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From: EWATACON @aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 12:41 PM
To: jyoshimoto @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: (no subject)
3/29/10
COUNCILMAN:
AS A 3RD GENERATION GENERAL CONTRACTOR I URGE YOU TO STOP THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE BLDG CODE CHANGE OF ADDING INSULATION TO ALL HOMES! AS COUNCILWOMAN NAEOLE
STATE THIS CHANGE WILL ONLY ADD COST TO A ALREADY STRUGGLING CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY. ON MANY AREA OF THE ISLAND INSULATION IS NOT NEEDED AND THESE BUILDING
RULE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED OF MAINLAND WEATHER, ETC. ALSO IT WILL ELIMINATE THE
SINGLE WALL CONTRUCTION STYLE THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY CONTRACTORS OF THE PAST WHO
CAME FROM JAPAN, ETC. WHO BROUGHT THEIR EXPERTISE IN EARTHQUAKE & TYPHOON
CONSTRUCTION. LOOK AT ALL THE OLD HOUSES STILL STANDING AND WONDER WHY THEY HAVE
STOOD THE TEST OF TIME! MY HOUSE IN PUNA DOES NOT NEED AIR CONDITONING, ETC. WE
DONOT NEED THIS CHANGE.
EARL WATANABE
EARL WATANABE CONSTRUCTION
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3/30/2010
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