HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0377.222 2024-2026From: juju
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2025 5:43 PM n
To: Council Testimony zCD
Subject: SUPPORT for Res. 234-25 _
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My name is Juju. I have just one name. I've been living in Naalehu for the past 30 years. t+�
I am horrified bythe bombing that has taken place and continues to take place on the CONSERVATION
lands in PTA! There are important biological and cultural resources here. It is not okay to trash
CONSERVATION lands with military bombs, chemicals, and training!
After having watched the military lie so much about so many things, including the toxins it leaves behind
(red hill, uranium, illegal white phosphorus bombs dropped by Israel during Rimpac games, etc.), and the
fires it creates (burning up Hawaiian homelands) --we know the military cannot be trusted
The military has been trashing these lands for the past 80 years. Pohakuloa totals nearly 133,000 acres,
and now the military wants a "Buffer Zone" (66,000 more acres!) around PTA that can be used to
stop farmers, who want to keep access to these lands, from criticizing the military. The military knows
that farmers pose a threat because no one wants to eat toxic crops!
The military should never have been able to purchase a lease on this land in the first place. It is an illegal
lease. Do the right thing by ending the current lease on the 23,000 acres and do not allow a retention
option! No land swaps! No buffer zones! Shut down PTA! The land must go back to its rightful owners,
the people from whom it was stolen, the people who cared for it beautifully, kept it pristine, and
supportive of LIFE --the Kanaka Maoli. It would be a biological and psychological assault on me and
everyone I know living in Hawaii to extend another lease to the US military --a war machine that turns land
into deserts of toxic DEATH!
Mahalo for reading.
Juju
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