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MS. UGALDE: I will start because I'm furthest on the left, whatever that means. I talked to a number of people in Volcano and after the newspaper article that came out on the fourth I guess, they all figured there's no way that Volcano is gonna stay in Puna. So, and especially with Waikoloa and Waimea there is no way that Volcano is going to — I'm gonna make everybody's life easy. Do what you have to do, but do not split Volcano down the main highway. It has to be at least Akatsuka's to golf course together on both sides of the road. And that's all I'm asking. Amen. CHR. SIRACUSA: That's very clear, thank you. That would just make a large voting block of Volcano into Ka`u but you would certainly be able then to get the attention of your council person. Okay, Patrick. MR. KAHAWAIOLA`A: Madam Chair, I wasn't even thinking about the voting block, but I do want to commend Commissioner Ugalde because I know she went - - -She did actively go back and seek this input from her community and maybe not knowing that this was going to happen, but I believe what she has done has really has in my mind, it was the essence of some of the testimony; what is best for the whole, but their community really stepped - -based on what she's just represented -- stepped forward to say, "Look, just take us as a unit." And I think we had at points in time, believed that was what we were going to do, instead of splitting we were gonna take communities as a whole and move them somewhere so they could fit into the dynamics of this 21,483. Thank you, thank you Commissioner Ugalde. CHR. SIRACUSA: Yes thank you very much. I'm sorry; I really was hoping we could get it to happen but as we all saw from those numbers it's just not going to work. So, at the very least, another benefit of that of course is that Ka`u would not have to creep so far up encroaching on South Kona and those communities up there and might help some of the numbers that you're struggling with between 7 and 8. MR. KANUHA: Madam Chair, Dru Kanuha, District 7. I would also like to say thank you Ms. Ugalde. I also wanted to bring up the point that being from Volcano you really throughout this whole process knew nothing about the South Kona region. Um, saying that, to have a representative to represent both the South Kona and the Volcano interest, you have to have a complete understanding of both — all the areas involved which is really, really difficult. So for myself I had to pretty much step up to be that South Kona representative because of your lack of knowledge of that South Kona area because you're so connected to the Volcano and Puna area. So, I just wanted to say that; I dunno. MS. UGALDE: As long as I don't get lynched we're good. MS. POINDEXTER: First of all I'd like to thank Linda because you have helped all of us make it easier to be able to draw our lines easier you know. Because keeping that and Volcano in the Puna area or district would have pushed everything off again so somebody had to give it up — so, with that said, again thank you. And I'll call you Linda. Dru should have called her aunty or whatever, he's so young. 35