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Joyce Alberta Folena =
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Gregory Toed Smith
Post Gffice Pox L04b
Pahoa, Hawaii gb'7?8+2046 3
To fv
Navai'~ County l;ouncil v
All County Uouncil I~.embers _
Communication f.efer l;eso~utlon 1H~-04~ 'Next tieaulu~ P'~z11 ;;ouncil
25 Aupuni :street
Hilo, Hawaii 96']20
Lear Sirs:
Thee words Lo you today express our very firm oipositun of
hesolution 1~0-04. Please acus`~yt this co..res,~oidence~Uomrnunication
and include this in your next L,ouuty Uouncil i~ieet:in~, and
F.eading of Aesolut~on 1b0-04.
We both oi~po:~e this reolution, ore ueiieve the current waste iceduction
Recycling; Program is working witY: t,Y~e g~rouf ~~~1 the r.amoers and percerta~es
of tons of recycled hinterial ~ein~;_processed now. tic more and more
of Hawaii Uounty uoiomu~.ity become aware of ana use the kecyclinS Process
our E'nviror~ment oecomes Uleauer and Sa~fC for us ri~t:t now a!r: for our
e Generations. Fiore ar_d oio~e ueci~le are war,ir_~, u_ to the
need to protect our very fraf,,ile ecosy;~tem. i'ne~;.e same people are also
wakinp~.up t,o the N;oney roll of °hi-~~~ tech.:al.esme.n technics" that would
strap our tax base. we need your awarFness of i.i,e need to continue
our now in Process RecyciinS, Program. "radual interfacing of
/~hif,n tech° metho~rs of waste Nlana,„e~iz,er.t would acceptable,
A ~~rig~ht now, ir:ci_nerat,ors° would i,ot uF accer~ta~~le to every peieon
of our Hawai-'i Community, that is aware of ~,ne various
environmental threats and problems we j'ace. lion't. make 't.he mistake of
useLn~ our tax dollars for waste Mar~~a~en,ent lndu:try that, would not be
acceptable or sai'e for us ~~.c~~a1.1 of our r,nviror,i~~ent, we need to stress
that: ALL ~~f Lhe ir;tnrmation+you are cor.~iderating, iu heso 180-04 be brought
forward and Sn'to rublic Knowled,e and „turfy. our, ttie Uommunity of
Hawaii Uounty, nLtimal,ely eeciae our r'r~t,ure. 9'h~nk you very r.~uch for
your attention and conaiaer~rta oron her e. YreasF i~u~te= °T~0° to keso180-04.
That:k you. C.~F:~ i lam` _ _
Joyr.e Alberta 1`olena
Greg-.o cy Toud a¢iit~.
P;, we are Lr~c:lud~ n~ a Letter to ti.e~~ri toR, H-:w~ri ~i '1'r ibune fi'rom Jim IIohnson
to augment our C,~ommunication of today.
Comm. No. S . 3
Ref. To:
Ref. Uate
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This year, Wa federal govemmenf " r , ~„w. W
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IO S rid 81mOSt SSOO billion molt: ' ~ ~i ~ < w -y''' * ~ t~' +e ~
BAd, No in inera~
protect us;than w4 re willing to pay~~~~»s ~ ~ t ,~s X = r. ~ , ' , ~r,
died and protected 'Ib'cover that taco , hope diet Counc ~ g ~p
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deficit; we pe kping to ¢olrow even more paoney and other electedy yes ~ nr> _ "
~ • : in the ezpei~a on" Wa~!'utiire taxpayers will ; . do not fail us whe th g»~ ~ 1'@arl
yQ cotn~ along to pay We loan for us, plus mterest, :solid waste (H1' H, ~p ) ~'a f Gilbe Jirno~osa s
even while they re also paying for our Social Responsible cotintyYr~ffictais''.;column tled~yy'ThAe
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Security, our nursing homes and our prescrip- . knowledgeable about.; reasonable betweed 9 11, Peaz~~#ar~ori starts '1°
meWods of .dealin with. azba a off well, c mmentrn on how' +s'4b`
tion drugs and probably trying to deal with 8 8 8 8
lobs! wannin as w realize the- most cost-effective , gar poiati g" is eclipsing any
g Sure, Wey'll Qrobab
y tie angry wiW us:`"But method of dealing wiW garbage is ...problems Iving at the 9-11 hear
it's hard to Wink that far ahead when you'rE efforts toward waste-reduction, ings, but en degenerates info Just.
driving down the road in a 3-ton sport utility recycling- ;and ,composting. another B sh-bashing piece. ,T.;
Remaining waste then goes into I Win We ke .difference 'r
vehicle wiW leather seats and a killer sound sys- Y
rem, right? soundly-designed, -lined sanitary between 9-11 hearings and We` -
' landfills. Pearl Har r hearin s is that We co
' : For We most part, We deficit is caused not by g
temporary factor's such as the war in Iraq or a We don't have to re-invent We latter occu ed in 1946, after W W
t struggling economy, but by a long-tens, even wheel here or make We same tam- II was won whereas the 9 ~ 1 hear" ou
ble mistake of other commumaes logs are oc umng right ndw while ~ en
):ermanent shortfall in taxes and an even m_o~g ,
~Atartling increase in spending: to fact, tiver~re; ^ °that were c3nvmced by ,big cJorpo-. ~ the war on enroc~is in i'ull svfmg rp,, ~ .
ration salesmen selling a way to Af hanista , Yra and m Euro ean
Rast three years under President Bush, nonde- g p
~ f ~ make the garbage :prohlem "god ruea•iV a dozens ~•-not `un f"~
rise, discrafionary douiesdc,spi;ndmg has risen ,away ey a "sew" !ugh-tech "s~ilu- ireds " o rriirist suspec'~s haves $f
fiuch.fasfer than at any µme singe thg 19,6Qsrt 1'=t ""iron" or,"even worsq a tremen ~ ~ n , arrest d in . We -monW smce . l
As a result of. those two trends;
no~artrsan
" dousl ex ensrve gazbage burner h 1 attack in Madrid - ;Fes
' 4stimates now predict that a50t1 billion deficits a y P = _ ~
4vi11 continue year after year apd then " ~ " ~ War would skew droxrhs and hither „1 I'.m sure t warvts Osama's heart per
r;, ass toxins into our ~rr' aiid onto nui, to watch u rip each tither apart bed
grow for as far into the future as tuts 6 e c land .f ` S ~ _ ,
predict, and with each passing
yeaztlt~~iur >:t < ' ` r `.3 ,w~itle We w is'sdll going~on
den on future Americans will grow as tYell. Our l~obody wants"f<"landfill m their „ „Nelson A. Lednam ~~ni
We
back yard, but it rs We responsrbtl- + Kailua $ona
national debt is already nudging We legs"! earl- ity of our elected officials and , , t. bed
ing of $7.4 trillion and will easily top $10 tnl-y concerned ,citizens oimakeksure ` ;.'S » " e r j kr;~ o"~"
,Gon by We end of the decade: And smce much j `"~~'~"rt`~ ~ PP
` Wat roven cost effective mess- ~XCiU.R@ r @XCUS@S `
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df that debt is held by foreign interests t5te ~t~. t r M -
, ores are used mi dealing with `We n'f Jun Albe ni's excuse making ;jrepc
fioney paid by olrr'offspring will flow ouf`of the garbage.we all create and to make,' ~ (HT-H, Apri 18) for "his attapk on, '•Sen~
Country to Weir competitors. . i sure `We high-rolling salesmen do We memory f Wesley Bataloaa is, ,~;dow
Think about what Wat means. More than 200 not get their way and subject us all pathetic. "AI rtini says We leaflet .;:.Hou
years ago, we Americans fought a revolution to to their 'expensive, polluting calling Mr. atalona a war crimi- ;.is n
protest taxation without representation. It just garbage-burners. nal was p epared before We Wha
wasn't fair, we said, for people to be hit with The sort station planned by the announceme t of Mr. Batalona's Clair
taxes without having any voice in the matter. ' county is a good idea and should death. It wa un uestionabl dis- ~Jc
"r~xlay we ourselves are actin ust like Kin - - q y "
~ gJ g _ be built right away" ° ` ~tribnted afte. yards „;,are.
George III, prae:licing taxation wiWout repre , n- n _
tation on a scale that would have shamed W
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find king himself. a ~ ~ I ~ O ~ ~ ~ O ~ ~ ` I
;But instead of taking money firm We Amen-
Can colonists, we're demanding Wat future tax ! ~ ^ ~ •
payers -people wiW no choice in We matter ? ;^~i~ a~ ~ " „ , .
finance our irresponsibility. In effect, we're 't'
HOENIX - In 1948 ~ ~-,fora!
treating the future like our colony, stripping it of when Arizona had been a' ~c , i ;1200(
resources for our own benefit without concern state for just 36 years ~ W
for the impact. „P - r
and its populatian,was~, .
. And what's really discouraging is that many
only 700,000, it voted for:
of us know better. An Associated Press poll last dent Truman.' Howe `
3ionth asked Americans whether they would F,.:;~ cr=
ether cu[ taxes or balance the bud e
~-.percent swd the ,
.~.,Jw NrT.q.c~r, Y N r-{'vas a ~ r
f ~ y 'duo ~>v~'i ~i
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