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� -0*N <br />Bender: I was confused. I thought that the item you were asking about was the one on <br />Kawili Street. My apology. <br />Takase: Sorry, we got it backward. <br />Onizuka: (Application No.) 18-21 is the one with all the protests? <br />Takase: Yes. <br />Onizuka: So, we're going to lead with the public testimony? <br />Takase: Yes. <br />Onizuka: The first, is that written testimony by John Kaye? <br />Kaye: I'm here, I don't know if you can hear me or not. <br />Takase: Yes, we can hear you. <br />Poindexter: This is Valerie Poindexter, again. Are we going to... <br />Kaye: I would like to just clarify the situation. I was at this meeting and got cut off, and it <br />took me about fifteen minutes to rejoin. Have we dealt with the Applicant's request to <br />delay this, and/or are we just moving forward and holding off on that decision (until) later? <br />Takase: The way we'll handle this is I'll take all the public testimony first, and we'll deal <br />with the requests after that. Everybody will have a chance to at least have their say. <br />Why don't we take whatever public is going to testify first so everybody has a chance to <br />say their piece? <br />Kaye: Okay, thank you. I provided a written statement a week ago to the Department and <br />I believe the Commissioners have all gotten a copy of that. It's pretty self-explanatory.. <br />I wanted to make one correction on that. I think I quoted a statistic of 72 percent of the <br />registered voters were protesting, and I think it's 69 percent of the registered voters were <br />protesting. I was off by... because I thought there was one more person protesting than <br />was. If you take a look at the statement, I think it's pretty self-explanatory. The idea is <br />that this community of Hakalau is pretty vocal about this situation. They don't want liquor <br />operations in our residential community. We are a residential community made up of <br />families and old people. Mostly, I would say old people, unfortunately, like myself. It is <br />not something that fits in with this community at all and that is why so many people have <br />opposed it. <br />Kaye: The other thing I tried to point out in the statement was, when you look at the <br />people and not vacant lots, when you look at people who live here, the overwhelming <br />numbers of them are protesting. It is only when you get into the 56 percent and the <br />55 percent protesting, is because you have absentee lot owners who are not protesting. <br />They don't have a dog in the fight, so to speak. Therefore, that's what brought it down <br />MAY 7, 2020 - LIQUOR COMMISSION MINUTES <br />