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Oet 02 07 01:16p Wallaee IYakamoto 808-3223111 p.
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October 2, 2007 L`. ~ ~ v 1' ~
Dear Mr. Higa,
"Thank you for your proposal to BAN superstores.
In reading West Hawaii Today, Oct. 2, 2007, "Superstore ban last item on cotw~~ i€;enda
Wednesday
The paper says Pete Hoffmann, Brenda Ford said they believe the bill has ma or : aiv, s
that should render it useless.
Chris Yuen said recently the county wouldn't be able to stop Wal-Mart from Luih:Cn~r,
even if the bill is past.
I believe that Stacy Higa's strategy to pass he bill as soon possible, to help pr.~ c' ~ 1 :he,m
from building is great!
There are people who watch things happen, and there aze people who wonder .vru
happened, and there are people who makes thing happen!
Pete Hoffmann, Brenda Ford and Chris Yuen, you should HUI with Mr. Higa arae
strengthen the bill so it cannot be circumvented.
Don't me wrong I shop at Wal-Mart, Kmart, Costco, but when is enough, enou€k:'
I've seen enough small businesses close its doors because they can't compete x ~ t; ~ these
big discount stores. The population on this island is not big enough to support ttie;~ kinds
of super stores and not have an impact!
Mahal`o~ f/o~r your time. A /
Wallace Nakamoto
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' Y -~upers'tc~re ban last item on council agenda ~r~~eca_~ .K~~~~c:lay
BYJIM QUIRK ferent stock keeping units, and ~wnisg segrrlations.t' t;^, ern I .i] ii ::+i Village.
WESTHAWAIITODAY dedicating more than 20,000 While Higa believes amen- '~'Se ccc.:i: tvi9 ~;ute on=
iquirkt~,uestnawai~todag.com grass square feet of floor area orandum of agreement the I .ee s?pa .~r +i:.la ltat: will
HILO - A groposed biA to to the sale of groceries." county has with DHHL would p'. ndde moc ~ y ' cr Clas;e sepa-
baa , "supeistoCey';.Ait the. Hoffmann and Ford said compel DHHL to abide by the n .i e projec-.; ; c the healakehe
Island stlialaistite7n on t14G the biggest problem with the proposed "superstore' legisla- ?~~'a.,tewat~ar '7i dmeni: Plant,
~~~~~~„~n~ bill is that, because it spe Y lion, Yuen disagrees and sod it ue l.+ding hon+ rug; S4 million
for Wednesda}~s regular pteet- fies an exact size, a com an would not. ti remove s.i r: a froth iL.
- eto to ic. interested in buildingabigbox In other business on fne::ounci! Ils.lscvoteon
p p store could easily circumvent Wednesday, the council plans ! ~i!I b~ bn:, .!):5 n•-Ilion to
Submitted by Hilo
Councilman Stacy Higa and the: rule, for instance, by simply to vote on the second read- i+,.~kr r:er.t:: c ;iad as at the
approved on its first reading dedicating 19,000 square feet ingsofseveralbillsintendedtc p ::n t. r'.no.lsrr ' il', d:+.: council
in a 5-4 vote, the bill proposes for the sale of groceries. provide big money to various is. slated to :c : c;n : alts for
to prohibit constmction of"big Higa, meanwhile, said sewage treatment projects- U ending $6b+i tu0 ii~:~ a mas--
box" stores such as Super Wal- recently he believes it's impor- One of the bills calls fo[ t~ t plan or , :;i ; .+pgrades
Marts on the island. tant to pass the bill as soon bonding $24.09 million tc :Le plant. ,
Since the bill's first read- ~ Possible to help prevent replace two large capacity cess- n yct a:uah; r I:.ia, t:e coon-,,.
ing two weeks agor tt~~l Wal-Mart from building a new pools, one for Naalehu/Pahaia ~i r•il' ~r.;,~ rnc~ther to,
Cha&rman ,,,P.,ete 1~om3nn4" "superstore" behind its existing and the other for Honokaa b ~ ad ~ls n.il ~ n':. fart a. prof-;,
licolia~a, and South Kong facility in Hilo. A separate bill calls for ,c~ t~ reld i,-r m Kcanohana;
Cotincihvoman Brenda Fords PlannBztg-'I)irector Chzas obtaining $2 million more in Heights lar c- ~,apacity cess-
said they believe the bill h@s, Yuen aajtd, recently the. coon; state revolving funds for the pant. The ~.u i :il ha:l previ-t
mater flaws that would rende+p ty ~gouldn't 6e ,able. to sfnpj Honokaa cesspool project. r, r;i_, appru S3"0,000 for,.
r~"use~ess- . ~il-Mart from building. the The council also plans tc t.i~~ p~rojec2: :I,r-, additional„
The proposed Legislation facility even if the bill passed vote on bill that calls for bond- 3 million i c ua:r ed because,.
would ban construction of berawse the land is owned by 3 ing an additional $350,000 or n ~ iucreast - I ::.ga and con-„
a "superstore° that exceeds the Depattmeat of Hawaii~r top of the $500,000 it alread} c uction < rt: as +vcl: as to
90,000 square feet, "offering Home Lands, -which dcesi~t bonded for a project to replace + :place sr vo'vir_l; fund
for sale more th:m 25,000 dif- have to comply with cotm$' the large capacity cesspool it m. mcy.