Comm No 0021.148 - Testimony - CA-7 - PONC fund and Maintenance fund

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that you should keep the 2% land fund program so we can keep on working on recovering and rebuilding ancient Hawaiian landmarks. If you keep the 2% land fund program, you could build or rebuild buildings, roads, and trails making lots of Hawaiians and the communities near Kawa happy. As you could probably tell I really care about keeping the 2% land fund program, because keeping it would keep schools like Volcano School going and taking care of that land. With the more schools that go to ancient landmarks and taking care of them, that's that much more landmarks that we can save and rebuild. Also the more land with keep the cleaner the air will be, and the cleaner the air means better health for the island. Also this could mean a better cultural aspect on this island, with more land means more ancient spots are kept alive for a very long time showing the Hawaiians what their ancestors did on this very land. Hawaii has lots of endangered and threatened animals including the Nene, the Hawaiian Hawk, the Green Sea Turtle, and the Oahu Tree Snail. All of these animals will go extinct if we don't keep on buying the native lands even if it's just to save a few of these endangered animals. One part of your argument was about, " Well, we already have about half of the island is for conservation so why do we need more." I for one, don't agree with that statement at all, we always need more conservation. If you are saying that statement than you seem to forget that people come here to go find a paradise, not another gray concrete city like one they might of come from. Also with more cities you will be taking part in destroying the world as we know it. More cities, means more pollution in the air, and more pollution means climate change here will increase. So in the end you will be destroying the world through climate change. Also you would be getting rid of lots of the freshwater sources.