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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0212.276 1996-1998 May Z, 1996 'g7~aN~s6 Pal 3 C3 Dear Council Representatives: ' i We are a large extended family'~of~~i~ ~~~try and we are writing to you about our concerns and feelings about the Proposed irradiation plant. WE DON'T WAP+T IT! We are people who usually don't get involved in political problems. We are the people who clean your houses, fix your cars, work in your orchards, sell you your groceries and your clothes. You act like we don't matter because we don't have a lot of money. You acted that way at the finance committee hearing when you ignored what most of the people wanted, and you voted the way the people with the money wanted, If you voted the way you did because you didn't hear from enough people or they didn't speak loudly enough or give you enough reasons: Now you are hearing from us, we're saying it loudly, and we'll give you reasons. WE DC!U'T WANT IT! Although we are not scientists, we have plenty of experience with a wide variety of people, and do not know one single person who does not make mistakes. Therefore, we know that the people who will work in the plant will make mistakes, because they are only human. Those mistakes can cause more cancer and birth defects on this island. Some of us have had cancer and some of our children have had birth defects and no one could tell us why. If there are more cases of cancer and more birth defects because the radioactive materials for the irradiation plant are not transported, stored, or disposed of safely, we probably won't know, because the nuclear industry has a long history of dishonesty and cover-up. Whether or not we know why, 'though, won't stop the pain and the suffering of a sick child or dying parent. So: WE DON'T WANT IT! Some of us are mechanics. And even those of us that are not mechanics own machines. We have a hard time thinking of any machine that has always worked the way its supposed to. So we are sure that this machine will break down, too. And if the machine breaks down at the same time that a person who works at the machine makes a mistake, this island and all the people on it could have their lives threatened. But because we can't see the radiation, we wouldn't knoca and we wouldn't have any way to protect ourselves. So: WE DON'T WANT IT! Come laic. 2~t_. Z~,~ Ftile Tto.~/t~lL/~~~ Ref. To: Presentedd Fief. Date HAY 0 7 1997 1 ~ . This Wednesday, vote like what we think matters, and vote NO on Bill 62. Each of us knows ten people who feel the same way we do. None of us want the irradiation plant, and none of us think that you care about want we want. We think that all that you care about are people who have a lot of money. But there are a whole lot of more people with a little bit of money than people with a lot of money. So, when you vote on Bill 62 on Wednesday remember: Democracy guarantees each person one vote, not each dollar one vote. This project threatens our health, our children, our unborn, our f'~/ everything. THE PEOP/LE OF HAWAII DO//N~'T WANT IT! ~ N~ ~ 2,, ~ ~ cox ~•~y~~. Rio gx to4~y. u,~a s 4e ' K+,~.~5 LA~/01ti/G, ~,~i~~J,~GG.~ "~'u ~7,u~~54i- L. 1 ova ?v ,~_bx Asa z __t~- 6 l~r ~ ~G' ~S c.w, cF....,. , . ~ ~ V 1 ~.uRCiStc,.a; / ' c. L_:: K+~y~ . z t2 17,U . 1^tiC 10 78 EtAu_fV ~ 4wz, ~~G'" ~ f rwY L. ~ itiF7~~4~ / r``~~~ ~ ~ ~~j,,, / ~~iju,~l~"RSTaLa fJ c'/i2n! I~~ 7Cr____2 ~ /~1~ \-!_L~?L7~~4_I--"J~V~N~ 11 SSA-~`_l__ ~~7(cU ~ l t ` ©N'- i y ~ LAG D~l~ ~ C'~~tJ1! i ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ a ~~5~7 ~~ifc~ v~ du ~ l43 ftu "ice; L c ~ • l N ~ <~e o n: _ ur P 3 15`1r G/'LL~~-ul \~•`~t1~-Ct6~ Ct~~~~ ~ ~S ~ ~C%IGCL /~•"G~GtdrC./ _ \ X~i'77A . ~,~`4 _ ~ o. Bcx d`3 78 ~ ~ ~ s ~ l ~ ~c ~z~ -Q.oX>~.~1 LiOU ~-~..,_Ci l-i,"„a; S1. ~L1 to ~ t~~ kk~r-vary, ~ u~v~~~a ~aL ~ ~ y~ w 3~~ ~ ~-t ~~7 -