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<br /> Murashige Laura <br /> From: mess0104@d.umn.edu <br /> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 5:42 PM ~ , , <br /> <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us ~i ? c- <br /> Subject: Save Punaluu, Save America ` <br /> ~,r <br /> Dear Sir or Madam: <br /> I am writing this letter out of deep concern for the future of Punaluu, a place 2 <br /> travelled to earlier this year through a study abroad program with the University of <br /> Minnesota. I will not burden you with typical words you will likely find in the majority <br /> of protest letters in support of the conservation of Punaluu. All I will say is that there <br /> is indeed an immense difference between being a citizen and being a consumer. In the <br /> United States we are all consumers, but not all of us are citizens. Punaluu is a rare <br /> community; rare in the sense that it is local, sustainable, agrarian. It is the essence <br /> and definition of what a community is and serves as a model for what other communities in <br /> the United States should become. In a commercial, capitalist culture it is often easy to <br /> lose track of and forget what is truly important. The people of Punaluu understand what is <br /> truly important. Please; embrace it, do not exploit it. Developments, capital, investment, <br /> economic prosperity rise and fall at millenia speed faster than cultures. We must make. <br /> America stronger through the force of citizenship and community, not by economic <br /> prosperity. <br /> Unsustainable development in Punaluu will tear apart a prosperous community; prosperous in <br /> a way in which a minority of communities in the United States are prosperous. When true <br /> and honorable communities break apart our nation becomes weaker, not stronger. Preserve <br /> Punaluu, preserve America. <br /> Yours Truly, <br /> Laddie Messing <br /> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. <br /> Comm. No. 3 ~ ~ <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Ref. Dare u u a n 20Q7 <br /> i <br /> <br />