HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm. No. 2019-13 Catherine Inslee Testimony 08.06.2019Comm. No. 2019-13
Pahoa Megalith.txt
Hi. My name is Catherine Inslee...I'm your neighbor in Pahoa. Did you know PUNA HAS
ANOTHER OPTION for recovery that has been UNFAIRLY KEPT FROM YOU? Something THAT IF
WE CHOSE TO ACTIVATE could support all our many diverse needs as a community here?
Let me paint a picture. Most people have heard of Stonehenge in the UK. A large
stone circle possibly for Sun and star watching? Pretty famous megalith, right?
People come every day to look at it.
WELL, WE HAVE A MEGALITH right here in Pahoa! Bigger than Stonehenge, made of
massive a'a boulders some as big around as trees!
AND IT HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM VIEW FOR GENERATIONS... that's why you don't know about
it already!
Our Pahoa feature is 18 acres large, cut into wedges and meant for STUDYING THE SKY
a little at a time. For building star charts. For becoming a MASTER NAVIGATOR.
The entire site around there is loaded with navigational artifacts. And guess what?
There is a sister site in Alaska, too! WOW! And on Molokai'i, too! And on Kohala,
too.
And yes, Hawaiians built stone megaliths all the time. Not so the US Coast Guard,
however, which is who you will be told was the originator of this site if you sniff
around.
So WHAT WOULD HAPPEN FOR OUR RECOVERY if we decided to develop a little World-class
State Park right here in Pahoa?
Wouldn't Pahoa be great with a few hundred POND visitors a day? Or a thousand?
Something on par with the number of friends and visitors who had been staying in
Kapoho guest houses on any given weekend?
This MEGALITH in Pahoa is a Hidden Treasure. With it we can build a PUNA centered
around LEARNING, preservation, ELEVATING THE HAWAIIAN CULTURE and hosting the MOST
PONO VISITORS POSSIBLE; those interested in amazing human history.
Why do you think YOU STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS as an option for Puna at your
local speak -out? You think maybe SOMEONE WANTS TO LOOK AWAY? You think maybe
Hawaiian ARTIFACTS are a HOT ISSUE right now?
We can choose to build something beautiful here in Pahoa. But not if this option is
hidden from you. Not if you can't think about it and decide. This is a world class
solution for Puna. Not just more house lots for Tax income.
Mahalo. Catherine Inslee beepnet@gmail.com
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