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DAVIS: Yeah, I wanted to have my statement that I wrote out because I have only
<br />the draft.
<br />WOODWARD: This one?
<br />DAVIS: Yes.
<br />WOODWARD: Okay. And then if you can give us your name and address and then begin.
<br />DAVIS: Yes, aloha. My name is Barbara L. Davis and I’m also a resident of
<br />Waiohinu. And my, the property, the family property that we have is right below. Cause where
<br />we are there’s just a hill that goes, there’s the canal, and then there’s just a hill that goes right up.
<br />And the airstrip is right there. This is not a personal issue. I do not not like this person, I’m not
<br />losing sleep over some fanatic hatred I have over this person. This is an issue of, you know,
<br />doing things properly and having consideration. As I listen to this, the applicant speak, I’m
<br />shocked at his lack of concern for the community. I mean the way, he is referring to things as if,
<br />you know, well, this is what I’m doing and I have the right. Well, so do the rest of the
<br />community of Kau.
<br />I brought, and I will swear by oath, I got over 200 signatures, and these are community people
<br />that have been there for many years and also new community people, who oppose. I did this on
<br />my own. I didn’t go ask anybody to help me. I just went to talk with the community about how
<br />they feel about having a private airstrip, noncommercial airstrip, above Waiohinu. And I was
<br />surprised at how many people made comments about the way the plane is flying and how, some
<br />of them felt like they could just reach out and touch it. And one incident that I documented
<br />inside of my statement here, I wasn’t the only one that saw this. I mean the plane was literally
<br />putt putting right over the family aina like you could just about, and I mean he, it stalled, you
<br />couldn’t, I actually thought it stopped. But he couldn’t land. He had to go back down and he
<br />had to go way out. And I gave a description in this statement that I made about that particular
<br />incident. What really shocks me is how government allows people, and I state it in here, how
<br />people are allowed to make things. And I used examples of golf courses, luxury homes on
<br />Conservation land, and then years later come along and oh, now we’re going to make up, we
<br />going do the proper thing. That is unacceptable, you know, because we all are accountable for
<br />where we live. I mean to me who’s manning the ship? Who’s actually watching what’s
<br />happening to this beautiful island that some of us were born in, grew up in. Who’s manning the
<br />ship? I mean this is an important job that you guys have.
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<br />You know, I would suggest that everyone, you know, now that the 4 of July is coming around,
<br />reread. Every now and then go into the Declaration of Independence and look why this thing
<br />was signed. I mean if you guys, if all of us in here haven’t done it, do it now so you guys can be
<br />reminded of what was going on and why this happened. Okay? Then go into the Constitution
<br />and take a look, take a look what’s going on. This thing, if you read what I say in here, this is an
<br />exquisite, this is an exquisite document. Okay? And, by the way, the Kingdom of Hawaii also
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