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WOODWARD: Yeah, I know that Kauai has an Ordinance in effect now, and it’s based purely on square footage. And I don’t care what you call a 150,000-square foot store; it’s a superstore. I mean if it’s a retail outlet, it’s a superstore. So I think if you really want to make effective legislation, you need to pick a number and not add the other conditions, which also have to be met, because as we’ve said, that legislation can easily skirted. DARROW: Yeah, this -. ALAMEDA: Mr. Darrow? DARROW: I’m sorry. I was just going to mention that this is something that would be on the record for the Council, and hopefully they will take this into consideration. And maybe that might be a proper way to go, especially if the Planning Director’s initiative doesn’t pass as well. ALAMEDA: Okay. Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: Yes, I have one other question. Do you have any indication whether these two forms of the superstore bill will come up at the same time to the Council, or whether the one that failed here will go up first and to be followed later by whatever we decide on today? DARROW: We don’t have any indication. There has been a request by the Director, but it’s going to be up to the Council. ALAMEDA: Any other questions for Mr. Darrow? Seeing none, we do have testimony. Thank you, Jeff. I’d like to call up Greg Gauthier, Scarlett O’Hara Bill and Craig Nishida. Please come forward. Before I swear you in, I’d like to again thank you for coming. I know coming here is like taking off from work or finding babysitters, so I appreciate your time here. Please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Hawaii County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. ALAMEDA: Thank you. I’ll start from my far right. Craig, please state your name and address for the record. NISHIDA: Hi, my name is Craig Nishida. Address: 91-2048 Luahoana Street. I’ve been before you guys a couple of times already about that other amendment. The same type of argument with this. Superstore District would create a huge burden on that area’s infrastructure. Putting all of the superstores in one area would encourage people to waste gas to take a round trip to that place, time and money, pollution as well. And another thing is that I know that issue of competition came up that, you know, a bill like the last one would interfere with competition. The large corporations that build superstores, what they do is they under-price until the competition is gone, and then they raise their prices. There is no competition. Small local businesses cannot compete. They cannot dictate to supply what they pay for their products like a big corporation can; they take what’s offered. And the last thing that’s a flaw in this bill is, just like prisons and landfills, nobody’s going to want it in their area. So where are you going to put it? Middle of the volcano might work. Thank you. EXHIBIT F 3