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Murashige, Laura
From: Gail Jackson & Bill Simonsma [billgail@retiredinparadise.net]
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 12:02 PM
Cc: cohmayor@co.hawaii.hi.us; Holschuh, Fred; Ikeda, Donald; Arakaki, James; Higa, Stacy; Safarik,
Gary; Jacobson, Bob; Hoffmann, Pete; Pilago, K. Angel; Isbell, Virginia;
counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: 2% Campaign for Open Space
Aloha Mayor Kim and County Council,
Thank you Chairman Higa for proposing and supporting a resolution to grant a Certificate of Sufficiency
to this petition which will put this question of amending the existing Open Space and Natural Resources
Ordinance on the ballot in November. Please, all council members, approve this resolution.
I gathered 64 signatures simply by taking petitions to some classes and small functions I attended. Everyone I
approached signed the petition because they are very concerned about preserving open spaces and natural
resources. Two people signed in the "printed column" and printed their name in the "signature column." Bill
and I probably left off "St" on our street address. Two people insisted they only had a PO box, that their house
did not have a street address and had recently received their voter registraton card at their PO box. We believe
it is wrong of the County to invalidate these signatures, along with other reasons such as people not including the
date year. Registered voters should not be disenfranchised because of a nit-picking attitude by the County
toward interpretation of Article 11 of the County Charter. The attitude of the County should not be towards
denying voters' voices, but to encourage participation by the public. It is obvious an Ordinance is needed to
clarify the Initiative Petition Process.
Mahlo,
Gail W. Jackson ,
William B. Simonsma
68-1907 Lina Poepoe St. .`1
Waikoloa, HI 96738
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