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Murashige, Laura
From: Justin Avery Dustinavery@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:14 PM
To: 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: Please Approve the Resolution introduced by Chairman Higa to grant a Certificate of Sufficiency on
the 2% Ballot Intiative.
ATTN: County Council July 13, 2006
Testimony 2% ballot initiative APPROVE
Aloha County Council and Mayor Kim,
I would like to submit testimony in person regarding the Resolution introduced by Chairman Higa to
grant a Certificate of Sufficiency on the 2% Ballot Initiative, but I live in Hilo, and the Council meeting
is in Kona.
Nevertheless, I would like to encourage you to please support the resolution. Hawai'i is one of the most
beautiful places in the world. We need to think about what kind of an island we want to leave our
children. By allowing the county to use county funds to buy open lands enables beautiful places to be
preserved for all for generations to come. The county is in a prime position to buy lands because of the
matching funds available through the federal government.
Please let the voters decide in November to modify the existing Open Space and Natural Resources
Ordinance by making the following changes:
1-Set aside 2% of the property tax each and every year for Open Space and Natural resource acquisition
and
2- Eliminate the limit of $5 million that can be held in the fund.
I would like to ask the council to honor over 9,000 people who have signed this Petition. We ask the
County to include signatures of voters that:
1- forgot to write the st. ave. or highway suffix as part of their residence addresses C c
2- forgot to put the year 2006 in the date column. C r
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Both of these criteria are clearly implied.
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Please put the question on the November 2006 Ballot.
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Respectfully submitted,
Justin Avery
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Hilo Comm. No. ?.1
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Ref. Uote JUL 19 2006
7/13/2006
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Justin Avery
1856 Kinoole St.
Hilo, HI 96720
808 990 1421
justinavery@email.com
7/13/2006