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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0314.060 1996-1998 Statement Atton-y~tous O ~ View Resident r J~3~~6 nf1 8 ~3 June 10, 1997 COLT:--~, ' 000NTI' 0;= HA~A~A!I First, let me start my statement by saying that I don't give a "flying rats ass" about your petty marijuana wazs!!! All I care about is raising our son in a healthy, happy environment, free from chemical poisons, noise pollution, and over crowding. When we moved out here a yeaz or so ago it was to get away from the above mentioned challenges. Imagine my dismay to hear of an all out war going on right here in paradise. Last year, July 1996, sometime, my son and I were out playing in the yazd on a beautiful summer's day when all of the sudden our peace and tranquillity was shattered by several helicopters flying over the subdivision. Now, I would not have thought twice about it, but I noticed that they were not just flying over the azea but they were making a systematic checks through out the day, the noise pollution that was produced by these menaces was almost unbearable to me, but to my son's delight he was happy to watch for the rest of the day until it came time to take his nap. This, of course, was impossible because the noise pollution was too loud!!!!! The next day again we were outside enjoying the day, when again our peace was shattered by helicopters. This time however I noticed a tether line and some sort of ball attached to it, from my yard I could see several helicopters and something being spared from the helicopter with the tether and ball I grabbed my son and tried to get inside but it was to late, we had both been exposed to whatever they were spraying I could feel a mist settling on my skin!!! Two days after this incident I was admitted to Kona Hospital Emergency Room THROWING UP Oaoi~ Yq O R /4e 2fe. L S G 9d. ~ ,~aerted F L stet. Date 16 1997 BLOOD! ! ! ! ! The doctors could not give me an adequate explanation as to why this had happened to me. My son also became sick for over a week. When I came home and r; ~uperated, I started calling different groups who might be involved in the spraying, no one would take responsibility. All they would offer is "it's not us". I hoped this would be the last time I would see them, but over the next 12 months, it felt like we were in a war zone -raped from the privileges of peace and enjoyment that we deserve living here in Hawaii' nei. Now to the next challenge at hand, I have read and been told that these helicopters CANNOT FLY BELOW 100 feet, but time and time again I have seen them hovering between 50 to 100 above the ground. I don't understand this!!! RULES ARE MADE FOR EVERYONE not just a select few. Also, since when are helicopters allowed to land at street corners and private roads I have also seen this with my own eyes!!!!! Now for my biggest complaint of all, when a child is sleeping they should be allowed the sleep of babes, but this is not so here. Their sleep is shattered by obnoxious flying noise-makers disguised as helicopters flying all day over the roof tops of our homes and spraying some kind of !@#$#@%^$#!@ chemical to pollute our water supplies, not to mention killing birds and animals in their wake!!!!! Someone needs to take responsibility for these insidious acts against us, the birds, animals, water supplies, plants and the forest. We are all being exposed and no one knows the long term negative ramifications that these chemicals have in our systems. If these chemicals are as harmless as these groups say, have someone from their organization climb into a vat of this stuff and bathe because that is what happens when they fly over and spray polluting our water catchments. Also, those ,w- with families are being depriving their children of nap time with air shattering noise pollution'!!!!!! This is a major problem and it needs to come to light so that +he people involved are brought to justice and made to take responsibility for their actions, and not allowed to say "ITS NOT US!".