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JAMES WIL,LOCK (At this time James Willock came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. WIL,LOCK Good morning, thank you. I certainly have a lot of respect and compassion for what you are trying to do today. I'll tell you. My name is Jim Willock, and I am the General Manager of Waik6loa Village Association. I am also a home owner in Waik6loa Village. The Waik6loa Village Association represents about 96% of roughly 8,000 people in the village. So, we go a little bit beyond just a normal association. We need Plan _40. We need it for a variety of reasons. Most of them were already addressed to you both verbally and in the written testimony. What I find interesting is that I have not been able to find one written testimony or I haven't heard one verbal testimony that is supporting Plan A, yet Plan _A remains on the table. Please don't tweak Plan _A to try and make it work for the politicians; make it work for the folks; make it work for the voters, the people who put the politicians in place. I have lived, worked, and been actively involved in both Waik6loa and Kona for a large number of years now, so I know both communities very, very well. I think that we, in Waik6loa, share significant common interests and a sense of community with Waimea. Waimea is our community, it's our town; it is where we live away from our homes, where we shop, where we go to the doctor. We think of Waimea as our town. I think somebody said when we go to Kona we only go to the airport and Costco; and I had to laugh, because that is pretty much what we find our way going to Kona. Kona has an entirely different community feel, it has an entirely different set of needs, entirely different set of issues. The CDP is a huge issue as well, but it is important that we remain part of this community in South Kohala and in Waimea. I think that I have a unique take on it because of my position with the association, besides being just a homeowner. I spend a considerable amount of my time working with our County representative, and I find that working with a representative that knows what our needs are, what our wants are, makes it a lot easier than to try to work with someone who is going to try and put their focus into the larger community. I have been involved in and out of the political arena for many, many years of my life and I have to tell you, that is human nature, you are going to go where the votes are. That is just the way it's going to be. They were talking a little bit about the DOE and the school; you were asking about the schools earlier. The DOE has a plan to build a high school that is going to be the high school for Waimea and for Waik6loa; not for Kona and Waik6loa, but for Waimea and Waik6loa. They recognize that we are a community in Waimea and Waik6loa, and that is the way the high school will be built when it is built, by the department of understanding. You know, I understand that you have a difficult task, and you have numbers that you have got to reach. I fully understand that, but this is not a numbers issue to us who live in the homes. This is a people issue, and I think we need to focus on the people here and not on the numbers. We can make the numbers work with Plan 40; with the hybrid. I fully understand the Lakeland issue, but I support Pete's comments, don't try to help a few people by harming a lot. Let me finish by pointing out that not one testifier, again, written or verbal, has supported Plan A, and I find it quite surprising that it is even still on the table and my concern is that you might have a desire to tweak that plan to continue to keep 15