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SOMETHING TO BRAGG ABOUT
(Editor's note: the following letter is in response to Nov. 22, 2007 edition of Rob Report titled "Ag Lands and the 'M' Word.")
I was one of the people who walked the land with Patricia Bragg when she was looking at buying this pristine land that is now up for subdivision. At the time, my ears heard, "I will farm this land and make it beautiful and productive for all. We will grow food, like I do on my 40 acres in Byron Bay, and give back to Mother Earth in this way, because I can!"
Well, do the latest actions of Ms. Bragg align with these words? No! I, for one, am tired of hearing one thing from someone, then seeing another thing happen that rapes our Earth, all in the name of the almighty dollar! It's time for us in the state of Hawai'i to wake up to the usage of our resources and how we plan for future generations.
Do we really want to rely on containers of food from the mainland, when we could grow our own? We can be a model of sustainablility for the rest of the nation. Join a group who cares and is doing something like Maui Tomorrow or Maui Coastal Land Trust.
I have been using Bragg products as a health coach and nutritionist for years. I will no longer buy them until I hear that the subdivision plans have been rescinded and I see something moving forward more in alignment with what Ms. Bragg initially said and the land is being treated well.
You may print this. I'm also going to be sending it along to Ms. Bragg herself, who I understand, wasn't Paul Bragg's daughter after all. Seems she is a big sham and no better than most of the folks running for office right now. What we see is not what we're getting! Why is that?
| Laurel White, Paia
December 06, 2007
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SOMETHING TO BRAGG ABOUT
(Editor's note: the following letter is in response to Nov. 22, 2007 edition of Rob Report titled "Ag Lands and the 'M' Word.")
The Rob Report about our irreplaceable farmland being lost to developers was sickening. Isn't this like sawing off the branch your sitting on? The news about health guru Patricia Bragg exploiting land for monetary gain was really shocking.
Most of us that are health conscious buy Bragg products so with all those sales she obviously does not really need the money. I am going to boycott her products as a way to send a message that we won't tolerate such hypocrisy and I urge everyone else to do likewise. Maybe then Bragg will re-think her attempt to try to make money off of land she promised to protect.
I am not going to put my money behind the raping of yet another pristine area of Maui. We need to stop this insanity before it is too late.
| Sam Johnson, Kahului
December 06, 2007
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SOMETHING TO BRAGG ABOUT
(Editor's note: the following letter is in response to Nov. 22, 2007 edition of Rob Report titled "Ag Lands and the 'M' Word.")
Rob Report is always a great addition to your paper but this week's was the best. All I needed to read was the headline and look at his great photograph and I had the whole story.
| Robie Price, Haiku
December 06, 2007
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SOMETHING TO BRAGG ABOUT
(Editor's note: the following letter is in response to Nov. 22, 2007 edition of Rob Report titled "Ag Lands and the 'M' Word.")
I'm really upset about what's happening with the land in Waiehu. [I'd] like to tell that lady Patricia Bragg to go home and stop trying to make money out of our Aina.
| Leilani J, via email
December 06, 2007
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SOMETHING TO BRAGG ABOUT
(Editor's note: the following letter is in response to Nov. 22, 2007 edition of Rob Report titled "Ag Lands and the 'M' Word.")
I am writing to express my disappointment with Patricia Bragg's attempt to develop Waiehu farmland after she promised a number of people she would never "sell out." Many of my friends and I are boycotting her products. It is a pity since we are devotees of Paul Bragg and what he stands for. What happened to Patricia's integrity for the natural way? Looks like fear and greed again.
| Roy Genatt, via email
December 06, 2007
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SOMETHING TO BRAGG ABOUT
(Editor's note: the following letter is in response to Nov. 22, 2007 edition of Rob Report titled "Ag Lands and the 'M' Word.")
I hope you will continue articles like this in Rob Report.
| John McCauley, via email
December 06, 2007
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SOMETHING TO BRAGG ABOUT
(Editor's note: the following letter is in response to Nov. 22, 2007 edition of Rob Report titled "Ag Lands and the 'M' Word.")
It is unfortunate that our litigious society makes the truth difficult to uncover. Thank you for noticing Patricia Braggs' continued greed and disregard for Maui in particular and people in general. I have met this woman and did not like her immediately as she seemed very aloof and separate from the world around her while simultaneously pretending to actually care. I hope that you will devote more energy to disclosing her improper behavior so that the world knows just who she really is and her true intentions, which are obviously meant for self-gain.
| Ray Peters, via email
December 06, 2007
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READERS JUST DON'T LIKE PALM OIL
(Editor's note: the following letter was written in response to Hawaiian Electric Company official Peter Rosegg's Nov. 15, 2007 letter, which was written in response to Rob Parsons' Nov. 1, 2007 story "The Answer, My Friend.")
Peter Rosegg in his letter titled "What A Fuel" offered us the option to judge for ourselves whether or not Blue Earth Biofuels would be using a feedstock of palm oil that meets strict environmental/labor practices. I did—thank you for the suggestion. What I found is that what Rosegg suggests is possible, is in fact, NOT possible.
Rosegg states that NRDC supports his claim that finding enough "sustainable" palm oil feedstock is possible. Yet it seems that contradicts NRDC's very own claims about the use of palm oil, especially in the quantity that Blue Earth will require. NRDC's own Nathaniel Greene states in an Oct. 1 article that, "the demand for palm oil for biodiesel is contributing to the destruction of some of the world's most precious rain forests." It seems that NRDC knows it is not possible, but is willing to participate in some sort of oversight capacity with Blue Earth... for some strange reason.
Either NRDC's participation is being exaggerated by BlueEarth, or NRDC has contradicted their own mission statement, which is "to safeguard the Earth; its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends" because there is not one environmental group that does not agree that the idea of palm oil for fuel is disastrous to the planet.
Rosegg states that they "hope that a good part of the biodiesel feedstock is eventually grown in Hawaii." Uh-huh, and if you buy that, too, I have some property to sell you.
Instead of funding this outrageous bond for an already obsolete BlueEarth/HECO model, we should use the one we already have in place on island, which leaves the dollars here, creates jobs, and is sustainable. That is the model of community-stocked, produced and distributed biodiesel that Pacific Biodiesel started more than 10 years ago, and is being used as the model for intelligent growth all over the country. This is the model that enriches communities, not the pockets of the chosen few at our expense.
| Annie Nelson, via email
November 29, 2007
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CORRECTION
We got the email address for the Surfrider Foundation wrong in our Nov. 22, 2007 Gift Giving Issue. It's maui@surfrider.org.
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November 29, 2007
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READERS JUST DON'T LIKE PALM OIL
(Editor's note: the following letter was written in response to Hawaiian Electric Company official Peter Rosegg's Nov. 15, 2007 letter, which was written in response to Rob Parsons' Nov. 1, 2007 story "The Answer, My Friend.")
Hawaiian Electric Co says they've worked with the "respected" Natural Resources Defense Council to implement their standards. NRDC is not "respected" and is under fire from the Sierra Club and various European organizations.
Yes, a few older palm oil plantations exist. But if we buy from them (thus increasing demand) it simply displaces the company who used to buy from them to slash and burn new plantations.
We have seen how other "sustainable palm oil" accrediting agencies such as Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) have members who are accused of burning rainforest, stealing land from indigenous people and violating environmental laws—completely contradicting the certification rules to which they claim to adhere.
The largest grower/shipper in the world, The Wilmar Group, shipping one third of the world's palm oil supply, is currently under fire for being "certified sustainable" and yet indulging in all of these damaging practices. Most likely we on Maui will become party to their terrible acts if BlueEarth and Imperium biodiesel plants are built. No doubt we'll be buying from Wilmar.
HECO is focusing on burning liquid fuel because it gives them a higher profit. The truly renewable alternatives (which are available and proven right now) have an initial capital cost but no ongoing fuel cost. So they keep our rates low. This is bad for HECO because their profit is tied to a percentage of cost. Keeping our rates low using truly sustainable generation is not an advantage to them.
| Karen Chun, Paia
November 29, 2007
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