HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0561.007 2002-2004 Dear Mr. Tyler, ~ppy JUL ~ Ail 8 53
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While reading the controversy regarding Nester's T:~n~~Ievelopment
in the Ka'u Calender, we were stun~nQL~fdi find'tl~~ a~v~ocat~gl!,the _ • ~ ~ !
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development, Bob Taylor and Dave Shriner, representing that the poor in
Ka'u would benefit. Both these people will benefit tremendously by filling
their own pockets from this project. Bob Taylor has told people that he
expects to be the prime contractor and Dave Shriner has told people that he
will be involved big time in the solar electric and other aspects of
development. Verifiable is that Taylor built Nester's house for Hester and
that Shriner built his solar energy/heating system under another person's
license. Dave Shriner's wife, a realtor, is slotted to represent the sales!
These are the type of people that optimize the "clear it ,dam it ,build it"
mentality. While their interests are in pure self gain, the people that spoke
out in opposition to the rezoning were concerned about the inevitable
impact to the community.
Taking 20 acre prime Ag. land and chopping it up for what cannot
possibly be misinterpreted as anything but gentlemen's farms and financial
gain would be criminal for a committee that is suppose to represent the
BEST interests of the community.
Quite arguable reasons that rezoning these Ag-20 parcels to Ag-5 will
provide no long-term benefit to Ka'u ,and harm the local people follow:
1. 5 acre parcels are next to impossible to make a decent living off of
relative to viable potential commercial crops which are raised in Ka'u
(i.g. coffee, Mac nuts, etc.) The ma & pa fruit stand stuff one or two
days a week is not aliving -it's a supplement!!
2. The quick money in construction such as this goes, to any significant
degree, to a few pockets. The labored involved will receive some
months of wages, and then the negative effect is irreversible for all
for the short-term gain of a few. The soul of Ka'u loses.
3. The building materials, especially on custom housing will be ordered
from the mainland or some small percentage dealer here. All that
money for materials does nothing for Ka'u.
4. 5 acre farms that are obviously being designed for people relatively
elite to our ka'u friends and neighbors will push the land owning
potential of our people further away. It is already out of control with
the "farming" techniques of the local realtors who encourage no end
property inflation for financial gain.
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5. 20-acre parcels must be protected because they will offer the potential
to people (hopefully local) to create viable business and community
enrichment because they are a minimum realistic size for agriculture
as a livelihood.
6. These 5 acre parcels are developed not for people in Ka'u but for
people who live far away who were farmed by realtors.
7. Have the Hesters demonstrated that five acres is large enough to
compete in agriculture, especially if 15 or 20 other neighbors are
doing it.
8. The incentive is so obvious it could block the sun. Pure financial gain
for those few who seem to favor it at the expense of what they do not
seem to comprehend.
9. Finally, this is a gang of friends good old boys who have
conspired to make money in the belief that the government bodies
who are charged with protecting our Islands for the good of all can be
hoodwinked.
The only reason Hester claims 20 acre parcels would be "only for the
rich" is because he has taken the land with one intention sky-hiking the
cost of the land and selling it for his profit. How Hypocritical!!
If this land deal is allowed, how will anyone control development
around Ka'u in the far more appropriate places than Nester's??
Very concerned citizens
p.s. This verifiable information will certainly be circulated, and if this
property is down zoned, committee members will be taken to task.
cc: James Arakaki
Mike Tulang
Dr. Fred Holschuh
Aaron Chung
Gary Safarik
Robert Jacobson
Joe Reynolds
Lenigrad Elarionoff
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