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From: susan dursin [sgd8 @hawaiiantel.net]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:06 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Bill 263
To: Hawaii County Council
From: Susan Dursin: testifying for self (808)328 -8514 sgd8 @hawaiiantel.net P.O. Box f246 Captain Gra,
HI 96704
Date: June 21, 2010 -�
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Dear Chairman Yoshimoto and Members of the Council:
Thank you for considering the substance of Bill 263. I am speaking in favor or this bill.
Because you are familiar with the underlying arguments for a 2% land protection amendment, I will speak only
about the justification for putting this proposed amendment on the November ballot.
1) You are not overriding the authority of the Charter Review Commission. Their proposal will appear on the
ballot. Of all the proposals, this was the one that required more discussion, more
compromise, and left more concern about the result.
2) A majority of voters approved 2% in 2008.
3) Although the economic outlook has changed over the past twenty months, you do not know whether voters
have changed their minds and would vote differently.
4) The need to protect open land for future generations -- particularly the most significant sites on this island --
has not changed. If anything, that need grows more pressing with every passing
year.
5) As elected officials, you have the responsibility to demonstrate that the public has the final say on a decision of
this magnitude. One of you has said that the silent majority is not in favor of a land protection clause. That may be
so. It's hard to tell with a silent majority. You have heard repeatedly from quite a few voices in favor of such a
charter amendment. The one means of reaching resolution on the issue is to put a full range of choice on the
ballot. There already is the choice between 1% and not adding an amendment to the charter. Please give the
voter the 2% choice.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Dursin
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