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<br /> Yahoo! Mail - hawaiicountycouncil(a~yahoo.com Page 1 of 1 <br /> M Jit{ L Print -Close Window <br /> Eliasr.~ <br /> From: 'Council Testimony' <counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us> <br /> To: hawaiicountycouncil(ayahoo.com <br /> Subject: FW: Walmart <br /> Date: VJed, 19 Sep 2007 0&:10:45 -1000 <br /> From: Pauahi Tarrant [maiRo:pauahi@gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:15 PM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: Walmart <br /> Aloha Honorable Council Members, <br /> I remember life in Hilo without Walmart? Very respectfully I ask: Do you? <br /> Living on Hawaii Island is becoming more difficult day by day. Average families are being priced out <br /> of their homes and communities. We are an emerging and burgeoning society. We are the last bastion <br /> of economic feasibility in the State of Hawaii . How much of Hawaii is left if all her people are forced <br /> out? <br /> Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, and other large retailers like them aze what keep most families <br /> surviving here. Many low income to high middle income families depend on and would benefit from <br /> these larger stores. <br /> Smaller companies and "mom & pop" stores can embrace the competition by truly meeting the <br /> individualistic needs of their consumer customers. They must however make the effort to find that <br /> niche. Specialty stores that evolve with society and keep their fingers on the pulse can and will <br /> prosper. <br /> Walmart, Home Depot, and Costco has improved the quality of my family's life. We are not recipients <br /> of any type of Social Service or Charity. We are the "working poor of America "and we <br /> appreciate and need the larger retailers! <br /> Thank you for your time and consideration. <br /> Mrs. McDonald <br /> Hilo <br /> Comm; No, 3 2 • SS <br /> Ref. To: ~e ttx~ <br /> Ref. Date 1 9 2007 <br /> http://us.f588.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter'?box=Inbox&MsgId=5967_3623571_8096_... 9/19/2007 <br /> <br />