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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Stephanie Bath <br /> P. 0. Box 457 <br /> Kea'au, Hawaii 96749 <br /> stephbath@gmail.com <br /> <br /> April 15, 2008 <br /> Testimony on Waste to Energy - Resolution 551-08 <br /> <br /> <br /> There is a word ...Kina'ole...I understand it to mean ...doing the right thing, at the right time for the right reason. <br /> We can't go back and change the errors those made before us regarding solid waste management. <br /> What we can do, now, is move forward on the course we together as a County counsel and community charted. <br /> We agreed to maximize recycling which is a long term solution to waste. We never agreed to bum it. Our <br /> teenagers have been taught to recycle. It is a way of life for them. Our son gets parts to fix his and his friends <br /> bikes from the Kea'au recycle center. It fits into our families limited budget quite well. <br /> The green waste to mulch project is a huge success. It can be a bigger success with greater enforcement. <br /> <br /> We don't want an incinerator. We want your support. We want you to budget money for expanded recycling and <br /> sorting stations. Budget resources to enforce mindful waste management. Hopefully after a while there will be no <br /> need for enforcement. It will become a way of life. <br /> We understood that the County was going to promote recycling. The current way that solid waste is dealt with <br /> actually enables people not to recycle. "No need-can dump um." <br /> Let's talk economics. <br /> We've taught our children about the importance of being debt free and paying as we go. We have taught them <br /> that marketing strategies may entice a person into thinking they want something. They end up purchasing it and <br /> loosing in the end. We do not want the people of Hawaii County to have to pay for something that will not take us <br /> to our long term goal. Please don't make a decision that will put us in this kind of debt. We have other priorities <br /> for our Counties limited economic resources. <br /> We do NOT, DO NOT want to purchase an incinerator. We don't want to go into debt for something that won't <br /> take us to our goal! <br /> I know that the County can successfully promote and enforce policies and principles that promote recycling and <br /> sorting. If County leadership does not have the knowledge on how to implement the plan we agreed on, replace <br /> people with those who have the knowledge. <br /> We are all busy! Let's not take anymore time to deal with this issue. Personally I'd like it to go away like one of <br /> those unsolicited phone calls. <br /> Incineration does not address our rubbish challenge. <br /> If the issue here is creating more energy let's talk about that as a topic in itself and not couple it with waste. <br /> Let's generator sustainable clean energy. <br /> Let"s create jobs that can employ people from entry level to management. <br /> Let's promote minimizing excessive packaging in Hawaii County. <br /> One last thing. If someone offered to give you and your ohans, including extended ohana, an all inclusive <br /> vacation, and the ethics committee said it was above board to accept it. You would gladly take it., Right? <br /> O.k. now imagine that it was revealed to you that the vacation is to Iraq. <br /> At first it sounded good but when details and long term effect it will have on your family is revealed it is an <br /> undesirable idea. What's my point.? I don't want Wheelabator to pay for an EIS for something we don't want. <br /> <br /> C,txn No, /06 L. L1 <br /> <br /> Ref. Tor FQo- <br /> Ref. Rate. APR 15 M13 <br />