and it should <br /> be used for the maximum long term benefit of the residents of this island. The land is <br /> public property not the Mayor's private property. <br /> <br />