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argument that the law cannot be applied because it’s the first time and it would be unfair to the developer. You know, it basically would handcuff anything that we do. As far as I’m concerned, then we should pass only those developments that we are certain will be done and not be speculated upon over years and years and years and years and years and years, and then be turned over and on basically just speculative purposes, and nothing actually gets done. So that’s what we are really looking at. And it is very precedential. I think that in the end -, well, my feeling is we should prevail; we are properly exercising our discretion under the terms of the rezoning ordinance itself and under our fair rules, and the rules have been applied fairly in this case. Thank you. WATANABE: Thank you. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman. WATANABE: Mr. Woodward. WOODWARD: Well, first I would like to say there is a fundamental difference between law and justice, unfortunately. That’s just the way it works. The law is not always right. And you mentioned discretionary; yes, well, that’s the key point here. If you look at the discretion that the Planning Commission has used, as far as granting extensions – and I can’t name the number that we’ve looked at over the last year and half – where we had discretion, and they may be 5, 10 years, you know, out of compliance, and we worked with them. That’s not what happened here. What happened here was there was a political agenda to downzone this property because some people felt that the original zoning in 1997 was inappropriate. It was a political act. It was not a legal act. It was not fair. And as I say, there is a fundamental difference between the letter of the law and justice. And that’s the problem with our system. WATANABE: Ms. Bowman. BOWMAN: I just have a couple of comments. Being the new kid on the block, I haven’t been cognizant of the extensions and how many improvements were made or -; so I can’t address that. But in preparation for this meeting, I did review the Northwest Hawaii Regional Outdoor Plan. And you know, back when all this was happening it was a market driven economy. And if you look at the Plan and you look at everything that was planned, I think this is the first of many challenges we’ll have as far as growth. So you know, after reviewing the Plan and seeing that, yes, this is precedent setting, but I have just a gut feeling that this is – how can I say it -. WATANABE: Tip of the iceberg? BOWMAN: Yes. And I, you know, recommend that we do review these plans because we have a lot of work cut out for us that the previous -, you know, you talk about politics; I think that was back then. I think now rather than political, I think we really need to look at environmental and growth and capacity, building for this island. So and, that’s all I have to say. Thank you. EXHIBIT A 18