Lisa Abbott, in support of SB1034

I am in support of SB 1034. This bill is simple and clear. My support for this bill is to honor my husband Goro Sulijoadikusumo. On August 18 2021 I went to work and my husband went for his morning surf. He never came home that day. He was an athlete and a surfer. But he was also an engineer with Department of Transportation. He loved all things to do with roads, highways, cars and most of all he loved preserving our Hawaii and making Hawaii a better place to live and work. He and his friend parked at AWSBH that morning and many mornings likeit. He was teaching me to swim there. I walked around on the one year anniversary of his death and I saw tons of kids and families and surfers, paddlers and everybody respecting and doing what they love. DOBOR says the AWSBH needs to be developed to make money. I say a harbor has its own value. Make it the best harbor for the boaters, paddlers, surfers and swimmers. We don’t need to “develop” it for visitors who don’t live here and might not even want to come to visit if we don’t preserve what makes Hawaii special. We saw no visitors during the pandemic-but our people were in the water. This is why many of us sacrifice to live here, caring for our State by working for the State and by taking care of it’s infrastructure and it’s people. Please do this simple thing and pass the bill to preserve the parking. Thank you.