HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0728.039 2000-2002 T'®: Ja~ra~s ~rakaki, Imhair
I°iaae~aii C~a~nty In~a~ncil
25 ~lpa~ni St _ '
Hil®, ~lawaii 9b72®
~p1~M: Isis-~liin Latta,
~a k®r~. rat
®A'1°~: Sept~nb~r 2#,ZI~2
It~l: £t~lm~: Ids®la~n 236-1}2 ~mma~nicati®n 72~ fr®r~ ~~~cy Pisicchi~ "t®
pr®t the bia~ic in ty and rnark~t malaa~ ®f pasr~ !(®r~ ccff"
~ pr~s°ty r~sid~t ~ hlamsaii C.~tanty sine 1911;5. I as~a IFarmin~
c® in tt Captain ~~k arm. ,As saBCh, I ~ritin~ t+~ rat ali mamb~~
Cecil m~t~ ia~ saapp~rt ~iarti~n 236-172 and C®~~nic~n ~'2~.
I hams read car~~uily the ar~um~nts against this r~s®la~ti®n. 'rh~y s~aro ~ ®n
first is t the rtuti~n ao~uld apply t® ail i°ia~aii a~ricatittaral
Thy s~ce~nd is mat the res®larti~n ~a~id ~atim~iy affect
~tarkn ~f +~n~ticaiiy find pr®da~c~ nv~m b~in~ pre~d~c~d in klawaii ®r ab~a~t
b~ pr®da~cad.
first fear is an ®-end-®ut misr~prsnti®c~. 'i`ce r~rlurr~ r~
applies (7~1-Y t~ c~'f l:tlf t~ the I~®e~ C~~f Ott, ~a~d sl~s ®nty t~ the
markatabllity ~ gar~~ticaiiy rracsdified i6~na cuff cr®p.
B(®n~ l;~ff !t is ~ small, bast unique ~r~. bC®n~ c®ff is ~m~n~ t
arica~lta~rat pr~da uMq ~i~ ista~d, It is ®ur si~nar~ crap
int~r€~~ti~naiiy. ~ malu~ this cr®p ends in art ®n t# b~li~# it is a fi:~p~
tityy d, a hi pr~daact, aa~d as sash ~ Is ~ a s~ich~ market that
can afford ~ hir prig this c®mn~nds. Ja~st as it is, c®ff~ is a rat
I~awaiian ~ ~s~ pay ~ prca~t~ thr®ah achrisir a~ad thresa°~ t~
sa~ch as the Kona Cuff t'`mal.
l~s~aticaily n~®difi~d cuff mould n®t t~ r~cr~id as a ~p gtaaiity pr~da,PCt,
acc~rdin~ the Specialty C~~~ ~ss®ciati~n ®f a~a~rica's Stastainability
~®mt Lis r iti aas~ itificati~n as a l~s~~ttcally ctl
~r~dt~ct risks wipi ®a~t the current r~la~m~ly high malu~ K®r~a Id~ff.
`r~ is march that pr~m~s ca~toa~a~rs v~ili ~y ®aar prig. #~r a ~N6 nt~
c®ff product ®r any ~midas~c~ that the tests ~ c®ff~ ~~a~id nest infect ®ur
n®n- try. Thara is high risk ®n such ®f th~s~ p®ints...m~ry high risk ~®r ~r
Kona c~fi~ pr~miaim pr®duct.
arat®cia~a~ is ~~sary aa~~ this is a ~ani~ that can eat b~ past back inter
the b®ttl~. chan~as we~asid b~ irrs~m~rsibl~, ®nce GM c~ff~ is t~st~d in a may
~S®o
l<`ile 1~Tea.,~
7tef. fie'
n~.t~S~.P 2 5 2~
that euld permit any cress-p®!lin~ti®n sh®rt b~alld®~in~ a!m®st every c~f#ee
ta°ee entire 6sl~nd.
!s the ~®a~nt~v ink ~y me the price ®f my ffnrrn, i# (°s!u! c~~ee is ct~lfi ~ se!!
~r is earth ~ little I c~~'t a#f~rd ices ®s~ the Ind, #ertili~er end ~t~er #~r~
c®s? 3~1i&! vote eke d my I®sses? fihe !®sses t~ fir f~r~~ers? fife
I(~na~ ec~cny?
~'~rtl~er, pr®~lerns s®ci~d !®ss cur ~niga~e niche c®u!d p~rtica~l~rly {sort
r~a~vln ~€~ket #~r ~r~nic cea#fee. Check staack prices: ®ne the #eva e
that h r~ ire c®rs~n~e5 ~~acc~s#n~ ®n ®r~~nics, scJCh ~s l~nited . 'fih
c~ , ~ is cerficeti~n mould ~ ~lm®st in~p®ssil~le where fire
is any cress-p~llinati~n...end bees can #!y #r®rn 2 ~ moil ~ ~llin~
c~#fee.
!s C~a~nty ins ~ let this Free K®na...~nd :e pr®fit~ble secfi®r the e~r~~ny
tit helps pay y~c~r s~l~ries end c®s~ ea# c~a~m~nity se~lces III ~rcaa~nd
!sl~nt#... dew fihe ®~a~nic drain? ~iH K®n Inc®me Asa®the~° ~'~n~, ~n~ther
S~ka~~?
'The ~®~ncil can chase t® rraake this ~ min-vein siti®n.
V®7~ F ~ tJl'I ~s a cee c~~sncils end #er~ers urn y~au ~ d~.
V®°f~ F~~ ~~®I°TIeAI. RES~I-l~l~~, i# y®~ #ee! the risks ire t~ high f®r ®r
r~~ers, such p~peye end ~ ~r~ , sting fi ~®a~ci! I~~°fi I~ve ~
nB®rat~ari~~ #~r these ®r any ~ pr®dasc~ ®`T~~ ~1~9 I~~t~~ ~~~'~~E.
Thank y~e~ #~r c®nsidereti~n ~y views.