2024-11-1 Adrienne Hew Testimony GP 2045

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From:heyhew@me.com To:WPCtestimony Subject:Subject: Testimony On Hawaii General Plan 2045 Date:Friday, November 1, 2024 10:39:04 AM I’m writing to express concern, if not outrage, at the General Plan being proposed. It wreaks of the kind of vague language that we have seen in the past is done to hoodwink the public into believing that our elected officials are working on our behalf, when in fact, it ALWAYS ends up in a land grab and nefarious attempt to strip rights away from those who pay your salaries. Here are a few concerns: The plan refers to STAKEHOLDERS, not HOMEOWNERS. Stakeholders, more often than not, refers to corporations or billionaires who buy off politicians and unelected officials for personal gain at the expense of the homeowner and taxpayer. What do these stakeholders have a stake in? What does this plan plan to accomplish? If it cannot be clearly defined, this GP needs to be abandoned and redone with the public’s input. The last thing communities need is "politics and technical coordination”. Stay out of the private lives of citizens. A smart plan would remove regulations on small farmers and put them where they belong on the polluting corporations and those who fly private planes or charter private sea vessels to and within the islands. Everyone knows that SUSTAINABILITY is code for raping the planet on YOUR terms. This is just a buzz word salad used to fine every day people who are not the source of the climate crisis. If you really cared about the planet, if sustainability were really the goal, the military concentration camp at Pohakuloa would be SHUT DOWN and private jets and yachts would be BANNED! There are too many issues to go into with this plan. Suffice it to say, TEAR THIS VERSION DOWN! And redraft a new version WITH THE PUBLIC’S INPUT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION! Mahalo, Adrienne Hew