HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 1210.020 2004-2006
Testimony for Bill #365 (No Smoking at Kahalu'u Beach Park)
Amber Datta, age 15
Member of the WHYFC
12/ 20/ 06
Aloha,
My name is Amber Datta, and I am a member of the West Hawaii
Youth Fisheries Council at Hualalai Academy. I support the ban on smoking
at Kahalu'u Beach Park. I have helped to collect thousands of cigarette butts
at Kahalu'u, all in under an hour. Such cigarette butts are dirty and
unsightly, as well as dangerous to the beach's ghost crabs.
It is my hope that if this ban is passed, I will no longer find a handful
of butts while digging in the sand, or inhale the smoke of the person just
down the beach at Kahalu'u. If this ban is approved, and signs clearly saying
`NO SMOKING' are put up, then the public will be able enforce the ban, by
pointing out the signs to any remaining smokers. Thank you very much for
your time and support.
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