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GRAHAM: All right. Commissioner Domingo has something he wants to say also. Go ahead. DOMINGO: Yes. I had my hand up for a while. But during that opportunity to the other half of the table, to people who haven’t spoken yet, I thought I’d just wait and see that through, and then I’d like to speak. You know, trying to put things in proper perspective, and you know, first, I totally respect the efforts of people in the community who’d like to participate in the decision-making process that we have in our government, and it’s real important that they do that. But in this particular case, what we are looking at is entitlements that have been given to an individual in a community to do and to carry out his plan. And this whole acquisition of these entitlements has gone through a lengthy process of hearings, a number of hearings, and participation by those who are interested in the matter. Now they have been given those entitlements, and what we are doing now is trying to take back those entitlements. And you know, for one, for me I’d like to know what has drastically happened between – was that 19? – 1997 till now that warrants the government to come up and take away those entitlements, you know. We are talking about fairness. You can apply to this principle to anyone on this island, anyone in the community where you live; and if you by some desire decide to have your parcel rezoned, you know, at a time, and because you haven’t been able to develop it or because the parcel you bought has gone to some other person’s hands and they have not complied with some requirements of the zoning hearing at that time, now we are asking this other individual who bought the property, you cannot develop that because there is some ties to it. Apply it – we are looking at a developer, you know, we are looking at a developer – but put that same situation in your life as an individual, as a couple, as a father and a mother who’d like to give your children a parcel for them to build, you know. Now the principle is the same. There is a question of fairness right here. The applicant is asking give us more time so that we can assemble all the facts together, and let the Planning Department do the same, and we’ll present it to the Commission; and you guys decide with the fullest possible complete information that we can give you. And you know, at that point my whole attitude is that, you know, let it fall where they may and if we say no, it’s no. But at least we give them the fair, we treat them fairly and give that time as they requested. I think that’s what they are asking. So you know, I certainly would like to see that they be given, they be given enough time to comply with our request. GRAHAM: Again, you know, I’m stuck on wanting to move today forward. And I’m th sure if we take up Mr. Yuen’s stuff on January 11 and we take up Mr. Lim’s stuff in March, th we’re going to be talking all about entitlements on January 11 and we’re going to talk about them all in March, so I would prefer we don’t talk about that stuff right now; and we just try to move with the schedule and get the schedule we want, so that we can go on with our other business today. SIRACUSA: Point of order, Mr. Chairman? GRAHAM: Yes, Commissioner Siracusa? SIRACUSA: We have not closed the hearing and asked Mr. Lim to step back. GRAHAM: Thank you. EXHIBIT A 21