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Murashige, Laura <br /> From: Patrick Welle [PWelle@bemidjistate.edu] <br /> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:35 AM <br /> <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Support Resolution 169-07 <br /> Council Members, <br /> This brief message is to encourage you to support Resolution 169-07 and to consider the <br /> long-term interests of the people of Ka'u and Hawaii. I am an environmental economist who <br /> has worked on sustainable development issues, including Hawaii. I lead a university field <br /> program to Hawaii on a regular basis and have come to know Ka'u and its rich natural, <br /> cultural and human assets quite well. I have spent a good deal of time getting to know <br /> Punalu'u and its residents. <br /> As with so many conflicts today between short-sighted, intensive development and a <br /> sustainable environmental and economic future, the temptation is to go with the near-term <br /> financial return at the sacrifice of a sound future. As an economist who sees these <br /> tensions playing out in so many areas around the world, particularly in the U.S., I urge <br /> you to consider that preserving the unique assets of Punalu'u is the path to a better <br /> economic future rather than an unsustainable development as is being proposed. Please <br /> support Resolution 169-07. <br /> Respectfully Submitted, <br /> Patrick G. Welle <br /> Dr. Patrick Welle <br /> Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies Bemidji State University DH 20, Mail Box <br /> 30 1500 Birchmont Drive Bemidji, NIId 56601 <br /> (218) 755-4103 <br /> FAX (218) 755-4107 <br /> pwelleC~bemidjistate.edu <br /> t <br /> ) <br /> c= <br /> r <br /> ,.,i.-s` <br /> 7 <br /> Comm. Na <br /> Ref. To, <br /> Ref. Date JUN 4 2D0~ <br /> i <br /> <br />