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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> `Pinimaikalani Kealilkua'aina Kahakalau <br /> <br /> P.O. Box 1764 <br /> Honoka'a, Hawai'I 968727 <br /> (808) 775-0867 <br /> iniluvzubu@yahoo.com <br /> Jan 18, 2008 <br /> Aloha Council Members <br /> <br /> <br /> My name is `I' ini Kahakalau and I am in 9 s grade at Kanu o ka `Aina New Century <br /> <br /> Public School. I live in Kukuihaele above Waipi'o Valley and love to spend time in the <br /> valley helping my `ohana plant taro. I ask you to please support of Resolution 462-08, <br /> <br /> which urges the Hawai'i State Legislature to pass S.B. 958 S.D.IH.D.L, which imposes a <br /> ten year moratorium on developing, testing, propagating, cultivating, growing, and <br /> raising of genetically modified taro in the State of Hawai'i. <br /> <br /> <br /> I love to eat taro and poi and I am really worried that if we don't put a stop to taro testing <br /> <br /> and genetically engineering taro something horrible could go wrong and we will forever <br /> be unable to eat taro and poi as we know it. <br /> <br /> <br /> Please pass Resolution 462-08. We need to protect the taro so it can continue to take care <br /> of us light it has for countless generations. For me taro is `ohana and I would not want <br /> <br /> any one of may `ohana to be raped, which is what genetic engineering does, by forcing <br /> the cells to accept foreign materials. Genetic engineering is not natural and I like natural. <br /> <br /> <br /> Sincerely, <br />