04-17-2018, 05:17 PM
Ashley was born and raised here. IMO she identifies more with Hilo than Puna even tho' she spent summers in Puna as a kid. She was head of the Young Democrats, the Big Island branch being a non-functioning caucus. She cares more about status than being a public servant and has been escorted to HPP meetings by Greggor Ilagan's father who is a right-wing Republican, from what I'm told.
She was arrested and charged with abuse of a family or household member in 2007 but in 2008 copped a DAC plea for assaulting her mother Marieta Duldulao and has since cleared her record. I was amazed in reading the court record as I've found the courts here to be very sensitive and supportive of families caught up in criminal cases .
I don't think Ashley gives a flying fig about representing Puna. I think she's counting on her Filipina connections to get the lower Puna council seat which she sees has a more vulnerable incumbent than Hilo (and she has both Hilo and Kea'au addresses).
Re: the cockfighting issue: Councilwoman Ohara's proposed bill, drawn up at the request of a group of constituents and working with the County Planning Dept. on possible legislation, did not even get a 2nd from her fellow Council reps. And it's not just a local vs. transplant issue. Ohara's legislative aide is local and can't sleep because a rooster farm has moved in next door to her home in Ainaloa (or Orchidland, I forget which).
So as far as the Council is concerned, cock farms and farmers are not an issue. As we all know,there are already laws on the books to address the issues surrounding cockfighting but they're not enforced. It's been a hands-off issue since I arrived here in 1970.
But regarding Ashley Kierkiewicz's running for County Council to represent lower Puna. I wish she'd just go get a job as a high fashion model...she'd be good at that!
She was arrested and charged with abuse of a family or household member in 2007 but in 2008 copped a DAC plea for assaulting her mother Marieta Duldulao and has since cleared her record. I was amazed in reading the court record as I've found the courts here to be very sensitive and supportive of families caught up in criminal cases .
I don't think Ashley gives a flying fig about representing Puna. I think she's counting on her Filipina connections to get the lower Puna council seat which she sees has a more vulnerable incumbent than Hilo (and she has both Hilo and Kea'au addresses).
Re: the cockfighting issue: Councilwoman Ohara's proposed bill, drawn up at the request of a group of constituents and working with the County Planning Dept. on possible legislation, did not even get a 2nd from her fellow Council reps. And it's not just a local vs. transplant issue. Ohara's legislative aide is local and can't sleep because a rooster farm has moved in next door to her home in Ainaloa (or Orchidland, I forget which).
So as far as the Council is concerned, cock farms and farmers are not an issue. As we all know,there are already laws on the books to address the issues surrounding cockfighting but they're not enforced. It's been a hands-off issue since I arrived here in 1970.
But regarding Ashley Kierkiewicz's running for County Council to represent lower Puna. I wish she'd just go get a job as a high fashion model...she'd be good at that!