HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-07 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Sadie Dossett Opposition Testimony From: Sadie Dossett
To: WPCtestimonv
Subject: In Opposition to Development
Date: Thursday,March 7,2024 5:31:36 AM
To whom it may concem,
There should not be development in Punaluu.The most important reason why is because of the turtle habitat that
needs to be protected.The amount of damage from overdevelopment that could be done to their habitats could make
these beautiful creatures even more endangered.Just thinking about ignorant people who may bother these poor
animals is upsetting,but imagining what the turtles may have to struggle with from pollution from the development
is even worse.Not enough research has been done on how significant this area is and a development would not
improve that.Even if the area was not an important place for an endangered specious,the spot does not need
development.
Hawaii needs rest from all the over development.Ka'u is one of the last places that hasn't been completely overrun
by transplants,tourists,and those who do not respect the space they are lucky to occupy.
I was bom and raised in Puna and many of us there have watched(especially over the past four years)as places that
used to be available for the residents to visit have become overrun with people who do not respect or maintain the
beautiful places they go.Tourists especially seem to think that they can go wherever they choose and in my
experience often harass the people and wildlife that are there.
There is too much at stake to allow a development so big.To hear that a golf course,which in my opinion is one of
the most wasteful water guzzling environment destroying developments you could do,may also go there makes me
worry for the quality of life for any of the wildlife in Ka'u.And 225 short term places to stay for tourists?When
there are so many homeless and so many displaced and so few people who can afford to live in Hawaii?It seems
cruel and as though these developers only care about money,they do not care about the island,its residents,and its
wild life.
I hope that at the hearing today the developers can realize that there is so much opposition for what they are trying to
do.I hope they can open their eyes and prevent the destruction they are trying to cause.Keep Ka'u Ka'u.
Thank you for your time.
-S Dossett