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of information. But in the council meeting, when I was asked to estimate how much papaya acreage we had, I estimated 10,000 square feet. When I went home that night I spoke to my husband, and he said wrong. He went out and actually measured it and counted the trees. We have less than 1,500 square feet in papaya. We have only 41 papaya trees. So I wanted to get that on the record. I’ve been challenged as to whether or not I’m a commercial farmer. My husband and I do have a two-acre parcel of land. I am—we both are commercial farmers. We file Schedule S with the IRS, proving that we are commercially operating a farm, and we—and our farm is in Captain Cook. That’s in South Kona. And we have diversified agriculture. We are a non-certified organic farm. Thank you. I’ll leave the rest up to my attorney, unless you have questions that you need to ask me. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: We’ll start on this side and we’ll go ahead. Do you have some questions? <br /> <br />MR. ADAMS: I do not. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Glen? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: Ms. Ford, under rule 11 of the County Council, did you file that information with the chairperson, about you being a commercial farmer? <br /> <br />MS. FORD: No. I didn’t give anything in writing. I’ve been talking about it for over seven years. <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: So the whole entire council knew about it. <br /> <br />MS. FORD: This council— <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: --Yes— <br /> <br />MS. FORD: --the previous council, the previous council, and the previous council and during my very first campaign, before I was ever elected, I talked about all of this. It’s open information. <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: Okay, thank you. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: I don’t have any questions myself. <br /> <br />MS. FORD: May my attorney speak? <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Yes. <br /> <br />MS. FORD: Thank you. <br />