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have Māmā Simmy bring up all this contested case court hearing before, you know, you wouldn’t
<br />be wasting time. I know I’m almost through over three minutes, but, sorry, I’m just having to
<br />share this, but being a cultural monitor, in working alongside with the archaeologists, granted that
<br />they are from away and they are not Hawaiian, some of them I’ve worked with, really maika‘i and
<br />they are aware of what’s on the land and, you know, and then I’ve asked for site visit, so, you
<br />know, that’s another thing; the Hawaiian people can ask for site visits. Ask one site visit. Can I
<br />go out and look at the place? Can I go along with the archaeologist and see what’s happening?
<br />But, for me, I always would ask, and I would make sure that things were done correctly. And then
<br />we found a fish shell cave, a cave with fish shells inside and a tapa beater. And the first thing we
<br />had to do was stop all activity, and my job was to call all the descendants, call the County
<br />representatives, and then call the contractor, and then make a meeting come together, and they all
<br />talk story about what we are going to do. So the Hawaiian way is kūkākūkā, you know, we cannot
<br />be cut off at three minutes, so, that’s why we talk so much because it’s kūkākūkā. So, anyway,
<br />sorry, Mr. Crudele, I know you are a Kona boy, too, but, anyway, yeah, so, I’m just sharing that.
<br />We are against this development. And, please consider us, because I know the Hawaiian people to
<br />you folks seem like we nobody, you know, we no more money, we’re not rich, and we cannot
<br />fight against the system. We lack education in the sense that we don’t know too much about the
<br />government stuff. So, you know, you folks just have to see it our way. And I think to do this
<br />would be hewa. And like what Uncle Mitchell said, kapu, kapu, kapu. And, you know, if it was
<br />but the old days, I think I would bachi you guys, but, so, anyway, anyway, but no, no can, because
<br />got to have aloha, ya? So, okay, thank you, Mr. Crudele.
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<br />CAROL FULLER: Good morning, everybody. I got a good laugh out of that. Thank you for, for
<br />that. I will stay to three — \[CRUDELE: State your name for the record.\] — yeah, Carol Fuller, I
<br />will stick to the three minutes. I certainly don’t have the history a lot of you do, but I am a
<br />Hawaiian at heart, so. I’m not used to doing this kind of thing, so, excuse me. First and foremost,
<br />I’m speaking for my husband and myself and for many other people who cannot be here today.
<br />It’s hard for people to come on a weekday at eight o’clock in the morning to take time from their
<br />job to sit here and speak. For many years I was unable to come because I was working a fulltime
<br />job; now, thank God I’m retired. But, anyway, I’m glad to be here, and I’d like to say first and
<br />foremost my husband and I speak together, and for me sitting here there are so many people you
<br />don’t see that are unable to be here. And our first concern, of course, is the lack of respect for the
<br />Native Hawaiian burial sites, that’s our first concern. In addition to that, basic human right are the
<br />issues of infrastructure – and I know I wasn’t here yesterday, but concerns about the roads that
<br />have become deadly in recent years, it’s no longer a friendly and safe place to walk, bike and visit
<br />the shoreline. It’s not safe. Another infrastructure is educational system. I haven’t heard anybody
<br />talk about that too much, but I’m a retired teacher from Kahakai, the school that sits right in that
<br />area, and I know firsthand what happens when there is overcrowding; everybody pays.
<br />Environmental impact, I know we’ve talked about that, but just recently there has been a sewage
<br />system; that impacts not only our humans but also the ocean and its inhabitants. That’s huge. The
<br />quality of life here in Kona has – I’ve been here about 35 years, I’m not, like I say, born here, but
<br />I’ve been here long enough to know impact. Everyone is asking the same questions now, “What’s
<br />happened to Kona? What happened?” People are zooming around without, with disregard for
<br />their fellowman; there’s traffic lights everywhere; there is homeless people sleeping in cars on the
<br />beach and then the bushes; there’s beggars pleading with signs on every corner. In my opinion it’s
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