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COTITY CLERK
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From: Donald Wessels [dfwjr @yahoo.com] 3 PM 12: 30
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 11:38 AM
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To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Support for Bill 113.
Aloha, Council
I don't like it that there are two anti-GMO bills, it is a distraction and confuses the issues.
That said, I prefer Councilperson Margaret Wille's Bill 113 because it reaffirms to the
deeper principles of the public trust doctrine and the precautionary principle. Each bill has
some good restrictions on genetically modified organisms but it is the deeper principles of
public trust and environmental care that will endure beyond the regulation of this present
GMO threat.
Hawaii Island is a unique place and has a great natural heritage that is dieing and
disappearing. We need to take a stand against this serious decline. We need to protect
Hawaii Island's agricultural and ecological base because we need it. Concern for a healthy
environment is our right and our duty to ourselves and our children.
We the concerned citizens of Hawaii County understand the science of GMOs and we do
not trust it. We also understand what the concerns of the giant international biotech
businesses and we are not their concern. The so-call science paid for by the biotech industry
reflects their main concern of larger profits. But, of course that is their job. What is the job
that concerns you, the Hawaii County Council? The County's only legitimate concern is to
serve the Health and well being of all its citizens. When push comes to shove your main
purpose is to serve we the people. Your concerns should lie with health and well being that
stands the test of time.
It is up to this council, for it is within your authority, to establish enduring principles that will
stand and defend the health concerns of the people of Hawaii County. And, It is up to the
citizens of Hawaii County to hold this council to account to its duty to effectively manage the
natural heritage that now is in your hands. Please see to it that this government leaves a legacy
of health to our grandchildren and to their grandchildren.
Whatever comes of these anti-GMO laws and associated committees let this be the beginning of
the discussion on what is best for the natural and cultural heritage of this unique place.
Mahalo
Donald Wessels
"Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it
is glorious even to fail.”
Bruce Lee
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Ref. Date SEP t4 2013
9/3/2013