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Wal-Mart is against this resolution. It is anti-competitive and would hurt our island consumers. <br />It will also hurt local suppliers and vendors. You might not know but were already working <br />with 50 local suppliers and vendors on the Big Island and 487 state-wide. By adding a full line <br />of grocery store, we would need to expand our local supplier base with additional farmers and <br />local businesses. This bill would keep us from doing just that and we urge you to vote against it. <br />And if I could add something else, is that, you know, a lot of times you look at Wal-Mart and <br />everybody sees us as kind of like this big giant thats on the mainland. But when you think of <br />Wal-Mart with all our workers, we are all basically its your mother, your farther, your brother, <br />your sister, your aunty and your uncle from here in Hilo that work at Wal-Mart. So we are part <br />of the community, too, and well do whatever we have to do to make it right. Thank you. <br />WATANABE:Thank you. Do we have any questions for this testifier? Okay thank you. <br />You may be seated. You know, we have about I think 11 more testifiers. If its all right, can we <br />takea5-minutebreak,Commissioners? <br />WOODWARD:No. <br />WATANABE:Please? <br />WOODWARD:Okay. <br />RECESSEDThe Chair called a short recess at 3:10 p.m. <br />RECONVENEDThe meeting reconvened at 3:20 p.m. <br />WATANABE:Okay, the Planning Commission meeting will come back to order. At this <br />time well take this opportunity to call up the next four testifiers. I have a Richard Ha, Elmer -. <br />GOROSPE:Gorospe. <br />WATANABE:Gorospe. Is that correct? <br />GOROSPE:Yes. <br />WATANABE:Francis Benevides and Cory Harden. Im missing one of you. <br />PUBLIC:He stepped out, Francis stepped out. <br />WATANABE:Francis stepped out, okay. Let me circle that. Lets see, Janet Codispoti. <br />PUBLICCodispoti, she had to leave. <br />WATANABE:She had to leave. She wrote down she submitted testimony. Okay, so that <br />one is done. Anna Ater, okay, thank you. Would you all raise your right hand, please. Do you <br />swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Planning Commission? <br />TESTIFIERS:I do. <br />18 EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />