2023-06-15 Exh A (Public Testimony re Item 1&2 Kaupulehu Land LLC)

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DAVENPORT: Yes. DEFRANCO: Yes, and will you please state your name and where you're from. DAVENPORT: Sure. My name is Ceci Davenport, I'm from Waimea and I just want to say, I think because we use the same email is why maybe I wasn't on the Zoom list. DEFRANCO: So, do you want 6 minutes then to speak? DAVENPORT: Sure, I'll take as much time as you allow me. That will be great. DEFRANCO: Okay and John did you need your other 3 minutes? We want to make sure everybody gets what they need to say. KAWANO: Yeah, I'll take 3 more minutes, if you guys don't mind. DEFRANCO: So, John do you want to finish then and then we'll move on to Ceci. Is that all right? KAWANO: Yes. DEFRANCO: Okay, all right John. KAWANO: For me, growing up here. We grew up next door to the Ishihara's and I watched John Metzler. There was Jeffrey Cipriano had covered that property so-called property in rocks. DEFRANCO: And again, I'm just going to have you speak directly to what we're talking about today and make your comments — KAWANO: This will pertain, this will pertain. DEFRANCO: Okay. KAWANO: Because the Council needs to understand where our culture comes from. I'm not Hawaiian. I was raised with the Hawaiians and the Council needs to understand aloha `aina and how this is going to pertain to our keiki's, our future. This is what we're fighting for. Listen. Listen. You think we're referring to the past, yeah, but we're protecting the future here. So, you listen, okay. I watched John Metzler and Ian, his partner. I watch them clean out every single rock in the afternoons. Bust ass. They're dirty, you know. Here's Ian and John around this fire having a beer. You know what happened to Jeffrey Cipriano. He died of a heart attack, instantly. So, this is what we only trying to tell Mr. Metzler, don't forget the land you protected. — DEFRANCO: Please direct your comments to me. [Indecipherable crosstalk]. 6 EXHIBIT A