HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0111.082 2010-2012 Murashige, Laura P1 Cow ca.
From: Doug Perrine [perrine @hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:34 AM
To: County Council
Cc: Dominic Yagong; Donald Ikeda; Billy Kenoi; Brenda Ford; Fred Blas; Pete Hoffmann; J
Yoshimoto; Fresh Onishi; Angel Pilago; Brittany Smart
Subject: VOTE NO on Bill 29, Draft 3
Dear Council Members:
If you vote to steal $1 million from the land fund that was established with the
overwhelming support of the voters of this county, please remember that you are also
taking away an equal amount in matching funds, so this is the least cost - effective way you
could possibly find to fund the things that the county has deemed more important than
protecting our aina. By your recent votes I understand that those "more important" things
include subsidized cheap golf fees and a marching band in Hilo. Please look forward to
that day in the future when your grandchildren discover old photos of the beauty that once
was Hawaii Nei and ask "what happened to this place and that place ?" and you have to
answer, well they are all built over and in private hands, now, so you will never see
those special places as God made them, but that's okay because we had some nice parades in
our day, and we didn't have to pay much for golf fees!" Make no mistake that if you vote
to raid the land fund you will be making a value judgement that golf courses (copied from
Scotland) are more important than the incredible natural beauty that has existed only on
Hawaii Island since time immemorial. You would also be making a judgement that the wishes
of the voters who elected you do not matter.
We the voters who have repeatedly voted to fund the land fund with OUR tax dollars believe
that our aina IS important, and that our legally recorded wished DO matter.
Sincerely,
Doug Perrine
Ref. To: pre y C. I
1 Ref. Dote JUN 1 2011