COMM. 51.49- 51.56 re Hilo Districts

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TO: Chairwoman and Members of the Redistrict Commission, for Hilo Meeting RE: Testimony in Opposition to present map for District 2 and District 3 After viewing the proposed map, I wonder why the commissioners in District 2, 3 and 4 didn't draw the lines going "North to South" as how it has always been. District 2 has represented the "rural and urban" communities. District 4 has always been the "mix district" and District 3 was also a mix of "rural, urban and business in Keaau ". But now, you want to change all this, as testifiers came to you, "keep agi, agi! ", "keep Puna, Puna ", then "KEEP RURAL /URBAN" in District 2 and "KEEP District 4 MIX ". Remember, your job was to make the lines easier and cleaner and "NOT" make it more difficult and with d lines. You cannot use this as a personal agenda; you need think how these districts would best service the "People" of those districts in Hilo. Here is an option that you could consider, go back to using the following streets as the boundaries; from Wailuku River go to either Komohana or Kapiolani Streets to divide Districts 2 and 3. This way, you would start from the North end of Hilo and go south to Keaau. This makes more sense than what you have proposed. This will not affect any other districts because you are only changing the lines in Hilo, remember it's up to the three commissioners in District 2, 3 and 4 to work together and come up with the "best" representation for Hilo., So please reconsider changing the lines and "KEEP" District 2 as a "rural and urban" and District 3 as the "mix ". Thank , COMM. 51.49