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BOWMAN: Do we have public testimony? WATANABE: Yeah, we do. You may be seated then. I have two people signed up to testify: Bernard Sullivan and Patricia Cameron. Would you come up to the table, please. Both of you signed up. Okay. Would you both raise your right hands, please, so I can swear you in. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? CAMERON: I do. SULLIVAN: Yes. WATANABE: Yes. I guess we’ll begin with you, Patricia. And would you state your name and address for the record prior to beginning your testimony. CAMERON: Yes, sir. Good afternoon. My name is Patricia JoAnna Cameron. I am the night manager at the Kohala Club Hotel. My mailing address is Post Office Box 1208 in Kapaau. I have lived there for the last five years. I rarely leave the property. I would say that I am a personal eyewitness to destruction of the property on the left hand side of the Kohala Club Hotel. I’m here to represent the honor of North Kohala. I’m here to represent the honor of the residents of North Kohala. I moved there five years ago -. SIRACUSA: Please speak into the mike closer. CAMERON: Sure. I moved there five years ago after having been a resident of Pebble Beach, Beverly Hills and all of California. I have never ever had to deal with people who have been so disrespectful to their neighbors. That’s Watkins and Sunderland. I have had to have the police on the property four separate times to ask that woman who is sitting right behind me to stop trespassing, getting in my face. They have torn up our stakes, which lined our property. It’s all in the documents that we have presented to you. I have brought you a photo album book that I have personally been threatened over. I have been told not to take pictures. I have had this so- called Watkins’s person in my face with the police standing next to me to protect me. He has lied to me. He has lied to the police. He has lied to Grant Wilson. I am astounded. I am shocked. I am dismayed. And as you can tell, I’m heartbroken. I moved to this island because I believed in it. My parents have lived here for 20 years. I am a kind, generous and just person. I have never had to call the police in my life. I have found this embarrassing and highly disruptive. I can give you all kinds of legal jargon here. I can tell you how they’ve stolen property from people. I can tell you how a gentleman created a Boy Scout camp on his property. These people brought in a bulldozer. That’s their attitude. They have a small town thuggery attitude. I’m not here because I want to be here. I live on the property. This photo album will show you. They literally brought people in at night, morning, evening. Talk to the contractor who’s had $30,000 taken out of his business because they don’t pay his bills. I have literally had to stand on my property and say “Stop the bulldozing.” This road is big enough for cement trucks. You name it. You’re (expletive) right they are taking that. They are driving that right past the Kohala Club Hotel. It can be 5:00 o’clock in the morning. It can be 11:00 o’clock at night. I’m asking you in a personal manner because I’m not an attorney and I don’t want to incur EXHIBIT B 10