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splitting it dilutes and weakens its concerns and representations no matter how dedicated the elected representatives might be. Their loyalties will be to Hilo and Waimea primarily. Please keep South Kohala together. We are a really close community with common interests, shared resources; we have a development plan that everyone has worked on. All of our resources are together. The people feel as one, and please preserve that district. And also, please respect Puna's needs and desires. I am not familiar with them because I am not from that part of the island, but clearly, they have been overlooked in the past. All of our citizens deserve dedicated voice to represent each traditional district. Please don't enact Plan—A. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Our next testifier is Peter Grossman of Kamuela. PETER GROSSMAN (At this time Peter Grossman came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. GROSSMAN: I certainly support the last testifier, believe me, she is a tough act to follow. I support Plan _40 as well, because it seems clear that it best maintains communities of interest, which I think is what you all are trying to do. I would also hope that the Commission seriously considers today's public support which is so decidedly one sided. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Kim Pinkerton. KIM PINKERTON (At this time Kim Pinkerton came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. PINKERTON: Thank you. Kim Pinkerton, not the detectives. I have got to say, so far so good, I am going for Plan _40. I think you have heard plenty of testimony. Too bad we can't just go okay, Plan 40; shut the book, is anybody having fun yet. I hear a lot of talk about we are going to do something for the future, I had an interesting opportunity. I moved into Las Vegas Nevada in 1992, and I left there in 2003, in which I came here. During that period I saw Las Vegas grow incredibly fast. We were having 5,000 new people applying for a driver's license every single month. The growing pains were incredible. At the same time we have to look at the bust cycle. Vegas is in trouble. We are getting ready to have that cycle. These people on the mainland are in trouble. There is something going on there. We went through desegregation back in the `60's and `70's. My parents went through white flight. All of the astute people moved to the suburbs. Now the people that are astute that are in the suburbs are looking for somewhere to go. Everybody in Texas has pollution in their water to the point that they are closing their wells because they have radioactivity in their water. All of the sun belt is in trouble. Everybody is in trouble. We are going through a huge political transition at the Federal level. We have a 17 trillion dollar deficit. As soon as the interest rate creeps up to 5% we will have no money. It will take every penny of tax receipts just to pay the interest on the note. We are going to have a landslide of people coming here; a landslide of people. They are going to come to Puna, because 34