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elseÓs. IÓve had people stop when we were in the mall and tell us that our prices were better than anything that they had seen in the State. So weÓre kind of proud of that where we can keep our costs down. Because we donÓt, typically what happens is somebody brings it in, they wholesale it to somebody else, they sell it to somebody else, and it ends up in the store. So everybody has to make a profit. So, but, yeah, we have tourists; and IÓm happy to see them because theyÓre often big spenders. WOODWARD: Okay, thank you. Any further questions? Okay, you two may be seated. Thank you very much. And weÓll begin taking public testimony. We have several people who have signed up to testify and weÓd like to give everybody a chance to be heard. To do that and to keep this moving weÓd like to limit, IÓd like to limit public te please. So if youÓre getting close to three minutes I will politely ask you to summarize. And weÓll take people in the order that they have signed up. Emily Naeole-Beason was the first one. She has already testified. And we have couple seats at the desk, so if we could Victor Popoff and Nenita Ingold. All right, good morning. If I could swear you in. If youÓll raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. WOODWARD: Okay. Now if -. Are you going to go first, sir? POPOFF: Yes. WOODWARD: All right, if youÓll give me your name and address, speak in the microphone; and then you may begin your testimony. POPOFF: Okay, my name is Victor Popoff, mailing address PO Box 492684, KeaÒau. I live in th Hawaiian Paradise Park, 1764 17 Avenue in KeaÒau. IÓve used MikeÓs and JoyÓs store a number of times. I donÓt have to use my car. I can use my bicycle or my motorcycle; and I donÓt have to cross the highway. For me itÓs very convenient to go to their store and purchase items that I need without having to go to KeaÒau. ThatÓs very important for me. Thank you all for listening to my testimony. WOODWARD: All right, thank you. Do we have any questions for Mr. Popoff? Okay, seeing none, thank you, sir. You may be seated. And Ms. Ingold, if youÓll give us your name and address, and then you may begin your testimony. N. INGOLD: My name is Nenita Ingold. I live in HPP. And my mailing address is Box 666, Hilo, 966-4946. And IÓve known Joy since I arrived here in 1994; and weÓre very, very good friends. And what I observed, what sheÓs doing is serving the community and it helps me as a mother. I donÓt have to drive far away if I need something because her store is very close and sheÓs giving a good service. And sometimes she asks me if, because I have some garden at home, if I could bring my vegetables to her store. IÓm just happy for what she is doing. Because to me itÓs like a common sense because of the time in the low, down economy, and it helps the people. When I was there at her store there were some people there too, older folks, and they 10 EXHIBIT A