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From: KonaBen [bendysart@hawaii.rr.com] 2009 APR s Phi S 2r~
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:00 AM
To: Debbie Hecht; Ford, Brenda; Greenwell, Kelly r ` r
Subject: Fw: 2% Land Money rUUV!'r i H",1011
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Yellow
Aloha all.... My e-mailer sent this message to the fund robber council members prematurely, it was not finished..
BUT good enough for government work so I am not going back to correct it..
Mahalo for all that you do, Ben
As may be obvious from this note I am becoming more emotional about this as time passes.. I am also concerned
about the attempted deferment of our local election reform effort..
Original Message
From: KonaBen
To: dikeda@co.hawaii.hi.us ; donishi@co.hawaii.hi.us ; jyoshimoto@co.hawaii.hi.us ; genriques@co.hawaii.hi.us
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 9:50 AM
Subject: 2% Land Money
Dear Sirs, I have been coming to the Big Island for over 20 years and moved here 10 years ago. During that time
I have seen few positive results from my property tax dollar. Although my children are grown i am particularly
distressed concerning Hawaii's dismal standing in their public school performance. On the other hand I was very
impressed when about 2/3 of the voters voted to use a small percentage of our taxes for a purpose other than a
developer sponsored one. Since moving here I have become a lot more involved in local government (We are
both precinct volunteers) and I am amazed that the executive branch is suggesting flying in the face of one of the
few voter mandates that have been
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Ref. Date APR 0r_ q 2009
4/6/2009