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where we were helping with local police and also the Red Cross issues. Just this last week we <br /> wanted to be the lead store in Hawaii to celebrate the 20`h anniversary of the partnership between <br /> the Children's Miracle Network and Wal-Mart. My company also encourages me for <br /> community involvement. I'm proud to be considered among the Friends of the Drug Court.. I've <br /> also coached numerous youth and adult leagues for both football, basketball and soccer. <br /> This legislation does not help our community. It stifles competition and is unfair. Please think <br /> of our residents, think of our community, and please vote against this resolution. Thank you for <br /> your time. <br /> GRAHAM: Thank you for your testimony. Okay, Commissioner Siracusa? <br /> SIRACUSA: I am aware of some of the philanthropic things that the Wal-Mart <br /> company has done. Are you by mentioning this, and the previous testifier also I noticed made a <br /> special point of mentioning these donations that you have made, would you continue if this <br /> Resolution passed, would you continue to make donations to the community, or are you trying to <br /> hint to us that you would cease to do so? <br /> KIM: I can't speak for the corporation, but I can just tell you the store that I run <br /> would continue and I would feel that they would actually get larger going forward. <br /> GRAHAM: Thank you, sir. <br /> SIRACUSA: Thank you. <br /> GRAHAM: All right. I appreciate your testimony? <br /> OGATA: Mr. Chair? I'm sorry, I have a question. , <br /> GRAHAM: Oh, excuse me. Go ahead, Shelly. <br /> <br /> OGATA: And this perhaps maybe addressed to Mr. Crowley as well. Both of you <br /> <br /> have spoken very highly of some of the benefits of a so-called supercenter to the community. <br /> <br /> But I would like to hear from both of you what perhaps some of the risks and perhaps some of <br /> <br /> the adverse effects that could happen to our community as well. <br /> GRAHAM: Mr. Yates, you want to address that first? <br /> YATES: Well, I'll try the best I can on that one as far as We've got a lot more <br /> positives obviously, especially being from the islands and seeing it developed. I remember <br /> specifically when I left the islands to go to college thinking what a world there is out there when <br /> I finally got there. I said, wow, you can actually buy milk for $3 a gallon or whatever it was <br /> <br /> back then instead of what the price was when I was growing up. So actually I have a lot more <br /> benefits. I can tell you that if we didn't have that I believe grocery prices would not be what <br /> they should be today on the island, which, you know, the savings to each household, including to <br /> myself with a household of five, is something that I would look forward to personally. <br /> I1 <br /> <br />