HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-05-06 Rob Benc OP From: Rob Benc
To: W PCtesti mono
Subject: Please don't develop Punalu'u
Date: Monday, May 6,2024 7:12:48 AM
Aloha e Chair Lin and Windward Planning Commission members,
As a Maui farmer and fisherman,I have seen the devastation of a tourist dependent economy and hope you vote to
deny the permit for the development of Punalu'u. The development of Punalu'u is a travesty that should never have
been built all those decades ago.It should now instead remain as a costal reserve of history and natural resources to
support the state's economic development away from the extractive tourist industry that has ravished my own island.
During my time at UH Hilo fishing with family and friends in Punalu'u were great times and the windward
community is obviously united in the opposition to this foolish endeavor.It would be a social and environmental
nightmare for locals.The resort,if built,would likely lead to crime and assaults that would in turn lead the resort to
likely just be abandoned again even if not hit by another Tsunami.
The old buildings have signs from the previous Japanese investors describing Hawaiians like an extinct population
that used to be there,please acknowledge living Hawaiians by denying any development permits at Black Sand
Beach and the surrounding TMKs.
Mahalo
Robert Bence
PO Box 901353
Kula,HI 96790
808-298-9228
Robert(ohawaiisustainable.com
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