07-20-2018, 07:23 PM
Anyone who thinks Ashley Kiekiewicz will "challenge the good old boy and girl club status" is really gonna be disappointed if she's elected. Ashley is endorsed by the police union, the firefighters union (her boyfriend is a fireman), the carpenters union, etc. and is apparently the political protege of Greggor Ilagan’s father. She is being strongly supported by Shipman’s Bill Walter and Sen. Lorraine Inouye, co-horts who have done everything in their power to make sure we have not gotten an alternate road from lower Puna to Hilo, bypassing Keaau! And who want to keep Puna in their plantation-era control.
Yes, Ashley stepped up to the plate to help Pu’uhonua O Puna but it’s her uncle Gilbert Aguinaldo who was the real hero in offering his property for the Hub. Ashley set up a bank account for the Hub but it’s NOT a non-profit organization and who knows who is overseeing those books.
Ashley aligns herself with the Hilo powers that be and she has excellent PR capabilities but a public servant for the people of Puna??? Get real! She was head of the Young Democrats here on the Big Island for maybe a decade but the state Young Dems told me they could never get in touch with her and they thought our Young Dems here had disbanded.
Eileen Ohara is intelligent and independent; however, sometimes not very politically savvy. But she busts her butt for the Puna public, as many in our community can attest, including me.
Yes, Ashley stepped up to the plate to help Pu’uhonua O Puna but it’s her uncle Gilbert Aguinaldo who was the real hero in offering his property for the Hub. Ashley set up a bank account for the Hub but it’s NOT a non-profit organization and who knows who is overseeing those books.
Ashley aligns herself with the Hilo powers that be and she has excellent PR capabilities but a public servant for the people of Puna??? Get real! She was head of the Young Democrats here on the Big Island for maybe a decade but the state Young Dems told me they could never get in touch with her and they thought our Young Dems here had disbanded.
Eileen Ohara is intelligent and independent; however, sometimes not very politically savvy. But she busts her butt for the Puna public, as many in our community can attest, including me.