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that the community is asking you, but you are our representatives, and only you can change <br />things. We can only ask you. It's up to you to do the right thing. Do what is pono. Mahalo. <br />HARGROVE: Aloha, my name is Shirley Hargrove, and I'm a resident of Hamakua, and I'm <br />here because I oppose the bottling plant. I—you know, this is, this is such a beautiful nation. It <br />is such an amazingly wonderful place to be, and all that these plastic bottles will bring is just <br />continued waste, continued pollution, and something that is basically indestructible. It will be <br />with us forever. It's not like it's going to biodegrade. It's—it's not going to disappear. It's just <br />going to further accumulate, and I'm real appreciative of those images that were shown of <br />animals that were dissected or showing up on the land filled with waste, and I cannot see Hawaii <br />contributing to this waste stream, contributing to further death and promoting extinction, and not <br />only extinction of animals, but extinction of us as a people. And, you have the power to <br />influence this, and I would really appreciate that you would consider the potential harm that this <br />decision would make if you continue to support this bottling company. Thank you. <br />CLARKSON: Thank you all for your testimony. Will the next four testifiers please come <br />forward? That would be Kalani Souza, Dylan Crawford, Claudia Rohr, and Nelson Ho. Please <br />raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Planning <br />Commission today? <br />TESTIFIERS: Yes. <br />CLARKSON: Please proceed, Mr. Souza. <br />SOUZA: Thank you. Matthew Makaio O Kalani Kaiulani Koko Maeda Souza. Everybody just <br />calls me Kalani. It's a lot easier. I'm on a bunch of different Federal boards and State boards <br />you guys know for the most part. Still working with the University of Hawaii. I'm wearing this <br />shirt because I like to have sex with my wife, and she's supporting this cause. I think emotional <br />intelligence is something we have to respond to. I can appreciate what Chairman Clarkson said <br />about rising emotions perhaps getting in the way of pertinent testimony. <br />My grandfather said as the rainmaker, probably the most important thing for you to know, boy, is <br />when it's going to rain. Cause then you run out in front of the people, you say the appropriate <br />chants, you bring the water down, it reaches the to `i. I thought wow, tutu, why the rules? This is <br />leadership, boy. He says we don't wait for the emergency to happen before we decide who is in <br />charge. We establish those lines of leadership way ahead and they are built with trust. <br />I want to suggest that as we look at the beltway and what's happening internationally, and these <br />situations have happened to us before here in these islands. That we're holding a different hand <br />here. There's a, a moral center that we hold here in Hawaii as we do public discourse, as we do <br />planning. We don't need to erode this leadership further. You guys have been doing an <br />outstanding job under a lot of pressure to create economic development. You guys know I work <br />with Shidler Business College. I'm suggesting, you know, like I taught at DERP as you know <br />for years, the planners, they come to my class or did, you know, now that I'm out in community. <br />EXHIBIT C <br />10 <br />