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t=rom: john Schinnerer [john@eco-living net] l~; }'ii ~ ~ 1
sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:08 PM
ro: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: 7acobson, Bob; 5afarik, Gary; planning@co.hawaii.~i~,.us;
cohmayor@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Re: testimony on Bill 78 - in favor
Aloha members of the Hawaii County Council, Mayor Kim, and Planning
Director Yuen,
I am writing to testify in favor of Bill 78.
I fully support establishment of a land protection fund for Hawaii
County, and I support doing so by using a 2% dedication of current
County real property tax revenue for land protection.
It makes excellent sense to use revenue from privatization of land to
fund acquisition of public land.
As excessive and excessively rapid development increasingly overwhelm
the best of our best lands, this is an essential step to help save as
much as possible of what is left for the public good.
Similar measures have worked well on other islands in Hawaii, and will
work well here also.
Please vote to pass Bill 78.
mahalo,
john Schinnerer
HC2 Box 6482
Kea'au, HI 96749
982-6529
john Schinnerer - MA, whole Systems Design
- Eco-Living -
whole Systems Design Services
People - Place - Learning - Integration
jJohn@eco-liviny.net
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