Hawaii General Plan Passed Against the Will of the People! (Measure Headed to the Ballot?)

➡ Michelle Melendez, a resident of Hawaii, is disappointed that the Hawaii General Plan was passed despite significant public opposition. She was alerted to the plan by a friend in national security and has been speaking out against it. She shares testimonies from others who oppose the plan, citing its vagueness and potential for misuse. Despite the setback, Michelle encourages unity and plans to continue advocating for the freedom of future generations.
➡ The speaker discusses their concerns about a health summit, a General Plan 2045, and the addition of a new high-paying position in the county. They express dissatisfaction with the lack of community input in these decisions and the potential for corruption. They also highlight the issue of land zoning changes, which they believe are not being handled properly and could negatively impact agricultural land and sustainability efforts.
➡ A community meeting was held where various individuals voiced their concerns and opinions. One woman, a native Hawaiian, expressed her opposition to a general plan (Bill 66) that could change land use and potentially affect property rights. She also prayed for the leaders to make the right decisions. Another speaker criticized the council for not listening to public testimony and accused them of already having made their decision. She also mentioned filing a complaint against two council members for harassment and supporting the plan despite public opposition.
➡ The speaker discusses the process of obtaining permits for land use and criticizes the planning department for restricting what people can do on their private property. They express concern over a general plan that they believe is opposed by the majority of the community. The speaker also criticizes certain council members and encourages people to vote for change. They end by encouraging unity and trust in the face of these challenges.

Aloha, everyone. Michelle Melendez here on the Big island of Hawaii. And I want to share with you what happened with the Hawaii General plan as the county council has passed it. You probably know that it’s been a couple days now and very disappointing, very disturbing because we’ve had thousands, thousands of testimonies opposing this plan for over two years. It just kept going, many, many people. And I just want to say so much, mahalo nuiloa to everybody who did show up, you guys. It has gone on public record. The majority of the people posed this plan. So that is not nothing.

And I do want to say that I feel it was a huge success for the people because we are coming together. Don’t give up. I do have plans to keep moving things forward for the freedom of our future generations. And you know, we’ve been called by the county council member, Rebecca Villegas. She called us conspiracy theorists. She said we were discrediting for protesting. Covid. There’s a reason why that this is all going down the way it is. And the main reason why I started speaking out against the general plan is because a friend of mine who works for national security, she’s a private contractor.

For over 30 years, she worked in espionage for national security of the United States of America. She is the one that contacted me in the first place years ago and told me, michelle, you’ve got to look at the general plan. You’ve got to let the public know about it. You know, I didn’t randomly just go, oh, let me just read a 300 page document and speak out against it. That’s not what happened. I was contacted by someone who works for national security who understands what the heck is going on in this country. And she told me to start speaking out against it.

That’s why I started. So I’m going to share with you guys five testimonies that I found that were really powerful around the general plan because we had, again, we had probably close to 50 or more people there and thousands of people have written opposing this plan for over two years. And I just want to say mahalo nui loa. It was not for nothing, you guys. It was not for nothing. We are coming together. That’s what matters. That’s what matters. And I do have next steps and the next steps, one of the next steps is coming together Weekly Tuesday.

I’m going to be doing what’s called, I’m going to be calling it Blossom Inner Wellness Path. And it’s about grounding and about starting to really utilize our power because our Power is from our heart. And this is something that I’m also practicing. I’m not perfect at it, but that’s where our true power is, you guys. When we come together from our heart and we send out a frequency of what it is that we want, then we start living from our intuition, our guided intuition, which our heart is connected to a greater power that we do not understand.

And we start living from that. That’s where our greatest strength is. And I want to start doing that on Tuesdays. Every Tuesday at 3pm it’ll be recorded, but it also is going to be for the mainland. So Blossom Inner Wellness. If you want to learn more about that and I’ll explain more at the end of this video. But the plan, Hawaii General Plan, even though there were 98%, 98% opposing this plan, of people opposing this plan and just recently out of the woodwork for the past, what is it, three months, has people been supporting it, you know, out of the woodwork after two, almost two years.

So let me just show you guys the testimony that was opposing it because they did pass it six to three. And I want to also share with you guys what happened to when I did a testify, when I during my testimony, because it was actually pretty, pretty disgusting. Again, it’s like I got harassed by a county council member. So I’ll be sharing that too. So this first one is Davina and she’s a friend of mine and I really appreciate her testimony. I live in Kau and have been on the island as a full time resident for the past 24 years.

I strongly, strongly oppose Bill 66 and GP 2045. And I respectfully petition to you, the Hawaii County Council, that you pause the adoption of the General Plan 2045 until a full legal, constitutional and community impact review is conducted. As one of the other speakers mentioned, the times that the words stakeholder used in the document rather than residents is very disconcerting. Plus, to honor the Hawaiian population here, it seems that they have not really gotten in on this. To vote to fully understand what’s going on, we ask, I ask that you pause the adoption. I ask that you disclose parcel level zoning changes and potential impacts in plain language, easy for all to understand, that you ensure full community engagement, especially for us in the rural and underserved populations.

Investigate and correct all mapping errors prior to the implantation. I know you’ve spent a lot of time on this. We’re asking that it get cleaned up and that it not be waiting for corrections to be made. 30 seconds. Map the areas correctly remove language mandating or favoring electric vehicles until safety, equity and infrastructure issues are fully addressed. Thank you for considering our request that you delay the adoption of the plan. Mahalo nui aloha. So she’s just requesting, she’s just requesting to delay it. She’s not even opposing it. She’s saying just delay it till you fix the errors.

So, you know, what she was saying is not too far fetched. Not a conspiracy, not out of the question. And then the next one is just really, really good. Yeah. Hi, my name’s Deborah Seavey and I’ve been a resident of Kona for almost 50 years now. I love this island. And I am very concerned and really actually scared about, about the Bill 66 being adopted. It’s clearly unclear in this bill as to what can actually take place. What kinds of powers can take our land away if they want. I know people say that they’re scared that this bill won’t, if it doesn’t move forward, that certain things won’t be able to happen or that it’s not vague, but this bill is vague.

And if it wasn’t vague, there wouldn’t be so many people on the island concerned about it. You know, I’m, I’m concerned about mistakes that are in the bill. Like, why would we, why would we adopt a bill that has mistakes? I mean, that just seems like real common sense to me. You know, like, why don’t we just fix the problems that the bill has? It just seems like, oh, like, duh, you know, there’s problems with this bill. Like there’s mistakes. Let’s, let’s fix the mistakes. Let’s get rid of the vagueness. Let’s not have stakeholders. Nobody even knows who the stakeholders are.

Who is this bill for? The interpretation of the bill is kind of like whoever is in power gets to interpret it. And this is not right. This is scary. And I think a lot of people here on the island that know about it are scared. So she’s absolutely accurate with everything that she said. And it is, the vagueness is so unbelievable in this plan. 310 pages. It’s, it’s, it’s unbelievable. But let me go to Pastor Kevin. I have two, one, two, three more people to show you, and then I’ll show you mine, which Heather Kimball actually harasses me during my testimony.

So, so you guys are going to want to see that one. But let’s go to Kevin. And I also want to say, remember? And I’ve been afraid. I, you know, there’s, I’M I was angry for a couple days. I couldn’t do this video because I was. I just wanted to scream and cry and. And now I’m just like, I remember why I’m here, why we’re all here. We have a light inside of us, and we have been. We have been following their game plan and being in fear and anger, and that’s where they want us. But actually, our power is through forgiveness, through love, and through trusting in our higher power and following our guided intuition, no matter how much.

How scary that is. I’ve always followed my guided intuition with my business. I’ve always gone, okay, what’s next for my business? Great Spirit, what’s next? And then I let the fear go of whatever. If I need the money or whatever. And something always shows up. My heart goes, michelle, you’re gonna do this now. And it only shows up when I’m out of fear, when I’ve absolutely let go of my fear. Because I remember one time I needed like two grand to pay all my bills. And I was like, okay, Great Spirit, I don’t know how this is going to work out, but I trust you and I know you’re going to show me what to do next with my business.

And I went to bed and 4:30 in the morning comes up. Why at 4:30? Because I’m out of fear. My body’s relaxed, and all of a sudden at 4:30, I wake up and I’m like, oh, my gosh, I’m supposed to do a health summit. So to hell Summit made $5,000. And I was like, this is exactly. This is our Kuleana, is to get out of fear, get back into what matters, which is our heart, and trust in the divine creator and start living from our intuition, our guided intuition. That’s our Kuleana. And that’s what I’m going to be doing next for Blossom Inner Wellness members.

So please join Blossom Inner Wellness. So let me go to Pastor Kevin and then Sarah, and then we have an auntie that spoke, and then I’ll share with you mine and show you guys the harassment that I got from Heather Kimball. Good morning, all. My name is Kevin Hill. I’m testifying from Hamakua coast and like 98% of everybody else in opposition to General Plan 2045. I reflecting, we’re almost coming up on the anniversary that got me out of just my life and busy schedule to come in and showing up at some of these meetings and paying attention to this very important group of county council members who make decisions that affect all the rest of the island and who are pledged and who are elected to speak for us.

And this is my primary testimony and my observation is that August represents two years that I’ve been coming and learning and studying and reading the general plan and the various iterations and coming and testifying and listening to other people and meeting other people who have legitimate, thoughtful concerns about General Plan 2045. And though you may be able to say technically that you’ve heard us, if 98, 95, whatever, of 7 to 8,000 testimonies are in opposition, then somebody’s not listening to us. Maybe they’ve heard us, but maybe not listening to us. I honor the three of you who have listened to the majority of that testimony, but there are six of you who haven’t.

And I wonder who you work for. So that’s point number one. This should have been fixed a long time ago. We’ve given input, thoughtful people have given input on all this. It should have been fixed. We should be approving a document that has had the people’s input, that’s of the people, by the people, for the people. If it would, you wouldn’t have a room full of people. So that’s number one. Number two, it has to be continued to be mentioned, that it’s unforgivable, in my opinion, and I think in process, that Hilo has no community development plan since 1976, that every other community represented.

That’s supposed to be a compilation of those community plans. That is the general plan. And somehow, conveniently, Hilo still hasn’t had that voice. I think that’s unforgivable. Lastly, and this is a public rebuke that anybody in county council who dismisses thoughtful residents coming and communicating about their concerns about anything, that’s before the. He gets cut off. After he talks about Villegas saying how we were conspiracy theorists and we’re discredited for protesting, which is a constitutional right. And we also are AI. We have AI psychosis, which is a mental illness. And so he was actually speaking to that.

And then he gets right cut off. So that was a pastor, and he’s. We. He’s was one of our. Was one of our ohana, which has been, again, August would be two years. So Davina and. And Deborah were in Kona. Kevin was online. Now Sarah’s going to be talking in Hilo, where all the county council members are, and look at everybody behind her, because this is what he’s talking about. He’s saying if you, if everybody was in alignment with this, you wouldn’t have a room full of people. Look at that, look at that. This is Hilo.

You know, I’m right here. My friend Eugene, Gene Tomoshiro. Just tons of people. You. And this is auntie who she. I’m going to share what she has to say. She actually does a prayer which is beautiful. But this is Sarah and she’s fantastic. So here’s what she has to say. Sarah Steiner here. First thing I just want to object to this thing says we get to talk three minutes. So I got here and now I find we get to talk two minutes. And it’s very difficult to even talk in three minutes. Okay, Bill 158 trying to add another high paying position to our already very large payroll of the county.

And I just don’t know like, do we not trust the mayor? Can he not oversee the departments? And this island is small compared to the other islands. And also I don’t understand why the department heads can’t do that job of organizing their departments, focusing on the future and doing all these things that this other coordinator was going to do because, because it just, it’s like redundant and we’re supposed to be making the government smaller and now we want to add somebody on who’s now going to be on for the rest of their life. They’re going to get retirements and benefits, cars, P cards, all this stuff.

If people just do their jobs and not be on the phones and their iPads and things and maybe we could get things done. So what she’s talking about is, she’s talking about that they have a bill that they want to bring in another person to then help or support whatever the mayor with all the departments. So remember I’ve done tech, I’ve done videos on Technocracy, which is that other people, scientists, engineers, want to remove legislative bodies and voting and all of that and have people in place to basically run the, the, the government. And that’s, this is what that is, you guys.

It’s somebody who’s not elected, who’s hired and he’s in there for a long time. And this is why I say the president doesn’t run the country. It’s the people who have been in office for a very, very long time who are moving the country in a certain direction. Same thing with the local government. Hawaii is very special because it is one of. It is probably the most corrupt state in the nation. And there’s so many, there’s so many things. I’m going to be interviewing Gary Cordery who is running for governor and we’re going to be talking about the absolute corruption of.

Of Hawaii. But that’s what Sarah’s talking about is they have a bill that they want to bring in, somebody who will supposedly support the mayor, and he. His power will be then, in my opinion, a lot more limited, which is absolutely disgusting. And that’s. That’s where that’s going. But we do have remedy, and I’ll be talking about that, which I have already, in a moment. All right, so then I just want to move to Bill 66, and I really strongly object the two minutes. Here’s a little timeline of the general plan. Somehow this general plan review process started in 2015, but that was with General Plan 2040.

Somehow that plan went through all these, you know, hundreds of meetings and all this stuff, but yet it dies in Covid. And all of a sudden now we’re renewed and we have this new general plan that nobody commented on yet. All the comments kind of move up from the, the, you know, the comments before. I just think that this was not done properly. I think there’s so much land that’s being subject to, you know, changing the zoning, even though the plan itself says this is not an official thing. We can’t change the zoning at all. But the county shall enact all these zoning changes that they’re taking.

I mean, look at. This is not. There’s no concern for climate change when you’re clustering everybody on Bayfront in downtown Hilo. What about Leilani Estates? You’re going to urbanize lava zone 1 when the lava just covered half of it. Who owns these strips of, you know, land that are slated to stay able to be people living on. And the rest goes all this green all around the island, dark green. That’s ag land. You say you’re for sustainability and you want people to thrive, but you’re taking away the ag land. And then on the natural, you got to leave a natural.

How much ag are you really going to do? So I just want to show you guys that green is what she’s talking about. That’s important. Ag land that’s going to turn to natural, which is going to have different rules and regulations based on natural zoning or, I’m sorry, natural land use. Then look at all the teal. Most of Big island, that’s all teal. That’s all conservation. And you can’t see it. But that teal wraps the almost. Almost the entire border of Hawaii, Hawaii Island. So all that teal is conservation? No. No building, no farming, no. No people.

Anyway, all this Urban clustering over here, dry side of the island. They’re always in water restrictions. And then you’re going to take all the food producing land away, which is right here, which would be really convenient for the people to eat and locally. And then up here. There’s nothing up here. That’s Pulico. You’re going to make a whole new city up at Puko. That’s a fire zone. I mean, look, you’re already burning out. People are burning out over there. The, the plan is so much. Sarah. Yes. Do not approve it because I will join the lawsuit.

So she gets a clap. Everybody’s loving that one, including myself. Oh my God, it was fantastic. And then the chair’s like, he reprimands everybody. He, he says, you know, please do not clap because we want people to feel comfortable whether or not they oppose or agree with the plan. We want them to feel comfortable with, with testifying. So he’s basically saying, you know, make sure this is a safe zone for everybody. But he doesn’t reprimand the county council when she harasses me. And this is the second time this has happened to me during my testimony. So let me go to mine.

And then I want to finish off with Austin. Oh, here’s the auntie. Here’s the auntie. I forgot I was. I wanted to show you this. Aloha. Aloha, Council members. You know, I, I’m, I’m here. I heard this. I was here like half an hour now. Heard all the gripes, all the grumbles. But I remember the pastor was here and he said, and, and you know, I live Maku Hawaiian homes for 40 years and I’ve been in Pune for almost 70. September. I will be 70 years old. But I heard the pastor said that you guys are the steward of the land.

That’s what you guys are up there for. And you know what God told me? No need. I’m in opposition of the general plan, you know, Bill 66. And it’s because of. I don’t want to change the egg to natural. I have a 5 1/2 Ekalatti in Maku and I’ve been working really hard for 40 years. So I don’t want my stuff to be taken. Yes. So I just want to pray. I like to pray for you guys. How gracious and heavenly father. I have two minutes and I need to ask the people, our leaders, to make the right decision.

And I hear all the grumbles. Everybody stress it out to the max. I can’t do that. I got to Take it straight to heaven. And so you’re the boss. Mahaloa nuiloi KE akua. And please make sure our native people, Hawaiian people of Hawaii, get to voice their opinion. But they don’t come here like everybody else. They don’t. They stay home. They’re grumbling, they’re upset, but they don’t come in front everybody. So I just pray you would help our people and the rest of the people on this island. I love you, I thank you and I praise you and be with our leaders.

I ask this in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. How perfect is that? She does a prayer, and at the very end, when she’s pow. Done. Complete, then her time is up. It was absolutely perfect. So that was a native Hawaiian auntie who came and she struggled to get there. So she was in a walker to sit down. It was a. It was a struggle. And then when I’m testifying, she leaves. And you’ll see in the background that she has a. She’s got a hard time. But she showed up. She showed up, and that’s what matters.

I personally feel that their decision was already made. And no matter what we said they were going to do what they were going to do, they absolutely didn’t listen to us. I am going to share my testimony and then finish off with Austin’s and then share with you guys about COVID I have filed a complaint with the board of Ethics against Viegus, and I’m going to be updating that with a complaint against. Against Kimball as well, for harassing me as well as the whole entire. The. The ones that supported this plan after thousands of people have opposed it.

It just shows that public testimony has. Has no power here in Hawaii. And that’s disgusting. So let me show you guys my testimony. I think you’ll appreciate it. And then Austin’s, which is funny and really dead on. The guy’s amazing. So I. I do want to share what the clerk says. The county clerk. Because people. Ken did a testify testimony. He was great. And people clapped again. And the. They can’t. We can’t help it. Clapping. Because these. These test testimonies are phenomenal. But here’s what the county clerk had to say. 6, 7. To be followed by Jonathan Keneally.

Point of order. Point of order. Sorry. Really? Chair, is there some repercussions if people continue to disrespect what they’ve been asked very kindly a number of times? Mr. Clerk, do we have any policies for removing people from the chambers? If they don’t abide by the protocol. That was. That was viegus. She should be removed for. For doing a craft work, which you’re going to explain what she’s. She was doing a. I’m just going to stop this for a second. She was doing a. Rebecca Villegas was doing a craft project. She had some type of tea leaf or something that she was wrapping around something circular while people were giving testimony, just doing this crafty thing.

And I call her out on it, and then she’s calling people out, oh, can we do something? When people are continuing to disrespect the testimony, but yet she’s disrespecting the entire process by doing a craft artsy project during public testimony. Isn’t that interesting? And then she’s the one that calls the county clerk to. To reprimand us. Here’s what he says. If it’s determined to be disruptive, point where it disrupts proceedings. What the chair is asking for is just a common courtesy to refrain from displaying either support or opposition to people’s testimony. So those people feel that they’re comfortable in doing so.

That’s all he’s asking or doing. And I think he’s getting tired of asking for it. And I understand that. I understand why you brought that up. It’s just about respecting other people’s opinions. Yeah. Let’s watch this. Thank you so much with that chair. Our next testifiers are again, Michelle Melendez testifying on Resolution 567 and Bill 66. Michelle, when you’re ready to begin, please introduce yourself. You’ll have two minutes per agenda item if you can clearly transition. If not, it’ll be two minutes total. Michelle Melendez, Public testimony is not supposed to be a formality. It is not supposed to be a box that the government checks before moving forward with a predetermined outcome.

Public testimony ensures that government remains accountable to the people it serves. One of the greatest concerns is the impact of private property owners. Not no local would ask for their land to be redesignated in a way that creates uncertainty regarding future use, property values, permitting financing and developmental rights. If the people directly affected objected once they learned of the changes, how can it be claimed that this plan was created by the people? We were called conspiracy theorists for questioning this plan. Yet the very organization cited in the plan on page 56, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, reported on May 19, two weeks ago.

You guys. That it’s ready to drop its most extreme scenario because global efforts to slow climate change make the Worst case scenario, implausible. Climate change is a fourth of the general plan, yet they have changed. The climate experts have changed the narrative. This was on Fox News, this was on the United Press International and more. Land use decisions, property rights, infrastructure and future regulations should not be based on projections that may later be substantially revised or proven inaccurate. No amount of time, money or effort invested in creating a plan can justify implementing a document that contains significant errors, unresolved public concerns and policies that affect residents, that affected residents do not support.

At the end of the day, you guys, your duty is not to defer a process to do crafts while people testify, which is extremely rude, Villegas, not to defend this document. Your duty, your duty is to defend the people of the island. And I want to speak on 567 authorities this the acquisition of private property by imminent domain for an area where. This is exactly one reason about the general plan that we are so concerned about. Do you guys know that the plan map, the majority of the outline is set to be conservation? The majority of the Big island is set to be conservation.

And now you have a resolution here that wants to acquire private property by eminent domain for a beach, road or public roadway. This is the start, in my opinion. And this is absolutely dishonoring of Hawaii locals, of the natives who have land there. The Kanaka have land there. And thank God for this auntie who came out to speak for the Kanaka. I mean, if these people could actually really come here and feel comfortable, I don’t know why they’re not here, but they need to be here. And we’re trying to speak not just for them, but for us and how much we love this island.

Also, we know, we know that it’s not changing the zoning. This plan does not change zoning. It changes the land use, which then sets it up to be changing the zoning and telling farmers what they can and cannot do in private. Yes, it does keep Kimball. It absolutely does. When you have a land use change and then somebody goes in, what is the first thing the planning zoning does? They look at the land use. If somebody comes in to do a permit, they look at the land use on the general plan. So. And Rebecca, it’s extremely rude to locals to be doing a craft while people are giving testimony.

You need to be respectful. So I think I got claps as well. People were like, so let me explain what I said. I misspoke. And what I was trying to say was when someone comes in to get a permit, which they shouldn’t even have to get a permit because Private property is under the constitution. You shouldn’t have to get a permit to do something on your own private property. But when somebody decides to go by the rules of the corporation that runs this country and goes into the planning department to get a permit, the first thing the planning department does is look at the land use.

That’s what I was trying to say. So if the land use changes, it literally tells the planning department what that person can and can’t do on their own private property. And. And Kimball was mouthing, no, it doesn’t. No, it doesn’t. Like Vegas did to me before. That is, I have. I’m filing a complaint with the board of ethics. Doesn’t mean that this plan in the general plan is not going to move forward. But we do have. We. We have power in numbers, you guys. We have power in numbers. And I wanted to finish off with Austin’s because Austin’s was really, really good.

Before I go to Austin, I want to go to auntie Kalei because she. She kicks it out of the ballpark. She actually shows how many people have opposed this plan, and she spent a really lot of time researching this. I reviewed hundreds of written testimonies from 2024 to 2026. So the first 20, 2024 to 2025, was before the planning commission. And what I found was 98% opposed. General Plan, 2045, fact, then the planning, then it went to the council. So 2025, 2026. What I’m finding from the written testimonies and some oral testimonies, that 67% are opposed to 2045.

We’re in opposition. So my question, though, is, once it was opposed 98% before the commission, how come it comes over to the council? And the county council members are not asking questions. They’re not concerned about the 98% against 2045. They continue to have conversations, but they don’t want to ask us questions. They don’t want to have discussions. So what’s going on with the majority rules? So I just want to say a little bit to that. We got to get our elections corrected because there’s so much fraud here. It is unbelievable. And I’m wondering that’s why Kimball’s not.

Doesn’t have all of her posters up, and she’s not really out in the community. Wren, who’s running against her for District 1 and vote for Ren. I met him. He’s phenomenal. We’ve got Boot Kimball out. She’s. She’s something special. I mean, she’s that woman. She’s partly a big reason why this is moving forward. So the last testifier I want to share with you is Austin. Aloha. Kleptocrats and bureaucrats and thieves and the few honorable people among you that I have great respect for. Let me start. I’m going to start with158 because it’s really interesting. What if we dissolve the Galactic Senate? Okay.

And instead we shall have a new island empire led by a new manager and the mayor. What do you guys think? We like it. Come on, Kimball. I know you like it. Right? You introduced it. And I’ve seen your contempt this entire time. And Mr. Chair, I’d like to raise the point of personal privilege that the First Amendment expression of audience members who may clap politely after someone speaks is. Is not obstructing business, but the contemptuous behavior of certain members of this committee certainly do. They make us feel much less safe to give our testimony because the weight of the government stands behind each of you.

It is a powerful responsibility. And heavy is the head that wears the crown.158 looks like a massive power grab. Not even just against other parts of the government. Not just a restructuring. This actually looks like a. Hey, we’re going to. We’re going to just take this out of the hands of the people. We don’t need this inconvenience. Mr. Chair, this. This. I respect that you have a good understanding of procedure and the importance of keeping a balanced proceeding. And I do appreciate that. I would just encourage that that be aimed more at the disrespectful council members than it be aimed at the public.

I’m here. I’m not here to tell you Bill 66 actually bans anything by itself. Let’s clear up some misinformation. Bill 66 does not take away your property or your diesel on its own. It. It creates a mandate that the government shall do so later. It is a two step process. To steal property from someone, you’ve got to give yourself the moral grounds to do so. And then you’ve got to effectuate the actual theft. Open the plan. It sets a goal to move towards eliminating fossil fuels on Hawaii. That’s your language, not mine. So when a member tells a rancher no one is coming for your truck, I’d ask that member to read that goal aloud and explain what eliminating fossil fuels means for the man hauling feed and diesel.

Council member Kirkwood has said that fossil fuel decisions are made at the state level and out of the county’s control. It’s a good point. Why write it into a binding 20 year guidance document for goodness sakes? Either it’s idle, in which case strike it, or it’s the political pretext for an enforceable ordinance that comes next. Look at what sits side by side in this document. Net zero carbon mandates, renewable technology mandates, global growth confined to urban cores and extensive agricultural land redesignated toward natural land that constrains farming less fuel less farming less private development fenced in.

When you read these four together, it stops being a planning document. It is a managed decline of the working life of this island. And I’ll call it what it is. It is extinctionist towards the rule, the agricultural and the self reliant. And here’s what you cannot argue. When thousands of your own constituents objected, members of this body called it a conspiracy theory. Personal attacks and AI psychosis. You diagnosed the people you serve. Thank you for your testimony. Rather than hearing them, we’re going to have to move on. So that is what some of the testimonies were.

And I just want to again acknowledge everybody who came out. You guys, this isn’t over. Please join standtogether hai.com There is a reason why we each are here on the island. There’s a reason why you guys came out. There’s a reason why you’re still watching this video. We need to stand together, unified in one one feeling of what we want, which is freedom just to live our lives. Freedom to have private property, which is our God given right. Our rights come from God, not from the government. And what we do next is going to come from our heart.

So either join standtogetherhawaii.com or Blossom Inner Wellness. So let’s do a prayer and call in the Great Spirit or whatever God you want to call God, whatever is your heart is telling you. Great Spirit, infinite intelligence. This is a game we came to play. And the only way for emotional expansion and spiritual growth is through contrast. Otherwise there’s no spiritual growth. So if we were not up against something that is scary for us, you know, the foundation of our property being taken from us possibly is a scary thing. And Great Spirit, I just know that there’s a reason why I was brought here and why each of us is brought here to the island or grew up here.

And I trust you and I know that there’s an answer here and right now in this present moment. I don’t know what it is, but I know it will show up. And Great Spirit, we just know that there are good people in the government that are supporting us and we call forth the truth of our election process that that come to the surface to be remedied and that more and more people stand up for what is right. Great Spirit, we know that this world can be a better place. We trust in you. We trust in our own hearts that guide us every single day.

Everything, every single step of the way. We don’t know how this is going to work out, but it’s going to work out. Because everything we need always shows up. Our guardian angels are always with us and we’re always being guided. Thank you so much. And so it is sending you and your ohana so much aloha from the big Island.
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