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four of you raise your right hands, please, and do you swear or affirm to tell the truth today on this matter before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: Yes. GRAHAM: Thank you all. I’ll start on my right. Could you use the microphone, give your name and address, and then give us your testimony right away? MARONE: Yes. My name is Sally Marone, and I live at 77-6128A Mamalahoa Highway, Holualoa, Hawaii. And I will keep my comments brief. I just wanted to let you know that I am in support of the Council’s bill to ban the superstores. I feel that we need to keep our West Hawaii as self-sufficient as possible. And bringing more things in from China and produce from thousands of miles away is not what I see for the development of our island. GRAHAM: Thank you, Ms. Marone. Any comments or questions from the Commissioners? Ma’am, you’re next. Please start with your name and address. LEONARD: Aloha. My name is Gordana Leonard, and I live at 75-374 Aloha Kona Drive in Kailua-Kona, 96740. I’m a member or I’m one of the Kailua residents who have been working on the Kona Community Development Plans from almost the beginning, and I’m a member of the environmental quality working group. But I do not speak on their behalf; I speak as a private citizen and on behalf of my ohana. In view of what I’ve heard the Planning Commissioners’ exchange by way of remarks amongst yourselves, I feel that there is nothing that I need to add other than to say that I strongly support the proposed amendment put forth by the County Council, which opposes the giant stores; which I, for the purpose of this particular meeting, was simply going to say are antithetical to the Hawaiian way of life, antithetical to the even Americanized Hawaiian way of life, antithetical to the welfare of our children and certainly of a warming planet. And with that, I will thank you for, whatever it is that you do on behalf of, making wise choice on this particular issue. And I will testify further when the Planning Director’s bill comes up, and give details. Thank you. GRAHAM: Thank you, Ms. Leonard. TAMPOS: Aloha. GRAHAM: Sir, go ahead. Name and address, and then your testimony. TAMPOS: My name is Alapaki Tampos, and I live at 74-5037 Kealapua Street. And I live right here up in Kona, right up the hill. And I’m here to testify that I oppose of these big stores coming in, due to the fact I’ve been in business for 20 years, and just this past year I have gone out of business. Maybe all you folks know the radio station KAPA; you guys probably heard, “Aloha. Welcome to Alapaki’s” – that’s me. But now you don’t hear me because I’m out of business. Due to all these superstores coming in, like we have right now Wal-Mart, K-Mart, I mean that’s the type of stores. And now they want to come up with a superstore? What are they going contain of? Lumber? Like the brother over there said, he didn’t mention that. But how do we know what is a superstore? Just another food super market, or a combination of all these other things? So all the local businesses, like HPM and all these EXHIBIT E 8