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fl~~ wos.i~saera ood~ii.c®na ~6~nnl~t #~r 511113 1~ox '~a~io~n~a iii 3~°7~6 7-777 ~f~x ~~5-T6~5t~~ ni~~#~~,a~~ ~°.corsa June 24, 2002 : ~ . To• The Coun Council ~°~a°°..-~°-°---- By - - _ • ty _~l ~ ~ l.~ ~ Regarding the CYeneral Plan Revisions ~ ~~nr~ - ~ 'Twelve years ago, I worked on the Puna Community Development Plan, with severe other members of Puna community. Within two months, County staffers ~rnn Usagawa and Conxaie I~iriu passed on a message from Arian. L~eLima and Jirnmy A.rakaki: "16elake sure the Puna CDP has whatever Shipman wants or it will never get passed by the Council." ~e thought solving the problems of the subdivisions was the most important task. Ioiow, I am convinced that Ie10'I` solving any problems of the subdivisions is Job ~l, in this County and this State. 'Their clients are the descendants of the dig Dive, who now xrflake their profits from controlling and monopolising real estate. They keep land prices and their profits high, but cripple us economically. V67e worked hard on the Puna CDP. ~Ve went to training conferences on the mainland, read textbooks, got copies of good plans, called mainland planners to find out howl to do the data alysis and modeling cif land uses, infrascture and public facilities. ~e went to 100 community meetings. ~ developed a models, calculated Level of Serviee. ~Ve did a study of taxation and spending in the County, by district, from 1950 thru 1992. ~Ve found that the conventional wisdorn -that the subdivisions cannot pay for their services, that they are badly planned, that they area "time-bomb" -m wasn't supported by the data, ~a'e thought mat if we provided the data and analysis, showed the affordability of doing good planning, that the County would be pleased. To my surprise, no one would even talk about my data, except for some scientists, who are still using it. liut I was personally attacked. Sometimes it was comical. I would be sitting in Virginia Coldstein's office, where there was an intercom from the Council chambers. l~rian DeLixna would go on one his vicious personal attacks never against any issues or any data . I would race up to the Council Doom. Arian would change the subject as I entered. 'Thanks to Peter Young, I finally understood why there was so much pressure 1~10T to allow the subdivisions to succeed. State and federal investments in neighborhood schools I~~a4e _