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Murashige, Laura <br /> From: Melissa Fleming [mfleming@co.hawaii.hi.us] <br /> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:48 AM <br /> <br /> To: cou nciltestimony@co. hawaii. hi. us <br /> Subject: FW: ridiculous postponment; Save the few natural places Hawaii has left: stop plundering <br /> nature <br /> -----Original Message----- <br /> From: Dinda Evans [mailto:dindamcp4@yahoo.com] <br /> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:09 PM <br /> To: Yagong, Dominic; Ikeda, Donald; jyoshimoto@co.hawaii.hi; Higa, Stacy; Naeole, Emily; <br /> Jacobson, Bob; Ford, Brenda; Pilago, K. Angel; Hoffmann, Pete - <br /> Subject: ridiculous postponment; Save the few natural places Hawaii has <br /> left: stop plundering nature <br /> HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL POSTPONES VOTE TO SAVE PUNALU~U <br /> COUNCIL MEMBERS BOW TO PRESSURE FROM MAYOR'S OFFICE July 25th, 2007 <br /> DEVELOPER MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS TO TURN PUNALU~U INTO A MASSIVE RESORT <br /> A STUNNING REVERSAL BY THE COUNCIL <br /> PUNALU~U IN LIMBO <br /> KA~U PRESERVATION MEETING SET FOR THURS., JULY 26TH <br /> <br /> After nearly three months of endless hearings the Hawaii County Council voted 5 to 4 td <br /> stop the vote on Resolution 169-07 that would protect the shoreline at Punalu'u and Ninole <br /> on the island of Hawaii. As requested (again) by Mayor Harry Kim who testified via video <br /> from Hilo, Council Members, Higa, Hoffman, Ikeda, Yagong and Yoshimoto voted to postpone <br /> the vote on the resolution, bowing to the pressure from the Mayor's office. The Mayor was <br /> given to September 19th, <br /> 2007 to pursue his call for compromise that calls for hiring a professional mediator to <br /> find a way to bring all the parties to an agreement that would satisfy both the developer <br /> and those who are in favor of the resolution. <br /> Even after the developer, Pat Blew offered NO new compromise to his plan to build over one <br /> thousand luxury homes and 2 exclusive resorts and a shopping center on the revered and, <br /> sacred land at Punalu'u, the five councilmen voted to stop the vote. The action delays any <br /> action by the Council for nearly 2 months, while the developer is given a green light to <br /> move ahead with their development plans that are opposed by a majority of the people of <br /> Ka'u. <br /> r.? <br /> Luggage? GPS? Comic books? 4; <br /> Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo~com/SE`arch? <br /> fr=oni on mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz <br /> - - c: <br /> r- <br /> ti <br /> ~o <br /> Comm. No.Z <br /> Ref. To: ~/TLLVICi <br /> 1 Ref. Dated30 2007' <br /> <br />