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From: 'Council Testimony' <counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us>
To: hawaiicountycouncil(ayahoo.com
Subject: FW: Walmart
Date: VJed, 19 Sep 2007 0&:10:45 -1000
From: Pauahi Tarrant [maiRo:pauahi@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:15 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Walmart
Aloha Honorable Council Members,
I remember life in Hilo without Walmart? Very respectfully I ask: Do you?
Living on Hawaii Island is becoming more difficult day by day. Average families are being priced out
of their homes and communities. We are an emerging and burgeoning society. We are the last bastion
of economic feasibility in the State of Hawaii . How much of Hawaii is left if all her people are forced
out?
Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, and other large retailers like them aze what keep most families
surviving here. Many low income to high middle income families depend on and would benefit from
these larger stores.
Smaller companies and "mom & pop" stores can embrace the competition by truly meeting the
individualistic needs of their consumer customers. They must however make the effort to find that
niche. Specialty stores that evolve with society and keep their fingers on the pulse can and will
prosper.
Walmart, Home Depot, and Costco has improved the quality of my family's life. We are not recipients
of any type of Social Service or Charity. We are the "working poor of America "and we
appreciate and need the larger retailers!
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Mrs. McDonald
Hilo
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