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Swallow, Linda
From: Kirk Puuohau-Pummill [kpummilltii)gemini.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 11:23 AM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: kanoe Puuohau-Vasquez
Subject: Puuohau Pummill = 6118/07 = Re: Hawaii County Resolution 169-07
Aloha kakou,
I am writing to voice my support of Hawaii County Resolution 169-07.
I have seen development of Hawaii lands for the sake of developers and investors do unthinkable things to the people and the'aina (land) in my
many years living close to the ocean as a Waterman. The Ben Dillingham's murder of Mo'ili'ili duck farmers in order to get their landlwater to
develop Waikiki. I grew up in Waikiki and watched as mainland developers took what they wanted with open-handed support of our elected
officials. I has all been for personal gain on the part of all of the players. Look at Waikiki now...every kind of municipal infrastructure problem you
can imagine. We the kamaina have no fish, because no reefs, we get sewer water instead. No excuses! I helped fight for saving Kalama Valley and
Sandy Beach. Pig farmers got kicked off their land-now it really stinks! Papa Brown was blackmailed by the State into paying the same taxes for
his little shack on Diamond Head as his rich neighbors-in order to pay these taxes he was forced to sell the properties in Kalahuipua'a-now the
waters are polluted, the anchialine ponds of this area are in ruin from golf coarse fertilizers and depletion of water from mauka development. On
and on are the examples of the Developers, Sate and County's inability to manage our lands.
I also question the integrity of the partners in this project. None of them have really demonstrated there care for the environment and the people.
Malama pono,
Kirk
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