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October 8th, 2002 <br /> Good morning and aloha to all council members and citizens of I-lawai'i island. <br /> It is with an intention and prayer for renewed harmony and prosperity on this <br /> <br /> beautiful island that I testify again today on the 'marijuana eradication program' <br /> and the arguments for its termination. Stop the program today! <br /> There is a simple test for sanity that I think bears repeating: Put a person into a <br /> room with faucets on one wall running water on the floor. On the other wall are <br /> mops and buckets. Where does a sane person go? Obviously a `sane' person will <br /> turn-off the water first ,and then mop-up the damage. You, however, act insane. <br /> In my opinion, the marijuana eradication program is the faucet running water on <br /> the floor and severely damaging the good people and the economy of this island. <br /> For the 16 years I have testified at this council, the votes have all b ~f°~~e <br /> 'mops and buckets'. Shut-off and end the program today, or face~~eac-hm~f~t <br /> tomorrow! The insanity of past council actions is obvious to any independent <br /> and critical observer and can now be proven in a court of law. <br /> I have the figures from your own council 'Special Study' of the monetary value <br /> of marijuana plants robbed from citizens here. <br /> In 1988 it was $1.8 Billion dollars worth robbed from this island. <br /> In 1989 it was $1.3 Billion dollars worth robbed from this island. <br /> In 1990 it was $1.1 Billion dollars worth robbed from this island. <br /> More recently in 1997 it was $708 million dollars of income robbed. <br /> ~L w., , l 1, L~ <br /> I say robbed because in the 1994 federal study of the 'ice' epidemic here and its <br /> causes and effects, the author states clearly on page 22... <br /> "Robbed of this needed income many experienced considerable economic <br /> hardship." Your own team's report says you robbed the good people of this <br /> island of part, or all, of their livelihood. Who are the biggest criminals on this <br /> island? Those who support this criminal and illegal and harmful program! <br /> Like President Bush says about Iraq, 'it's time for regime change'. We need a <br /> regime change right here on this island! We can make the case in the court of <br /> public opinion and in a court of law that you prohibitionists have defied logic <br /> and compassion and tolerance in support of a program that resembles more the <br /> actions of the Taliban than the Founders of a free country. Stop the program <br /> today! <br /> dam. No. ~ • <br /> ~°i1e No. <br /> def. ~'o , <br /> 1~f. I)~,te ~C~1 d 8 ZQO2 <br /> <br />