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Lauren Louis
P.O Box 284 L:'il J~j ~ ~ ? t! •7
Pahala, HI 96777
June 5, 2007
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County Counsel
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
I am most concerned about solution 169-07, purchasing the 150 acres here at Punah'c.. 1 r . a r c;; :the
bill and for development. I as homed and raised in Pahala Hawaii. Attended Lahainaluna E' nz r lin:;
Deparhnent in Maui Hawaii o get a better high school education for myself. As you Bury a::'~ !u: y }:r ou
Ka'u High School is the to st academic rate school. Now an adult, employed by Vacatiao I:h; ouit.cnale,
timeshare at Colony One Co dominiums at Punalu'u
Reasons why I am against r olution 169-70, many residents in the Ka'u District cmr. Tuae A. r;.; na f or
employment due to the lack f employment in the Ka'u area. Traveling 5 days a week l~a~in; ; h r r:; t r.
4:30am for the long commu to Kona and reaching home 12 hours later also fighting horrit r tr d f:;
departing Kailua-Kona to K I'u. Taking away time from our loved ones (children), e~ erydtr~ . a 'e lir ; on
the road taking a risk of bei 8 in a car accident, spending about $100.00 on gasoline per week , us1 nr ma4:e a
decent paycheck to survive r living costs.
If you really look at the corn unity of Ka'u drugs (crystal myth) takes a large toll of t wider ; : 7 r t use
people work, "no". How do ou think they get their money? "stealing, breaking into }ot_se<, ~ r; . "
Nothing else to do with th elves but putting their and others lives at risk, shooting ; rns, ht i n n a
numerous azeas of Ka'u. D to the lack of activity and jobs in Ka'u leads to bad jud;;tient .i d ;k is i:: ~s`iat
they turn to. Teenagers st Ong the experience of drugs at a young age sometimes never get t r;: ;l carte to
get out of it. Due to the lac of activities and being so far from the city life kidsladults tend a t,: t:: »s path.
due to boredom. I as a par t don't want my children to experience such a bad and r. ;ativ: ;e ~ aya iii:
-and to their young adult life.'
We have a total of eight isla ds where is the 9i° where majority of local people move c,:' Lz. t @ as. witp
because they can make a bet er living, get good paying jobs and cost of living is muc}~ chea.pe ~ n d
education is better than here
I hope that you will serious) consider the impact of resolution 169-07 would have on m.ar c;r, c i n r h(o sarh
bill can better our communi providing the Ka'u community with promising jobs. If you a'a :a tl u:
developers Sea Mountain 5 d Group 70 a chance they can put much more for the h. r u co:: t ;i. r.: tai
(improve the hospital, High chool, provide promising jobs, and have a multi wltura~ center : ~ ~ ~ ~i. t t hili~en
and generations after know e history of Punalu'u and of Ka'uJ The main concern fir other ; ~e i:: is to
protect the shoreline and ke the beach and shoreline to public access not making it private z ~ „I U a;cr away
everything from Punalu'u. o after reading this I hope you will withdraw your suppc ~ torte: ; ri is ~ 169-
07. The future of Ka'u and a people of Ka'u are in your hands.
Sinc-;enr/ely, ~ ~
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Lauren Louis, Ka'u (Pahala ~ esident) 3 ~ "L • ~~o
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