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community is very effective in treating. A lot of my patients that I’ve seen that have these problems, they have to fly to the mainland to get treated, a lot of times in Seattle, Washington. Of course, autism is very difficult. And it’s very difficult, I mean even for me to treat autism patients it takes three times as long; and I can only imagine what the teachers would have to do in a classroom with them. I know we want to save money on how to have this project be done with the least amount of tax dollars. But there’s also money that’s going to be later on, how to, how much would it cost to treat a cancer patient, how much would it cost to educate an autistic child? You might also have heard of the Virginia Tech, the campus shooting that killed 32 people, I think two years ago. That student was someone that unfortunately suffers from autism; but, I mean, he was able to do well in school and had gotten to college. But I think we as a community should try to plan thoroughly before a project is implemented. I think that would save a lot of money in the long run and also save our quality of life. That’s what I see. In my written material I also showed you that towers can collapse during a storm. And I think if, there’s a list I had in, you know, all the towers that are around the world and in the United States, it can, it can collapse during storm or hurricane. Some of them the airplane hit it. I don’t think the airplane can be a, you know, as bad of a problem here. But I think, you know, towers like that should not be in a residential area. I would be much more comfortable with the tower, the location of the project being much farther away in a more isolated area where there’s no houses around. So -. The loss in property value I think, I moved into the neighborhood about almost six years ago. I think if there was a fire station there with the microwave tower I definitely would not have wanted to live there. So I think there could be a big impact. This is my primary residence with my husband and my child, and we have, you know, we have no plans to move. I have no -. This is within about a mile and a half from my practice so I have no reason to relocate my practice. So that’s why I have to say -. Another thing I wanted to add is the firefighters, they also voted to suspend cell tower construction back in 2004. So I think they also had doubts, you know. And then, I know if firefighters know about the possible health effects, you know, then they might be concerned as well. I think if there’s a way to try to make the community safer and that we can really focus on preventive health, I think we will all be happier; and then we wouldn’t put more burdens on teachers, we wouldn’t put more burdens on physicians. I mean we already are in a health care crisis on this island. So I think that that’s what I have to say about it. I don’t know if you have any questions. WOODWARD: All right. Thank you. Any questions? Commissioner Domingo. DOMINGO: You mentioned firefighters -. WANG OKUDA: Yes. DOMINGO: Taking a position on that. WANG OKUDA: Yes. 9 EXHIBIT A