Mahalo for staying active in the cause and lending your support!

You can immediately let your voice be heard by writing a letter to the editors (letters@honoluluadvertiser.com, letters@starbulletin.com, editorial@honoluluweekly.com, and NShoreNews@aol.com).

The next meeting of the Land Use Commission is not yet slated, we'll keep you up to date with a time and location as they become available.

Talking points for your letter

• Tell them who you are, where you live, why you are here, how you are connected to the land, and how you would be impacted by the proposed development.

• Respectfully remind them that ALL WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THE LAND USE COMMISSION TO DO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IS ISSUE AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO THE DEVELOPER AT TURTLE BAY RESORT. The 236 acres of property in question should be returned to its original agriculture classification due to decades of inaction by the developer.

• Turtle bay developers originally agreed to conditions and made representations in their timeline in 1986 that promised the state and this community to be finished with the project by 1996. Now, with no new hotels, no additional condominiums, no parks, and no affordable housing we must put an end to the endless speculation that has occurred under four different resort owners.

• This property has fallen into the limbo of receivership, its ownership is unclear, and there is no money in the current investment market to start or (much less) complete a project of this magnitude. To allow the developer to continue this behavior is to encourage land speculation. Residents no longer want or need this outdated expansion.

• The Land Use Commission was created to prevent land speculation in Hawai'i. Please carry out your obligation under state law and act in the interest of WE THE PEOPLE.

• The Land Use Commission should consider moving the next hearing to the North Shore/Ko'olauloa region of Oahu to ensure that those residents who would be most severely impacted by the proposed development at Turtle Bay can participate in the process.

Stay positive, active and strong- DOC