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better to address these issues before we add more to our plate. And that’s what I’d like to say, and
<br />thank you for listening.
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<br />SHANNON RUDOLPH: Aloha. Shannon Rudolph. I’m sorry to be redundant, but it is what it
<br />is. Aside from one more development like this in this area, is another knife in the heart of the
<br />Hawaiian people and the Hawaiian culture, aside from that, the infrastructure in every aspect of
<br />the infrastructure in that area is horribly inadequate right now. There’s no sidewalks for Ali‘i
<br />Drive; there is nowhere to put a sidewalk. There’s hardly any sideline access that it’s already just
<br />too much, already, right now. The sewers, the water, fire, police, education, the schools, all of it,
<br />it’s, it can’t take anymore. The beaches are already packed down there. There’s no more room
<br />right now. The evacuation for earthquakes or tsunamis, this is, sorry, guys, but this is a bad idea.
<br />And what’s even worse is that eventually we’ll have to sue our own county, sue our own selves to
<br />get a sane planning. Thank you.
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<br />\[There being no other members of the public who wished to testify, Mr. Crudele called the
<br />evidentiary hearing to reconvene at 8:56 a.m.; however, at 1:39 p.m. he granted another public
<br />member the opportunity to provide testimony.\]
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<br />ABEL LUI: Aloha ahiahi, aloha kākou. \[AUDIENCE: Aloha.\] Aloha. To the Community, to the
<br />people that are running this, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. The reason why I
<br />came over here is concerning about our lands, and anything that concerning about our lands, it’s
<br />our land underneath the Hawaiian Kingdom. And one family cannot speak for the land. The land
<br />comes with the ahupua‘a. I have a map that I give someone to go make a copy of it. And in this
<br />map, it tells you about this whole place. Now, our land is not for sale, was never for sale. We
<br />have what we call kuleana, responsibility, and responsibility comes with the word, kuleana,
<br />maha‘oi, nīele, hana ‘ino, po‘o pa‘akikī no ka mea kēia hā ‘ole \[or haole\]. The old people say that
<br />you need to know your kino lau. Put clean thoughts in your head, and your eyes not to do naughty
<br />things. And all of these things, when you pau with all of this kino lau, you need to know the word,
<br />“trespass.” And maybe we are the only people in the world that says you trespass five times. No
<br />other race in the world says you that. In fact, this morning five ways of saying trespassing in
<br />Hawaiian: Not your kuleana, maha‘oi, nīele, hana ‘ino, po‘o pa‘akikī, hardhead. Number six is
<br />English word they get what they call \[inaudible\] so arrogant. Eh, now you’re going to lose your
<br />aloha. Okay? That’s you went overboard. ‘Imi mana, the God’s going to take care of that.
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<br />Now, concerning about the lands, it all start with the people in the ahupua‘a. Everybody get
<br />kuleana. Some is fishermen, taro, some is weaver, hula, astrology, and all of these kuleana,
<br />responsibility, and eats from, in the wā, eats from the land, to the mountain to the sea, as well as
<br />above and below of all — the iwi-s that we have, and mostly all our iwi-s is all at the beach side.
<br />Why? Because that’s where the people went. They went to the beach. Today if I like go down
<br />there, I have to get permission to go down there. Nighttime they close the park. They have all of
<br />these things. And you guys want to put a building over there and do all of this. You guys get
<br />enough kuleana with all the things that going in the water already. You guys get, you guys went
<br />overboard trying to put things all in one small place. And you look what is going to cause the
<br />reaction of the people. You got the makahiki, you got Kam School, you got all of these different
<br />events that goes on with the, with the people that run the marathon and triathlon and all of these.
<br />And you got, now you got these people that’s going to put up all these buildings. And all the, you
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