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From: Elura Morris <br /> To: W PCtesti mono <br /> Subject: In support for No resort in Punalu"u, Ka"u <br /> Date: Friday, May 3,2024 3:10:39 AM <br /> Hello, <br /> My name is Elura Morris and I reside in Montgomery County, Maryland. I wanted to voice <br /> my support with the indigenous people of Hawaii who do no want another restort on their <br /> ancestral land. Here are the follow areas of concern: <br /> 1)Native Hawaiins already are displaced,without access to their land and resources as it is. <br /> How would a resort be able to sustain tourists without taking away precious resources like <br /> access to home affordability and fresh water from native residents? <br /> 2) There are endangered plants and animals at risks. While there are some respectful tourists <br /> such as myself, I've gone to enough national parks to see children play and endanger the wild <br /> life with little to no supervision, or drunken adults do terrible things. And let's be honest, <br /> plenty of lazy adults who don't clean up after themselves. The general consensus is most <br /> American tourist are too irresponsible and treat natural areas like Disneyland. <br /> 3) There are enough resorts and golf courses. The idea of a golf course is horrid. We're talking <br /> replacing beautiful native Hawaiin forrest with biodiversity and life with freaking grass so rich <br /> dudes can hit a ball around. God forbid numerous balls get wacked off course and wild life <br /> mistake it for a tasty egg. <br /> 4) I'm reading Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. By no means are his viewpoints perfect but <br /> he wrote a passage that feels relevant to this situation, a Maryland resident begging the <br /> Hawaiin government not to develop this special beach. In his book he writes that a man <br /> doesn't need to ever leave his suburbs or city to advocate for the environment. What fuels him <br /> and his imagination is the idea that such wild and beautiful places still exist and at any time he <br /> can visit and be free. Humans,regardless if they love urban life, still need the idea that wild <br /> places exist. I might be all the way in Marylamd, but Abbey is right, I need to know that <br /> places like Hawaii are being cared for and not rapidly developed. I want to picture these <br /> beaches with their jungles and their endangered turtles not a freaking resort with a golf <br /> course. <br /> Current and future native Hawaiins deserve a Hawaii with less or no developement in sacred <br /> areas. Current and future worldwide citizens deserve the idea that wild beautiful places still <br /> exist unharmed.Nature itself deserves to not have itself uprooted for golf courses and to <br /> comfort tourist with no long term or emotional investment in the land they're visiting. <br /> Best, <br /> Elura Morris <br />