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KEMPPAINEN: My name is Greg—
<br />RAFFIPIY: And, the area you reside in, who you represent. Please speak directly into the
<br />microphone. Thank you.
<br />KEMPPAINEN: Thank you. My name is Greg Kemppainen. I live in Kea`au. I used to live in
<br />Michigan. I was a, I worked for the Department of Natural Resources there in land and water
<br />management division, in the ground water permit section, and aone of the things that Michigan
<br />went through was that very large companies like Nestle would come into economically deprived
<br />areas that had lax water laws and take advantage of that by offering a couple of minimum wage
<br />jobs for taking out millions of bottles a day of water that was owned by, whether this is the
<br />Kingdom of Hawaii or whether this is owned by the State of Hawaii, this is the water is
<br />owned by the people. It is whether it's in an aquifer or whether it's surface water, it's, it's
<br />owned by the people, and I don't believe that it is the responsibility of a governor to, or a
<br />commission that doesn't listen to public testimony and take seriously a person's, or the
<br />population's input into what to do with the water.
<br />And, so even though they have a water resources commission in Michigan, and most people that
<br />testified, and polled were against Nestle coming and taking the water for—all they paid was a
<br />$200 application fee and basically offered a couple of minimum wage jobs in the area. They
<br />take out millions and millions of bottles of water every single day. Six and a half million bottles
<br />of water a day out of these, out of Michigan, and I think that this is wrong, that we would just
<br />allow the water that belongs here, this is very, it's a limited resource, you know, and especially if
<br />it's an aquifer, that, you know, if you deplete the aquifer, people that live in Hawaii are not
<br />going to have that water. It takes a long time to filter through granite and basalt.
<br />So, I guess I just want to implore to the Commission here that I, I, you know, plastic bottles
<br />aside, I don't think that the issue ofof, you know, giving somebody the right to take the
<br />public's water is, you know, should be done lightly. Thank you.
<br />RAFFIPIY: Thank you, Mr. Kemppainen. Mr. Tamashiro?
<br />TAMASHIRO: Aloha, and good morning, kakahiaka, Members of the Windward Planning
<br />Commission. I'm Gene Tamashiro. I'm a true Kanaka, Hawaiian National, Ko Hawaii Pae
<br />`Rina, and I am representing Hawaiian Kingdom general assembly. We have served notice for
<br />many, many years now, and actually it goes up to the President, Vice -President, Secretary of
<br />State, all the way down through David Ige through the County. We might even have some
<br />Council people here, certainly the Mayor, the Prosecutor, Corporate Counsel, your boss, Joe
<br />Kamelamela [referring to Ms. Hall], has met with us three times, and in every time we met, not
<br />once has any of these people, including, well here's your opportunity, but nobody who pledged
<br />an oath to the U.S. Constitution responded to, respond and rebut our claim that Kingdom is in
<br />continuity. So, here I go.
<br />I'm here today to faithfully, respectfully, and sternly remind all of you that you cannot make
<br />rules for what you don't own. Okay? The 127 -year hewa, false presumption, is over. Hawaiian
<br />Kingdom Ko Hawaii Pae `Rina is in continuity, and you will all be served in Aloha Truth, a
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