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Page 1 of 1 <br />Eoff, Karen <br />From: The Awapuhi Farm [Aloha @awapuhifarm.com] <br />Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 2:06 AM <br />To: keoff@co.hawaii.hi.us <br />Subject: <no subject> <br />Aloha Hawaii County Redistricting Commission, <br />I would like to mahalo you for considering my opinion as a concerned and involved community member of the <br />Hamakua District 1. <br />We are long- time,(35 year) residents of the Hamakua and a 28 year awapuhi Farmers in the Pa'auilo area. We <br />wish to impress upon you our strong beliefs that the District of the Hamakua cannot be effectively represented <br />by a Hilo perspective, nor a Waimea to Kawaihae, Puako dry perspective. Our issues are vastly different. We <br />enjoy the representation now of a full interest in out issues of an agricultural history and current issues of <br />agriculture and rural lifestyles. <br />In this time in our lives it is more important than ever to support and maintain these important food growing <br />lands of the Hamakua and not to lump them in with communities with a more development minded priority and <br />population. We need to protect these lands from development and keep this rural district alive to, literally, keep <br />our island nation alive, as well. In this day in time we may be called upon, as in the past war times, to support <br />our islands with the foods we grow here. We may not be able to bring in, nor want to bring in, foods from far <br />away lands. The prohibitive fuel costs and unhealthful products result in our estrangement from our beautiful <br />`aina and our meaningful lives. <br />Please consider our needs and our requests. We do not support Plan A nor any plan breaking- up our District <br />of the Hamakua. <br />Mahalo for your attention, Aloha, <br />Sandra McDonald <br />11/2/2011 <br />COMM. 4 8. 7 1 <br />