HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0349.167 2006-2008 Swallow, Linda
From: Jessie hillinger [jesshillinger@hotmail.comj
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:51 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us; Benny@kaupreservarion.org
Subject: Hillinger, 6/15/07 = bill # 169 07
to Hawaii County Council:
I am writing to urge you to support bill # 169-07.
I feel it of the utmost importance to keep Punalu'u for all of us to enjoy forever. It is
the only accessable beach in the Ka'u district and often people, from around the island,
drive to that beach to enjoy the peaceful, spritual quality it affords. It is, indeed, a
living classroom and building a luxury resort will ruin the sacred sites as well as the
nesting place for the endangered honu.
I am a refuge from over development. I grew up in Long Beach California, a once clean
beach with pristine ocean. With the development of the LA Harbor, the beach is now
covered in black tar and the breakwater makes surfing impossible. Then I moved to Maui,
where Kihei and Wailea developed into the mess of tourist shops and traffic that it is
today. Then I found beautiful, rural Ka'u, where I lived for over 28 years. I now live
in Hilo, but return to Ka'u often.
I urge you to vote for the bill that preserves the Punalu'u area for us and our children
forever.
Jessie Hillinger
Box 6865
Hilo Hi 9720
jesshillinger@hotmail.com
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