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From: Janice Glennie <palmtree7@hawaiiantel.net> <br />Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 8:52 AM <br />To: Charter Commission <br />Subject: Leave the PONC funds "as is" <br />Importance: High <br />Re: Why fix what's not broken? <br />Aloha commissioners, <br />I worked hard for, as did many residents, and believe strongly in the successful PONC fund. Plans to disassemble it are <br />disingenuous after such a huge community campaign to have this funding secured — for good reason. And, as you know, <br />there is a good maintenance backup provided without raiding the fund. <br />The mayor shouldn't balance the books on the backs of untold thousands of voting residents, especially over 60% of <br />them who supported this fund and the mandate provided by it. Not just once, but several times. <br />A successful program? Yes, indeed. Without it, we'd still be searching for funds to protect O'Oma in West Hawaii. Not <br />really because it would be, for a fourth or fifth time, up for development grabs instead of being a protected coastal park <br />for all to enjoy and as a buffer to the burgeoning development this region has seen and will continue to see. I'm sure the <br />residents of Ka'u, North Kohala and the rest of the island where lands have been preserved (supposedly in perpetuity) <br />agree with me wholeheartedly. <br />Please let the idea of weakening and diverting the all-important PONC fund. Undoing that effort makes a mockery of <br />democracy at a time when so many of us are reeling with the thought of losing environmental protections that help <br />make Hawai'I — and the world — a safe, healthy, unique place to live and visit. <br />Mahalo for standing strong against the effort to invade OUR land fund. <br />Sincerely, <br />Janice Palma-Glennie <br />P.O. box 48+9 <br />Kai�ua-Kona, Ijawai'i 967+5 <br />1 <br />Comm. No. 3.1.11 <br />