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> a rich educational resource. We are talking about a food source for <br /> > local families. We are talking so many more important things than <br /> > wealth creation for a few non-local investors and more cookie-cutter <br /> > condos for vacationers and wealthy retirees who know little if <br /> > anything about the local culture or history. <br /> > As noted in my first letter supporting the resolution, good jobs based <br /> > on eco-culture education can be brought to Ka'u. The fact it is <br /> > largely undeveloped and local, primarily serving tourists as a <br /> > drive-by experience, makes it a relatively rare district and one that <br /> > can support eco-culture experiences. That is what my students get <br /> > there as they are welcomed with Aloha and for the first time <br /> > experience a communal culture, one they come to love. Many return. In <br /> > fact a group of 20 from 2001 is planning a return next May. I believe <br /> > many of my students wrote in support of the resolution. That is how <br /> > special this place was to them. I'd be more than willing to volunteer <br /> > my expertise to help develop an eco-culture experience incorporating <br /> > Punalu'u if you eventually do the right thing and go forward with the <br /> > purchase. This could produce jobs that would be sustainable and would <br /> > grow in number as the word gets out. Not construction jobs that would <br /> > pass as the condos are completed to be replaced by low-pay <br /> > housekeeping and gardening jobs filled primarily but immigrants. Local <br /> > children will grow up and have to move on since the developer has _ <br /> > driven the price of land beyond what those low-pay jobs can pay for. <br /> > Please do not turn this special place into yet another fading memory. - <br /> > Please do not give into the dollars, the developers and a Mayor who is <br /> > more willing to listen to non-resident wealth than the clear majority <br /> > of residents of this district. In the future as I take up residency in <br /> > Ka'u I will do all I can to unseat those who support the developer on <br /> > this. In fact, I will do all I can now. Please do not add Punalu'u to <br /> > the list of places and people crushed by sandalwood, cane, military, <br /> > tourism and by corrupt leaders all for the sake of a buck. <br /> > Mahalo for listening and your past and, hopefully, future support of <br /> > 169-07 <br /> > <br /> > Michael Sunnafrank <br /> > Department of Communication <br /> > University of Minnesota Duluth <br /> > Duluth, MN 55812 <br /> > 218-726-6363 <br /> > msunnafr@d.umn.edu <br /> <br /> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. <br /> 3 <br /> <br />