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<br />GONZALES: Ok, Commissioners, questions?
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<br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Brother Chair. Mr. Inaba, give me your side of the story. Let me hear
<br />what’s your opposition on this.
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<br />INABA: --just on, for being late or—
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<br />HATA-FINLEY: Mike please.
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<br />ISHIBASHI: No, no, not on the lateness, we know already we’re late. Why, why we’re filing
<br />this contested case. What is your position?
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<br />INABA: Um, you know I filed it because I just wanted to make sure my voice was heard in this
<br />whole process. Jeff has been very helpful to me. Kind of explained things going along. One
<br />thing I was a little disappointed with, I sent a letter to Ms. Martin just asking about information
<br />on, you know, the efforts she’s made to maybe site it somewhere else, and I felt like I gave them
<br />the benefit of the doubt to provide that information to me, and that’s kind of why I waited so
<br />long to do anything, cause I was waiting for a response from her. I didn’t get anything, and
<br />when I called Jeff, you know, I wanted to find out ok, what exactly is the process, and he told me
<br />ok, if it comes up, you’ll get three minutes to speak, and I kind of was shocked at—wow, you
<br />know, it really affects my family, and I’m only going to have three minutes to speak, so I asked
<br />him what other things can I do and he said you know, you can file the petition to be an intervenor
<br />which you know I really didn’t want to do cause I know it takes up a lot of time, expense,
<br />everything for the County, but you know, if this whole process can go on, I wrote a courteous
<br />letter to her. I never even got a response. I thought I have to something to at least voice my
<br />concerns as best I could. I didn’t think it could be done in three minutes, so that’s why I filed it,
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<br />and you know, then I called to find out everything, was the 7 day or the 6 day, as you say, I
<br />filed it right that day, paid the money and everything, but it was late. I knew, I read that section
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<br />before. The way I interpreted it, I thought that was the 7 day. I thought I was going to get in on
<br />time. That’s why I called him. So, the error is all in my part. As far as the whole picture, you
<br />know, my family, me and my wife own two lots, and then the other person they mentioned is
<br />also my family. It’s my sister and her husband. They own two next door, and we’re right across
<br />the street, directly across the street. And based on looking at their design, the lots all been
<br />cleared already and looks like they’re going to have a driveway straight to the tower. There’s
<br />nothing going to be blocking the view of the tower from our lot. I mean, completely in the view,
<br />and the right-of-way is only 40 feet, so it’s right there. Right across the street. And, you know, I
<br />have a son that’s seven years old. I don’t plan on selling the property. I think later on I want to
<br />give it to him, and if I don’t file that action just so my voice could be heard, is you know, it
<br />would just go through and you know he would be hurt later when he gets old, if he wanted to sell
<br />it, or if he wanted to build on it. He would be affected. So, I just felt I had to do it just so my
<br />voice was heard, and you could listen to the concerns that I had because I think they’re very
<br />valid. So, that’s where I am now.
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<br />ISHIBASHI: Which is, what is those—
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