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another two tables loaded with desserts. And, most of the community at that time were local,
<br />mostly Japanese, but it was mixture, Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, some Hawaiian, and at least 70
<br />people. And, maybe after eight years of going to kumiai, it was always on the last Sunday of
<br />July, one of the grandmas, Grandma Chinen, and she doesn't say too much, she just makes a
<br />really good nishime and great potato salad, she came up to me and she said, "Akiko-san, look,
<br />you see that boy over there." I saw him and he brought potato chips and dip, and look him now.
<br />He's loading his plate with all kine food and when go home time, he took plenty food with him.
<br />That's not right.
<br />So, one of the things I learned right away is I had to speak about values, so I went up to the boy
<br />and I just said, "You know, in Hawaii, generosity is a virtue. You bring plenty. Plenty food.
<br />Whatever you have, but bring plenty, and you share so everybody can take home and everybody
<br />has a good time." Thank you. All right, one minute left. [Referring to the time she had left to
<br />testify.] So, it's my prayerI am not against development, but I would like very, very much to
<br />see that the people come in here and live in Hakalau settle. They don't buy a house and flip it or
<br />try to raise the value up, because most of my local friends cannot afford to live in Hakalau. I
<br />think I'm a near extinct breed there. There's not too many of us left, and I'm trying to find my
<br />own way so I don't grieve to death crying for my, our local people, is to purchase some land,
<br />little bit land, so I can provide housing and some work for two local families before I die.
<br />And, I really hope Planning Commission or whatever keeps in mind that Hawaii is for our
<br />people, local people, and new residents, but we have to find ways to come with aloha and not
<br />just build big mega places. Mahalo plenty.
<br />HANSEN: Hello, my name is Elizabeth Hansen, and my mailing address is Hakalau. I live
<br />about 4.5 miles away from the Hakalau Point, so first I just wanted to address that. I was very
<br />concerned when I first moved here. My son, who is an environmentalist, said to me, "well,
<br />mother, when you move here, you have to make sure you take care of the `aina." You have to go
<br />to all these meetings which I've tried to go to for the last six years, so I really respect all the
<br />things that have been happening, and I really hope that you as the Commission support this plan
<br />which I think has been very well developed and has a lot of community input.
<br />One of the concerns when we talk about Hakalau Point is that at the first thing that anybody will
<br />tell you it was an industrial area and it's loaded with arsenic. So, one always has to be very
<br />careful with what he's doing when it's near the major setback for the ocean, and I just want to
<br />thank you for your support and hope you do support this program.
<br />ELDERS: Good afternoon, Commissioners. My name is Pam Elders. I live in Laupahoehoe.
<br />You have a very tough job. I can see that. You, part of your responsibility is to weigh the
<br />multiple land use issues that have, of course, come up in any community development plan and
<br />the conflicts that arise from that. The CDP that you have before you is the product of a nine-year
<br />community based process of consensus. All stakeholders have had ample opportunity to try to
<br />convince everyone else of the rationale of their proposals all along the way through nine years.
<br />And, of course, as in any process, there are those who think that their interests are not being
<br />heard or served by the decisions that ultimately come out of that process.
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