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I support keeping Hamakua together, I think that is very important. I am really glad and I really commend you for getting Puna two complete council districts inside of Puna. You are doing a fine job, don't stop now. Thank you. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you, Brenda. We have another testifier in Kona, so let's take that person. MR. KAHUL Thank you. We have our last testifier here, Cheryl King. CHERYL KING (At this time Cheryl King came forward via videoconference from Kona to address members of the Commission.) MS. KING: Good morning Commissioners. I believe Plan _B offers the best chance for the development of a fair and equitable plan for the island. Because of the deadlines that have been imposed on the Commission, I hope that you will continue to focus on Plan _B today as you try to incorporate the fixes that were assigned to the Commissioners last week as homework. If that is done, I think you will have an excellent chance of having a good plan at the end of the day to present to the island. I too, say thank you for all your effort, I know it has been a long haul. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you Cheryl. Now we come back to Hilo. Stephanie Bath. STEPHANIE BATH (At this time Stephanie Bath came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. BATH: Aloha everybody. It is so reassuring this time around with the open and transparent Redistricting Commission that you are. Thank you so much; what a difference. It is exciting to entertain the idea of having two districts within Puna that encompass completely Puna and that are represented by people that live in Puna. I think that over the 30 some odd years that many of us have been here, we have seen a lot of changes to the district. We didn't have stop lights there in the old days; there were a lot of different things. So I am excited about that idea of having two complete districts in Puna. I do have concerns about the Southern part of the island. Pahala is different form Hawaiian Ocean View Estates. I don't know how to get around that one. Thank you. I would like to make one suggestion, even though it is at the end of the process. There are a lot of people that live on this island that don't have internet access; especially in Puna. To navigate the site and the maps, it is hard for me because the features, the streets are not seen. A lot of us go by streets, not hypothetical lines and colors. So, if you could generate some kind of a real map, or some sort of a zoom thing that has features, I think it would be helpful for those that do have computers and area trying to work with what we have. I know it is late in the process, but that would be a final suggestion; have something in libraries or something. Thank you very much. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you Stephanie, and for your information, we have nothing to do with the development of the software. 16