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ALAMEDA: Staff, Jeff. We’ll take a look at it. SIRACUSA: If you have other copies. Thank you so much. ALAMEDA: Thank you, Uncle, thank you for your time today. I appreciate it. Mahalo. Okay, well, we’re moving right along. I know our Commissioners are getting hungry but you guys must be more hungry. So we’ve got two more testifiers. Patrick and Donald, please come forward. You’ve already heard some of the testimony; and may I ask that you bring something new to the table, or you could say “ditto”. But I’ve got to swear you in first. Uncle Pat, you’re already sworn in already, yeah? KAHAWAIOLA‘A: Yes. ALAMEDA: Maybe raise your hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. ALAMEDA: Thank you, sir. I’ll start on my far right. If you can state your name and address, again, I guess for the record, then you may proceed. KAHAWAIOLA‘A: Yes. My name is Patrick Kahawaiola‘a. I live in Panaewa now. I do and I want to preface this by saying I think the former chairman before he left mentioned when he started this part of the agenda was you had 5 and 5a, but I think he said the Wal-Mart amendment; and I think that’s what predicated the fact that everybody else started to talk about the superstore as being the Wal-Mart. But it is by no fact, no stretch of the imagination every news article that I have read, it only details about this superstore and who that individual is going to be. The Wal-Mart was the only bidder for the area of land and, therefore, I think it’s not inappropriate for all of us to continue to believe that Wal-Mart is the superstore that may be here. Both of your amendments, I would like anyone to correct me if I am wrong, I look at 5 as being a ban and 5a as to create, I mean there’s an amendment here to the County Council, excuse me, to the County Zoning Code to ban superstores and the other is to create a special zoning to allow superstores. So, please bear with me, I don’t have anything written but I do have this based on the fact that I am an advocate for Hawaiian Home lands. So if this is going to be built on Hawaiian Home lands, if that’s what we’re talking about, I just need to give some clarification to all of you that the reason that I am here is to let you know that before you, Wal-Mart or anyone else, this is not an anti Wal-Mart thing, this is anti use of Hawaiian Home lands. They’re coming before this County Council to ask your permission to rezone the land or zone lands. I think the Director made a statement when was asked by one of the Commissioners is this legal to, if we don’t have the jurisdiction why are we talking about it. He gave a long, I thought Mr. Torigoe would answer the question but they gave it to Mr. Yuen or he volunteered. Well, Mr. Yuen is an attorney so he can give his legal opinion, too, but I thought he doesn’t represent this Commission. And I think Commissioner Siracusa’s request was for a legal opinion and I EXHIBIT D 19