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really thought it was a great idea, 2 %, and I don't think it is really that great of an idea to <br />reduce that money. I'm not from Hawaii. I moved here six years ago. I retired from the <br />Air Force and I chose Hawaii because it's a wonderful place; and I'd like to see it stay <br />wonderful. Having two tours on Oahu, where there is not so much open space, we really <br />have something special here and I think we need to take the initiative to preserve property <br />here for our future generations. I'm an old lady, I'm going to be gone; but the future <br />generations could have to deal with some of the things they see on Oahu, which is not <br />really that good. Thank you. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Mr. John Olson. Good afternoon, sir. <br />(At this time John Olson came forward to address members of the Charter Commission.) <br />MR. OLSON: There are a couple of things I would like to address. What I'm about to <br />go into here has ramifications for a number of things that are on your agenda, and that is <br />the issue of people having addresses for voter registration, for recall and other things. <br />The county is way behind, you were not informed during the last meeting of this body, <br />that the county, in issuing these addresses, is deficient; and they have been for decades. <br />It has been an issue in Puna for 30 years that I know of. They seem to believe that you <br />have to have a structure to be using your property as your residence address. You may be <br />houseless, but you are not houseless. There are many people living on their land in <br />different forms that are not receiving their address based on that failure to have pulled a <br />permit. I think that is discriminatory, so you can apply that to a number of things that are <br />going on before you right now. <br />I believe that the legislative auditor does need independence, without a doubt. Things are <br />becoming more complex as time goes along, and we are going to have to see to it that <br />that office has the ability to direct its attention to where it feels it needs to be. <br />Lastly, the Land Fund; quite frankly, '/z% is chump change, plain and simple. I did stay <br />and spend some time here and listened to the discussion that you had at the last meeting, <br />and I did hear some really honest concerns about this issue. In particular, I believe it was <br />Mr. Unger who felt that he wasn't sure if it was this body's function to micro - manage <br />what other bodies here do. I would suggest to him and to all of you here that you look at <br />the number of boards and commissions that are in the Charter, that people who created <br />democracies put out there as checks and balances for the body politic and for the career <br />administrator, and I think yes, that is your function. It is to micro - manage these people. <br />That is why you are there and that is why you are in the Charter. It is a requirement for a <br />functioning democracy that people like you who are willing to volunteer your time, show <br />up, do the best you can, and weigh in, take testimony from the public, and micro - manage <br />these people. The body politic will inevitably begin to read their own campaign literature <br />and believe it. That is why you are here. Thank you. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Thank you, Mr. Olsen. Next we have Ms. Dursin. Good afternoon. <br />12 <br />