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From: Ariel Murphy <br /> To: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: PUNALUU PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT <br /> Date: Thursday,March 14, 2024 9:31:00 AM <br /> Ka`u is about the last frontier for the Big Island in terms of areas still <br /> in their relatively natural and undeveloped state. We all know the <br /> unseen collateral damages brought by so-called development. Yes <br /> there might be job opportunities. Yes there might be morethings to <br /> do in a relatively quite place like Punaluu. But these instant <br /> gratification "jobs" and "excitement" belie the long term damage <br /> that development entails: adverse effects on the beach, the honu, <br /> the environment; unwarranted commercialism and its permanent <br /> effects on our way of life, etc... <br /> Please deny the request of Black Sand Beach Punaluu LLC for a <br /> special use permit to develop the area. No more development and its <br /> attendant environmental and social impact! <br /> Mahalo! <br /> ariel <br /> Aloha and Namaste! <br /> ARIEL MURPHY, R(B), GRI, ABR <br /> BIG ISLAND BROKERS <br /> Tel No. 808-345-8475 (cellphone) <br /> arielmurphybigfileskgmail.com (business email) <br /> Board Director, Puna Community Medical Center (PCMC) http://punahealth.org/board- <br /> members-at-pcme <br /> Director, Orchidland Community Association (OLCA), Board of Directors <br /> Member, Government Affairs Committee, Hawaii Island Board of Realtors (HIR) <br /> Board Member, Philippine Women's Alliance of Hawaii(PWAH) <br /> "Look for the light!Study the light in everybody you come across. Notice it in total <br /> strangers. Notice it in people you love. Notice it even in people you think you don't like. <br /> Every time you're in contact with anyone, look for the light. Open yourself up to the <br /> resonance and notice the change that happens within you."-Karen Walsfrond(writer- <br /> photoessayist, engineer and lawyer) <br />