06-27-2008, 04:51 AM
Your dialogue about the District 4 candidates compels me to respond...
I have gotten to know Auntie Faye Hanohano in the last year because
she is my boss' cousin. She is a wonderful woman with a lot of aloha who cares deeply about her home district.
Fred Blas, who I have also gotten to know in the past year, is Mr. Community Service and, to me, that is so admirable. I believe it was Kahuna Scott who detailed how involved this guy really is...
I have been learning how prevalent the "no can" philosophy is in our community and in our government, and Fred Blas defies that as Mr. Can-Do. You know those new wooden signs into and out of Pahoa Village (in front of the Baptist Church on the Rubbish Dump Road and in front of Jan's Barber Shop), those came from Fred Blas...
Steve Sparks rented me my first apartment in Hilo; I have known him and his wife for some time and find them to be quite lovely people.
Anthony Marzi, I don't know much about.
The bottom line is, I appreciate anybody who is willing to take on the task of working for their community in either county or state government. Where somebody is from/their ethnicity SHOULD NOT MATTER when it comes to public service, or anything, really.
Jerry Carr, you nailed some of the issues that we need our state leadership to take on... They are long overdue.
Whoever gets the state representative seat has to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm, and must have read Dale Carnegie's book, "How To Win Friends And Influence People."
One of the many disadvantages Puna has at the state level is that we are "N.I." --- an acronym for "Neighbor Island." That is State Capitol speak...
The representative has to convince state representatives that our country district needs projects/funds more than, say, Ewa Beach on O'ahu...
Good luck to the candidates, and I hope that you can convince the state to pay attention to us out here in N.I.
Aloha[
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I have gotten to know Auntie Faye Hanohano in the last year because
she is my boss' cousin. She is a wonderful woman with a lot of aloha who cares deeply about her home district.
Fred Blas, who I have also gotten to know in the past year, is Mr. Community Service and, to me, that is so admirable. I believe it was Kahuna Scott who detailed how involved this guy really is...
I have been learning how prevalent the "no can" philosophy is in our community and in our government, and Fred Blas defies that as Mr. Can-Do. You know those new wooden signs into and out of Pahoa Village (in front of the Baptist Church on the Rubbish Dump Road and in front of Jan's Barber Shop), those came from Fred Blas...
Steve Sparks rented me my first apartment in Hilo; I have known him and his wife for some time and find them to be quite lovely people.
Anthony Marzi, I don't know much about.
The bottom line is, I appreciate anybody who is willing to take on the task of working for their community in either county or state government. Where somebody is from/their ethnicity SHOULD NOT MATTER when it comes to public service, or anything, really.
Jerry Carr, you nailed some of the issues that we need our state leadership to take on... They are long overdue.
Whoever gets the state representative seat has to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm, and must have read Dale Carnegie's book, "How To Win Friends And Influence People."
One of the many disadvantages Puna has at the state level is that we are "N.I." --- an acronym for "Neighbor Island." That is State Capitol speak...
The representative has to convince state representatives that our country district needs projects/funds more than, say, Ewa Beach on O'ahu...
Good luck to the candidates, and I hope that you can convince the state to pay attention to us out here in N.I.
Aloha[
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