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this piece of property. So I think it’s a lot of lack of education, and maybe the development plan
<br />should be moved to something a little bit more of the educational purpose for the keikis, for the
<br />future. Like I said, I’m not opposed to developing, but for personal use just like a condo that has no
<br />value except a living space for another human being to fly over here from the mainland to just live
<br />here, or just to have to own, uh, we could deal without a little bit more and to preserve the sacred
<br />ground. I’m a native surfer over there, too – alot of people know me and they think I would be
<br />down here as well – but it’s a sacred surf spot, too, because the bonding that you share with the
<br />ocean, the mana, the energy that you get from there, it’s spiritually surreal, and if anybody surfs
<br />over there, they can feel that power of it. During winter swells back in the ’90s, late ’90s, there was
<br />a huge surf that came through and, yeah, it destroyed a lot of stuff, it covered the roads. So
<br />developing on this piece of property, for the history, value, I say no, for the spiritual value, no, and
<br />for the future generation, no. I’d rather have it developed for other reasons, especially throughout
<br />the whole, entire Kona coast, for more educational purposes to show people where they come from
<br />and where they are from. A lot of people lost in touch with that, I believe. It’s like a lot of people
<br />just are out there to get money and just to make a self profit versus educating for the future. So with
<br />that said, I oppose all of this, developing for the wrong reasons.
<br />HOUSEL: Thank you for your testimony.
<br />RUDOLPH: Aloha. My name is Shannon Rudolph. I live in
<br />as far as testifying tomorrow, I know that you’ve already agreed, but this group of people has spent
<br />hundreds and hundreds of dollars for advertising on the radio and the paper and they’ve advertised
<br />tomorrow morning; so if you can change that when people show up and not make them wait until
<br />3:00, you will get a lot of points. So I just wanted to say that because a lot of people showed up this
<br />morning that had to go pick up their kids, had to go back to work, other people have already
<br />planned to take the time off from work tomorrow to come and testify in the morning, and they’re
<br />not going to be able to, and maybe they tried to come today and they’ll come tomorrow and still not
<br />be able to, they are not going to be happy. And I can tell you if you had a night meeting, you would
<br />have hundreds of people here. So I just want to make that known. So I know that I can’t speak to
<br />the culture because I’m an invasive species, but I have been around the world and I do know, and I
<br />know that you know, too, that this is one of the most special places on the entire planet. And I’m
<br />begging you to have some vision because since this is such a great place, a lot of people are going to
<br />want to come here. And when the economy improves, they are going to come here. And we need
<br />every single spec of dirt along the shoreline for those people to come, and for the children that are
<br />going to come. We need every single spec to stay and not be developed on the shoreline, because
<br />we are going to need these places to help keep our population sane. Thank you.
<br />HOUSEL: Thank you for your testimony. Is there anyone else who would like to testify on this
<br />matter today? If you would like to come forward -.
<br />JONES: I didn’t sign up. I apologize.
<br />HOUSEL: Okay, come on forward. Could you please raise your right hand? Do you swear to tell
<br />the truth now before the Planning Commission today on this matter?
<br />JONES: Yes, I do.
<br />HOUSEL: Thank you. Could you state your name and address, please?
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