HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0489.302 2018-2020 COUNTY CLERK From: Topher Dean -COUNTY OF HAWAII
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Please vote in favor of Bill 101 n19 OCT 15 AN : 10
Date: Thursday,October 10,2019 11:34:44 AM
Dear Honorable Council members,
During the County Convention, I handed many of you a packet with a link to a
company that makes municipal steam weeding machines. There are many companies
that make these tractors. They target areas around signs, guardrails, roadsides,
sidewalks, in our parks around our schools. These tractors are cheaper to operate than
the spray truck you currently use and get the job done just as fast. They also have the
added benefit of cleaning off the salt that accumulates from our salty air, thereby
saving even more money by increasing the longevity of our infrastructure.
I know you're aware that there is no longer any debate, Round Up causes cancer.
Certainly you've seen the advertisements from law firms wanting to sue Monsanto, I
say good, sue them until they're dead. We don't need their filthy poison. Science has
also proven that Round Up persists in the environment for years, accumulating layer
after layer and seeping into our groundwater and ocean.
Finally,it's ugly. No one wants to drive along our roads or visit our parks and see the
dessicated weeds. Then what happens? We have to look at the poisoned Aina for'a
couple of months and then the weeds are back just as strong and thick as they were
before, in fact, even stronger, because they build resistance. It's a never ending loop of
insanity. Why not break that loop and just buy one of these steam tractors and try it
out. Just try it,what are you afraid of?
Don't take my word for it, listen to other County Council
members: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBmuSdsBnNs
Fight with aloha,
Topher
Comm. No. T `- 302.
Ref. To: P!M' MC'
Ref. note OCT,' 5 2019__