2019-03-07 Hearing Transcript - Piilani Partners Request for Reconsideration SMA 18-000070

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here raping the land and controlling all the water. I'm from Maui. I know about water. I know about the streams. I know about living up country where we lived in consistent drought conditions because all the water was diverted down to the new hotels because, they must have swimming pools, but we can't water our cattle unless we catch it from the rain. Please let the Water Commission do their job on this. Please. And, I'm here to tell you even though other people have—it's kind of a big threat to be thought of as being a war criminal, and I understand that you are in that position currently. But, please understand that we, as a people, and you, as our government, because you are really actually an extension of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and this can huli from within. But, it's going to take each of us and each of you and each of us supporting you folks to do that for us, because this is not going to go away. It's only getting bigger, bigger and bigger, and it's not young people anymore. It's everyone. We all know it, you know it, it's time to address the elephant in the world. In the world, the whole world. The military seems to be taking over every country in the world. And, I'm sorry to the Piilani people that get paid for this like she comes up here and acts like she's a lawyer telling you what you're not doing right. That's not right. That's not, really not right. I appreciate your knowledge, and I appreciate your presentation CLARKSON: Please, please wrap it up. ROSIER: And, I thank you very much once again for doing what the public wants. Mahalo. AYNESSAZIAN: Aloha kakou. My name is Tanya Yamanaka Aynessazian, and I'm from Kea`au. I'm very opposed to this project. I hope that you'll not only hold off on reconsideration but stop this project in its tracks immediately. No matter what facts of process and water protection Piilani brings up, their fight is one of the mind and of the intellect. It's of business over life itself. Proving their business concept and processes are legal. It doesn't mean they are pono. Certainly, not in the best interests of our future and the future of all life here. The Piilani project is about raping and pillaging one of the last virgin natural resources we have left after decades and decades of bad business practices, County Councils, Planning Commissions, and volunteers have been willing to enable and approve it. A plastic water bottling company in 2019 as we hover on the verge of banning single -use plastics and other single -use consumables. This is outrageous! I'm aghast at the lack of perspective and vision of you all, of Piilani, of our business community. This is extremely outrageous. 1-1 can't even put into words sometimes how I'm feeling so I apologize for my over -emotion. You guys are lucky I meditate on a regular basis. Because it really feels like we're going back in time. On February 26th of this year, the Hawaii Senate Ways and Means Committee passed S.B. 522 which calls for an outright ban of single -use products including plastic food packaging, single -use beverage containers, like plastic water bottles, and utensils. At 1.2 million bottles a day, this would be 438 million plastic bottles per year originating right here in Hilo. That's what you're allowing. When we want to ban this practice. `A`ole. I ask humbly that you deny Applicant Piilani Partners. And, I do feel bad for you guys `cause you guys are really off course. You're just off course. So, thank you. Thank you for the opportunity to provide my opinion. AFABLE: Aloha, I'm Mary Afable. I attended the February meeting, and I'd just like to point out again as another person did during the testimony that the Piilani representatives were the EXHIBIT B 10