2022-07-21 Leeward Exh A (Public Testimony re Items 56 Hawaii One1 PL-REZ-2022-000014 PL-SMA-2022-000012)

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needs to stop basically. The continuous development pushing through, not listening to the community needs to stop. Stop the development because you have to look at it. I've been on the Kauai Board of Water meetings, and they mentioned that the April minutes in the May meeting that they said 3 million gallons of water are leaking. They cannot find the cause of it; they don't know where it's coming from. So that's it's been leaking 3 million gallons of water right now. So that's April, May, June, July it's continuing on. So, where is the water for all of these you know developments and on Kauai the issue is luxury housing not even affordable housing they're talking about. So, where is the water going to be coming from? They're already taking some other Ahupua`a to be able to supposedly supply. Their advertising Kauanoe o Koloa is not even built yet and that's what we're trying to start right now. You know the desecration because SHPD, the Burial Councils and everything that work should have been stopped already. They're blowing up the lava caves there which are all connected in a lot of land in Kauai all over the island. And so, I'm speaking about Kauai because it's all related to what's happening now on Hawaii island. Every island. You need to just stop rubber stamping and catering to developers, corporations. All of these— VITOUSEK: Less than I minute left. ROJAS: —positions and committees it's for the people. Even the people supposed elected in our legislature supposed to be listening to the people. Nobody is listening to the people. Basically, look at TMT that they're gonna supposedly go through now with the EIS. Worldwide the people are saying enough, stop, indigenous culture needs to be respected and restored and given back. Stolen land, this is all stolen land. This is where illegally occupied. So, when is common sense, when is, when our kanaka"—"values, indigenous mindset values, decolonized mindset when is that finally gonna take effect? — VITOUSEK: We are going to ask you to summarize, the 3 minutes have been completed. ROJAS: — It's 2022. We're educating our keiki regarding history to be able to critically, you know think and also you know, common sense when the adults in all of these meetings are not practicing the same procedures and through these. This really confusing and time-consuming system and practices and procedures and laws and bills and everything.— VITOUSEK: Okay, I think we've reached the maximum time that is allowed. ROJAS: —Just keep it simple. Stop. Listen to the people and fulfilling kuleana in that way. VITOUSEK: Hello? ROJAS: —So, I oppose Naniloa development, I oppose anymore development. These issues wai, `aina, mea`ai. The people need to be addressed first— VITOUSEK: Okay. 5 EXHIBIT A