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planned to attend until I watched an on- demand video - -I believe it was broadcast live initially by a private individual - -of Margaret Wille's testimony. I believe she has testified more than once, I'm not sure which one she testified at. Just hearing someone talk about issues, it just made it a lot more important to participate in this, seeing what she was willing to do. It really brought it to my attention and I think people really do respond to that. If private individuals can do some of the broadcasting, but if government is involved, you are removing some of the filters. If government is responsible for it, no matter who they have do it, you know that the filters have been removed, and you are seeing it, not just a segment of it, like I only saw one person's testimony, I did not see your proceedings. You are making it a much more open process and you are allowing the people to decide what they think about a decision - making that is going on. It is also a way to get rid of a lot of - - -I don't know if corruption is the right word, but if people know it is being witnessed, not just by a handful of people that show up in the room to observe it, but by anyone watching it on the internet; we think it makes for greater accountability. The second issue is about the CDP's --- Again we will provide details on what we would like to see put in the Charter to strengthen CDP's. The Friends of Puna's Future was actually founded because of the CDP process. Most of our founding members were involved in the working groups and went to the steering committee meetings. Our concern was - -and we were told this from the beginning by the Planning Department and by Mayor Kim - -that unless the citizenry got involved, this could also end up sitting on a shelf as other planning opportunities have ended up. So, we thought we were really invited by County government to organize a citizens' group to watchdog the Puna Community Development Plan process, and make sure that it was carried through to implementation. We have been very discouraged that we were the first plan to be enacted, and yet over a year later, we still do not have an Action Committee. One of the comments that was made was that we had not provided enough people to apply. But that's not so, 36 people applied. I think that is a larger number than anywhere else, and yet, we were told that they need to re -open the application process. We feel that all the people who worked on the plan, all the citizens, were given deadlines, and we need government to be equally responsible for adhering to those deadlines. To wait over a year, and not have an action committee to begin the implementation stage, to us, it is too long to wait. So, we will provide you with what we feel would help strengthen the CDP process, by putting it in the Charter, next week. Finally, on the 2% Land Fund, I'm going to read this to you, because this is really Debbie's. Friends of Puna's Future supports adding a new section to the County Charter that sets aside 2% of property taxes solely for the purpose of acquiring island lands of high cultural, historical, or recreational value, for conservation and public use. When the current Mayor and County Council decided to take the 2% Land Fund money to balance the County budget, a great disillusionment arose among Hawaii County's majority of voters who voted for the creation of this fund. We support the Commission putting this issue again before the voters on whether to make this fund a Constitutional mandate. We will provide more specific details on all of these. Thank you very much. CHR. HAITSUKA: Are there any questions for Ms. Bidleman? 3