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Swallow, Linda
From: Vernon Letourneau [vernletourneau@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 8:27 AM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Letourneau, 6/14/07 = Punalu'u
To the Hawaii County Council Members:
I write in strong support of Resolution 169-07, The Keolalani Hanoa
Resolution. My name is Vernon Letourneau. I am a Regional Sales Manager for Red Bull North America. I am based out
of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I received my Degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2002. As a student there, I
was fortunate enough to be selected to take an "Intercultural Communications" class which brought us to Hawaii for a few
weeks. The class taught us about the history of Hawaii, and the beautiful local culture. We were lucky to be able to
spend much of our trip on the Big Island, specifically in Ka'u, where we were able to learn from the local families there all
about the customs and culture of that area.
Allowing the development of that area would most certainly destroy the beautiful landscape, the traditional lifestyles of
the people who live there, and ultimately the wonderful Hawaiian families who took us in and taught us about traditional
Hawaiian customs and culture. The temporary jobs, and low paying permanent ones cannot justify the damage that the
development would do to this area.
[t is your responsibility as Civil Servants to save the community you represent. I implore you to do so.
Thank you,
Vernon Letourneau
Vernon Letourneau
(218)310-0003
6805 W. 32nd St.
Sioux Falls, SD
57106
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