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~.~ON DEC. OF LAST YEAR WE MET, IN
THESE VERY CHAMHERS, TO PAY HOMAGE TO
OUR NEL?~LY ELECTED M~.YOR, HARRY KIM.
IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT I PUT' INTO THE
~ RECORD THAT "THIS COUNCIL'S POLITICAL
o~~~CT~v Sx®uLD THE ~~D~c~L
~ RECONSTRUCTION OF THIS ISLAND'S
~ ~ ~~e. ECONOMIC RASE ,TAKING INTO CONS I DEIE~AT I ON
WHAT IS HAPPENTNG GLOHALLY" .
~'i AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM, SUCH AS OURS , THAT
' CONVERTS NATURAL SYSTEMS INTO CAPITAL
AND DEPENDS ON SPENDING AND PERPETU.~L
GROWTH FOR ITS EXISTENCE WAS ATTACKED
IN THE EARLY ~,.M. OF SFPTEMHER I1~~~9I.1
THIS ATTACK I-€AS GIVEN US A GLIMPSE OF
HOW DANGEROUS THIS DELUSIONAL CONCEPT
OF STABILITY REALLY IS AND WE <CAN NO
LONGER. IGNORE THIS HORNIFIC WAKE UP
CALL, FOR THERE IS TRULY SOMETHING OUT
OF TUNE WITH THE TIMES.
KNOWING THAT THIS GREAT COUNTRY WAS
FOUNDED UPON "A BREAK WI TI-€ TRADITION" I
FFF L I T I S I MPJERAT I VF THAT 611E PRE PARE
THIS ISLAND'S CHILDREN FOR TIN S
MILLENNIUM INSTEAD OF CONFORMING THEM
TO THE CONCEPTS OF THE LAST MILLENNIUM,
CONCEPTS THAT HAVE BROUGHT US TO WHERE
WE ARE NOW. WE MUST SHAPE OUR YOUTH
INTO RESF'ONSIHLE CITIZENS RATHER THA
COMPET I I VE CONSUMERS . comm< No. .
File No. ~ q~~~C
Idef. To:
Ref. Date. SE~ 2 ~
PUTT I NC PEOPLE I RST AND T~-iROUGH
EDUCATION WE COULD START ADDRESSING
THIS ISLAND'S ECONOMIC PROHLEMS. AN
ECONOMY RASED ON SUSTAINABLE ASPECTS,
RATHER THAN I MPORT° DE PENDJENCE ~'OR ~"OOD ,
~'OR THOSE IN PURSUIT OE PLEASURE AND
CO1>tSUMERI SM .
WE MUST CHALLENGE THE "NOW STANDARDS"
THAT SAYS ANYTHING WILL HE LAUDED AS
LONG AS IT MAKES THE RUCK, THAT MORE IS
HE'T°TER . WE MUST S'I'AND UP TO THE MANY
WHO HAVE VESTED INTEREST IN THE "OLD
WAYS". THE WAYS THAT ARE MORE AND MORE
~3EING PROVEN WRONG.
WHAT IS THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM FACING
HAWAII COUNTY TODAY ? "THE INTOLERANCE
AND DISRESPECT ~°OR OTHER IDEAS AND LIFE
STYLES" AND IF° WE WERE TO ADDRESS THIS
ISLAND ' S WOF~S T I RS T AND MAYBE WE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN ~oRCED, ~Y PRIORITIES, To
DO SO, WE WOULD PUT AN END TO THE
HELICOPTER ERADICATION OE MART~UANA
PRQGRAM~~~H E M P HEMP AND START
LOOKING AT THE ECONOMI C ~BENEF~ I TS THAT
THIS PRODUCT COULD BRING TO THIS ISLAND
TO FURTHER QUOTE FORM MY DEC. NTH
TESTIMONY "IT IS YOUR DUTY AS PUBLIC
SERVANTS, TO CONSTRUCT A MOVEMENT THAT
IS BOTH POWERFUL AND ATTENTIVE TO HUMAN
CONCERNS AND SU~`EER I NG-~ ®ATTENT I VE TO
THE SUPPRESSIONS OF LIHERTTES AND THE
DESTRUCTION Off' THIS ISLAND'S NATURAL
RESOURCES. THIS SHOULD HE THIS
ADMINISTRATION'S PRIME CONCERN".
THIS ISLAND'S POSITION IN THIS, "HOLY
WAR", SHOULD HE ONE OF` MULTI®ETHNIC
S®LIDARITY WITH COMPASSION TO THIS
PLANET'S HUMANITY AS A WHOLE.
THIS ISLAND'S HOTEL ASSOCIATION SHOULD
CONTRACT W I TH OUR ARMED ~`ORCE S OL'F'ER I NG
THEM L°AC I L I T I E S ~'OR R/R L'OR ALL, THOSE
WHO WILL HE SENT INTO "HARM'S WAY" AND
~'OR ALL THOSE WHO WILL NEED CARE .AND
REHABILITATION UPON THEIR RETURN.
THE TOURIST INDUSTRY S~-€OULD PROMOTE
THIS ISLAND'S NATURAL RESOURCES,
EMPHASIZING ITS VOLCANO AND THIS
ISLAND'S MANY RE?~UVENATING ASPECTS.
ON THE HOME FRONT WE MUST TAKE THE
STANCE THAT THIS IS A DISASTER, 0~' THE
HIGHEST MAGNITUDE AND WE MUST START
MOBLIZING OUR CHILDREN, ON THE SCHOOL
LEVEL, TO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIHTLITY,
AS TO THEIR ROLL, IN THIS NOW CHANGED
WORLD. WE MUST INFORM THEM, NURTURE
THEM AND GUIDE THEM, BY OUR ACTIONS,
THROUGH THESE UNSURE TIMES.
AS ADULTS, WE CAN NOT PANIC, AS WAS
WITNESSED DURING THE IMPENDING DOCK
STRIKE, VICTORY GARDENS WOULD HE NICE
AND RATIONING MAYBE NECESSARY,
REALIZING WHERE WE ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY,
HUT' WE W ILL MAKE I T AND I F WE MAKE I T
SIMPLE IT WILL ~3E SIMPLY OUTSTANDING.
.
OUR MAYOR WAS THIS ISLAND'S CIVIL
DEFENSE DIRECTOR FOR 25 YEARS AND I, AS
DO MOST,HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN HIS
ABILITY TO INCLUDE THE WHOLE IN THESE
TRYING TIMES AND I P,M ASKING EVERYONE
TO GET INVOLVED AND PERHAPS WE CAN SHOW
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY THAT THIS
ISLAND IS AN ISLAND OF HUMANITY AND
WELLNESS AND WELL WORTH A VISIT.
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