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GREGORY:And how would I find that out? YUEN:You could talk to Mr. Mooers. GREGORY:Okay. SPRINGER:Thank you, Mr. Yuen. Commissioners, any questions or comments for this testifier? Hearing none, thank you all, and if you can step back from the table. At this time I'd like to take a five-minute recess while we prepare for the next six public testifiers. RECESSEDThe Chair called a short recess at RECONVENEDThe meeting reconvened at SPRINGER:While we're settling ourselves, I'd like to call the Hawai`i County Planning Commission meeting back to order, and the next individuals who have signed up to testify are John Darnall, Ruby Darnall, Lunakanawai Hauanio, Ann Goody, Kathleen Abood, Rab S. Puri, and J. Curtis Tyler. All of you who are in the room, could you please come forward. Norman, if you could invite -, thank you, Curtis Tyler in. I'm just going to start at the right-hand side of the table, whatever order you sit in. And I believe that Curtis Tyler is outside, so we'll just wait a moment while we invite him in. Welcome, Mr. Tyler. TYLER:Madam Chair, would you like to swear me in before I sit down? SPRINGER:I'll be swearing you and your cohort at the table in at the same time. TYLER:Okay. SPRINGER:Would you all please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai`i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:I do. SPRINGER:Thank you. We'll begin at the right of the table. Each of you in turn, could you please state your name and address clearly into the microphone and give your testimony. Thank you, sir. J. DARNALL:My name is John Darnall. I live at 75-370 Aloha Kona Drive. I just want to say it's great to live in a country where we have the ability to have public discourse without reprisal on either side of the table, and I just was just mentioning to one of my friends here that this is -, we've traveled quite a bit and been in lots of countries where 27