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WOODWARD: Yeah, I’d just like to follow up on that. None of us are threatened because we have no liability. It’s the County. But it was the way you said it. It wasn’t what you said; it was the way you said it. And that was my concern. Now you’ve presented testimony, as you say, three times or four; and you’ve really given factual information. This time it was coming out, you know, walking softly and carrying a big stick. That was my concern. None of us have any vested interest in this. If the County gets sued, the County gets sued. It doesn’t affect us at all. But I don’t think that type of testimony is particularly helpful. RHO: Commissioner Siracusa. SIRACUSA: Yes. It was said that we are only advisory; and that is true for the rezoning because we submit recommendation to the County Council. It is not true, however, for the SMA portion of this. And I just wanted to make that distinction. RHO: Thank you. Any other -? Seeing none, thank you, Ms. Byrne. Can we move onto Mike Isaacs? First, your name and your mailing address. ISAACS: Mike Isaacs, P. O. Box 116, Hawi, North Kohala. Are we on 2a, or can we like roll into No. 1 also? RHO: You can roll into 1, 2a or even 2. ISAACS: Okay. Basically I came in to support the Planning Director’s SMA Use Permit No. 379, the revocation of it. Based on the fact that – I’m not aware if any of Commissioners have visited the site but – the topography there is very extreme. From Akoni Pule, it slopes downward towards the cliff edge, and there are a lot of little gulches and convolutions on this property. So as a general contractor for many years – I’m retired now – when you talk about dust abatement, you can only be so successful in an area like that. Because of the topography, you’re going to have to do a lot of cutting. And the wind will be a factor. In that area – I’ve been in that area quite a bit in fact, along that coastline – and the winds that sweep down off of the Kohala Mountains are very extreme at times. Generally, they pick up about 12:00 and later in the afternoon; the mornings, pretty malia. As far as trying to contain the dust that’s created by all excavators you are going to have to have on the property, I don’t think it’s going to be very successful, to be very truthful. My concern about that is the fact that that coastline has been impacted heavily over the years by runoffs and such. If ever you were to go around that area when the waves are running, you’re going to see everything turn chocolate brown. The reefs have been inundated with fine soil from that area, and it looses up when you have a high wave action. And the problem with that is that it doesn’t stay there; it starts moving outward further and further and then around the point going up towards Kohala because of the way the currents are. We, the people of Kohala, are very concerned because of ciguatera. Right now, there is a standing rule a lot of Kohala people go by is that – and I fish a lot, so I know what I’m talking about, and I know a lot of people will do – is that from 5-mile marker to Kona, we won’t eat anything. I have friends in Kona who -, sometimes I go over their house and, you know, then they give you fish. You can’t refuse it; it’s just not nice. So I take it and whomever I give it to I EXHIBIT A 10