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representative. And Jerry, I didn't think anyone could be as young as sixty years old; Happy Birthday in any case. MR. MELROSE: Did you mean Jeff? I'm not sixty; it is not my birthday yet. MR. HOFFMANN: There is a cake back there. MR. MELROSE: I understand, but it is not my birthday. I'll eat it anyways. CHR. SIRACUSA: You blew the surprise. MR. HOFFMANN: You didn't tell me it was a surprise. MR. MELROSE: Pete, just a quick question. I understand this CDP comment coming up periodically. My sense is that because we adopt CDP's by Ordinance, and they are therefore, the law. They are an Ordinance, not an individual responsibility for a particular councilperson to make; they are everybody's responsibility, as all Ordinances are. I am looking for some examples, where you think that having two representatives involved in an area that has a CDP is a detriment to that circumstance, as opposed to an asset, if both are responsible for fulfilling that Ordinance to constituents that they live with and were elected by, is that not actually an advantage to this circumstance as opposed to a disadvantage? Can you explain what your thoughts are on that? MR. HOFFMANN: Thank you, Jeff, I will. And you have hit the exact point that worries me about trying to split areas, as far as Community Development Plan process is concerned; because it is a law. If you sat here, as I do, day in and day out, as a member of the County Council, and you try to work with even who you think might be your best friend and supporter; we don't agree 50% of the time. If indeed, for instance, and I'll take the example that you are posing; I don't know who will replace me as the County Council representative for whatever district, the ninth district, wherever that might be. But, if I sat here for another two years; I had Angel Pilago as my partner in Council District 8, who I strongly supported in any number of prior political efforts, to include his run for Mayor, we would not agree on 50% of the issues. If, indeed, we disagree on a very fundamental issue regarding either the Kona CDP, for which he is much more intimately involved, or worse, the Waikoloa, Waimea, South Kohala Community Development Plan, we can set that process back. I'm not saying it has to happen, but I am saying that even the closest colleagues and political allies on the council, have not been able to agree repeatedly over the period of time that I have spent in this last seven years on the Council. I submit to you that in the process in which development and regional aspects of the issues are being discussed, in which commonality of interest and the integrity of the process are important, one spokesperson is really what you need to have. To have more than that, development plan by committee, I think is a potential for failure. And we can't afford that type of failure in the next ten years. MS. POINDEXTER: Madam Chair, I have a question. 0