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From: Debbie Misaion <br /> To: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: NO Punalu"u Development <br /> Date: Monday,March 11,2024 9:04:18 PM <br /> To whom it may concern, <br /> I am writing to request the extension for Black Sands Beach LLC at Punalu'u be denied. <br /> Hawaii needs to stop tourism development given the fragile ecosystem and limited resources for the <br /> community. If Hawaii would discontinue further tourism development, then the price to entry would <br /> increase which would increase tax revenues. I'm not suggesting that tourism should be only for the <br /> wealthy. Rather, I am saying the Hawaiian Islands should be as expensive to visit as they are to live <br /> in. Tourists should have to save and budget to enjoy the destination, they should be encouraged to <br /> plan to come every other year, even every third or fifth year. The current race to the bottom that <br /> has been created by developing pristine property and making the islands mostly affordable for all <br /> tourists, all the time, must stop. Hawaii doesn't have the environmental resources, i.e., water, to <br /> welcome tens of thousands of tourists annually, wash their sheets daily, and fill their undrunk cups <br /> of water at the restaurants, and the people of Hawaii deserve a pleasant life and a home to live and <br /> enjoy that isn't exploited by multinational companies that pay low to moderate wages at best. <br /> No to Black Sands Beach LLC at Punalu'u. <br /> Warm regards and aloha, <br /> Debbie <br /> DEBBIE MISAJON A,AM BASSADO�R <br /> FOUNDER OF THE COCONUT TRAVELER <br /> .i e, ,oniY a.noee a corn sPecairng m mire lou..-h <br /> —9ooe.n me <br /> ae:poe:nie rormv <br /> .emaame�er.eaa,n a�gr <br /> weesne wne.e ro�ca9aiiroe or o.,1.1-tiog ou <br />