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we should change it. I have borrowers coming to my house at the moment now so I can make application so there isnt problems. GALDONES:Thank you, Ms. Cole. Commissioners, any questions of Ms. Cole? Commissioner Salavea. SALAVEA:Im sorry, I missed the first part of your testimony. Could you just clarify for me if you are currently renting or -? COLE:I currently rent. SALAVEA:You do, okay. Thank you. GALDONES:Seeing no questions thank you very much. Mr. Loeffler, before I callonyou,thereisalsoanothertestifier.Idliketobringherup,LillianTakemura. Okay Mr. Cole (sic), thank you for being so generous to allow theladies to proceed first. I would like to call on you at this time. Would you please raise your right hand. I mean, Im sorry, please state your name, your residence address and you may begin your testimony. Please speak into the mike. LOEFFLER:Me? GALDONES:Yes. Yeah, its getting a little cold in here. LOEFFLER:I was beginning to think you wanted to cut us short thats why you put it on cold. My name is Kenneth Loeffler. I live on 1006 Manono Street in Hilo. Ive lived in this residence for 72 years. Id like to clarify some of the statements previously made about Manono Street; and its all pertinent to your consideration. The first thing, there was a previous statement made about all the rubbish and trash and old cars, junk cars on our street. Its true. The thing that you have to decide and visualize is that why is it true, why is it happening there? This new zoning mix is the primary factor. Okay? And its doing that with the houses, its doing that on Manono Street and everyplace else. And thats the debilitating effect of the dual zoning, the mix zoning that the General Plan implemented. The second point I want to make is about the Hilo Candies thing, if thats pertinent to your discussions, why the kumiais didnt come out in force. Well, the real story behind that is my investigation, because I was the primary spokesperson for the change in the General Plan that changed the whole thing around to the low density again. So I followed up on why was it. I was waiting to get the kumiai, lets go fight this thing about this big building thats going to come up here. And I met with one of the people of the kumiaus that were in that area; and the responses I got were that, number one, they made, the people who were building, the thing made a promise that they were going to have a community center for the old people now. The old folks there thought they were going to have a community center. Thats what it was told to me now. Whether thats true or not, 22EXHIBIT A