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community talks and everything and we ended up putting together a quick TikTok
<br />at that Paoa Community Center and we had about 25/30 people showed up. We
<br />had a nice discussion – we talked about some of the ideas that GMAC is looking
<br />forward to push for the next Legislative season – got some input from the
<br />residents and everything else, so it was a good meeting and August – and the
<br />final one – August 27 at the Eagle’s in Keaau – I will be doing another pulled pork
<br />free lunch giveaways so there’ll be some fliers for everybody in the Puna area,
<br />keep an eye out for the fliers in the social media so we can let everybody know
<br />that these aren’t just Brucellosis infected pigs that need to be hauled off to the
<br />side of the road and covered in lime – that they’re actually very good eating and
<br />we can use them at these times so that’s it for District – 4, mahalo.
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<br />AA: Ah, District – 5, myself. Yup, did a bunch of leg work – me and Brian – not really
<br />a district report but just an open discussion about GMAC needs to – we need to
<br />put GMAC we’re out there – more people we talk to more people don’t even
<br />know what GMAC is, so, if other Commissioners want to put together their own
<br />public meetings, that’s fine. I’ll try my best to get out there, um, and assist you
<br />guys as best as I can. Um, District – 6, Austin?
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<br />AG: District – 6, Austin Griffey. Um, lots going on in South Kona outside there is this
<br />new development that’s been going on in Opihihale – they calling themselves –
<br />the Kona Investments – the Kona Estates – they are gonna be building $60
<br />million dollar homes, which is for colonials not for natives or residents \[unclear\].
<br />It’s not going to be affordable, really, and, um, where they’re doing it is slap dab
<br />right in the middle of one of the main nesting areas for our ahi birds which is what
<br />the native Hawaiians have used to find schools of tunas for generations and
<br />pretty much it’s gonna be a devastation down in South Kona. It’s gonna ruin the
<br />coastline. It’s gonna be a lot of issues going on down there and, um, there’s a
<br />hui going around of all the South Kona people that trying to get together to stop
<br />this thing and, yeah, I’d like to see if we can do something to help stop it cause, I
<br />mean, it’s my home town right there, I’ve seen that lava flow from day one and
<br />now it’s changed, it’s different, it’s not like how it used to be and for our boat
<br />ramp, Honaunau Boat Ramp, we need to make a no swim zone cause the
<br />boaters that are coming in and out they’re constantly having to yell at tourists to
<br />get out of the way – people are almost getting hurt, run over, um, cars being
<br />parked on the side of the boat ramp, fishermen can’t even pull in and pull out
<br />without taking off mirrors from people’s cars. It’s like something needs to be done
<br />with that as well and, um, big population is booming, as always but everything
<br />else is pretty normal besides those two major things – the boat ramp, traffic and
<br />the million investment thing going on, oh, yeah, and NARS, NARS just acquired
<br />15,000 acres from McCandless Ranch which is what I was told is that they’re
<br />planning to fence and eradicate all the wild pipi, pigs, sheep, bull frogs and all
<br />that stuff.
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<br />SW: So is there any matter of what you discussed that you would want to put on the
<br />agenda?
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