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copies that you sent, 22 copies, I said there’s nothing at the Planning Department, I don’t know
<br />where it’s at, I don’t have it. And I thought everything was filed. I said can you really help me.
<br />I said I needed one whole set of copies again. I’ll pay for it, whatever it costs so I can have this
<br />done. I said it’s lost some place along the line. So he made me a whole bunch of copies again
<br />which I believe was submitted to my office manager, Eva back there. And got, on time
<br />extension, they said we had to reapply. And I said, you know, I cannot understand why we’ve
<br />got to reapply when we’ve applied, everything was approved. But whatever it takes we’ll do
<br />what needs to be done. We just don’t want to be taking up my time and your time and going
<br />over this stuff. But, so this is what has been in motion.
<br />But the root of the problem is not what we’re talking about. The root of the problem is my
<br />neighbor who wrote one letter; and I found the letter to the Planning Department complaining.
<br />And it’s because of the one complaint that’s why we’re all here, I believe. My neighbor is a
<br />millionaire from Las Vegas. He wrote one letter to you folks coming from his attorney, and he
<br />goes under this CSA Service Center LLC. Well, his name is Ed Fujinaga who owns 160 acres
<br />next to me. And then the first thing he says in his letter, he has 167 acres that he does agriculture
<br />and farming land which he grows coffee and livestock for resale. That’s how, you know, like
<br />that’s fine. But he’s not telling the truth. He leases out the 167 acres to Ernest De Luz and his
<br />son. He doesn’t own one head of cattle on the property. I talked to them yesterday to justify that
<br />thing and he says it’s for resale. All he’s doing is renting out the land. And then they just
<br />planted a few coffee trees so he says he’s a coffee farmer, which is great, you know. You can
<br />say whatever you want. But then he goes on and bad-mouths me with the things that I’m doing
<br />on my property. He doesn’t even know what I do. He comes over here from Las Vegas two or
<br />three times a year and spends maybe one hour or half an hour on his property and then leaves.
<br />He owns the house in Puulani Estates by Puuwaawaa. And I don’t know if any of you folks are
<br />millionaires in here, you know, but I know a few of them and they’re pretty nice guys. And this
<br />guy is supposed to be a millionaire, he sells medical supplies.
<br />But I couldn’t understand him because every place he goes -. He’s a Japanese guy; and I get
<br />nothing against Japanese, but he had one Filipino guy that goes with him every place he goes,
<br />and he got to say -. He walks around -- I don’t know if you know the wrestlers like Tosh Togo,
<br />walk around with his arms out like this -- you know, and his friend is next to him every place he
<br />goes, and this guy is a Filipino guy who’s a martial arts expert. And he said, oh, this guy goes
<br />with me. I’m like, I thought about it for quite a while. I said, you know, you either got to be
<br />one real big crook, screwed some other people, that you’re so worried about your life that you
<br />got to have one body guard with you every place you go -. You know, it’s like this is Hawaii.
<br />You trust everybody, you know. But this guy chauffeurs him around; and he cannot wait to tell
<br />you who this guy is, like you’ve got to stay away from him. Then he tells me, oh, when he goes
<br />downtown to Las Vegas at night, he get six Samoans, you know -.
<br />WATANABE: Mr. Miranda, I understand you’re frustrated with the situation but maybe
<br />we can remain focused on your time extension and things that are -. And so do you have
<br />anything else to add?
<br />MIRANDA: Well, we had two inspectors, I think both of them seated here, that came
<br />out to the site the other day as Mr. Darrow had just said and they took pictures of my property.
<br />And I can answer questions or they can, whatever, to any concerns.
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