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From: Lynn Walther <br /> To: W PCtesti mons <br /> Subject: Punalu'u,Ka'u <br /> Date: Friday,March 15,2024 5:36:10 PM <br /> Ladies and Gentlemen, <br /> Please deny the Shoreline Management Area/SMA permit extension for Black Sands Beach LLC-Punalu'u. <br /> The history and cultural heritage of Punalu'u,Ka'u is incontrovertible.We can only learn how much more valuable <br /> is the sacred,the history,the meaning and understanding for the legacy represented at Punalu'u. Sites significantly <br /> important to the Hawaiian people,must be protected at all costs. <br /> Watching excited developers modify their plans,language and intention to conform to what can potentially"get <br /> through"the protectors,is nauseating to observe as it matches generational ho'omalimali to get permits passed <br /> despite community dissent,then let the celebrations and destruction begin.Watching the people lose,on repeat, <br /> makes EVERYBODY sad on sad.We say in Hawai'i,"If you're not a part of the solution,then you must be a part <br /> of the problem."When hundreds on hundreds voice their dissent but permits etc go through anyway,we are ALL to <br /> blame. <br /> We must all hold the decision makers responsible to represent the Islands and the People,not business ventures,so <br /> that Hawai'i is protected for future generations.To recognize the manipulation,in the bright idea to construct a <br /> place of"healing"because that sounds culturally acceptable.Punalu'u is already a place to heal.A place of respite <br /> for local families.Historic sites already being co-opted by newcomers that think they just discovered paradise. <br /> Please don't make it worse.Lose Punalu'u forever. <br /> Please deny the Special Management Area Permit extension for Punalu'u. <br /> Mahalo, <br /> Lynn Walther <br /> 808 557-7650 <br />