08-25-2008, 08:50 AM
SORRY -- SCREWED UP THE OTHER TWO POSTS [B)] (can they be deleted?)
Here's what I was trying to say [:o)]
Rob,
Your suspicions have betrayed you. That is, you are 100% wrong:
quote:Originally posted by Rob Tucker
I personally ... suspect some of the ill feeling James currently possesses is due to some strident Kanaka Council (of which Kale is a member) testimony at some hearings.
My concern has zero to do with any testimony.
My view is a lot wider and longer than that -- a lot.
Except that this is only politics, I'd ask for an apology.
At least please widen and lengthen your view on everything you posted.
Rather, the concern is a pattern of shallow knee-jerk responses to issues and an overall lack of a clear idea what the job is all about other than just as a soapbox to make noise from -- a concern echoed elsewhere by people here and at Hunter's site, who recognize a need for a cool head and coalition-builder on the Council no matter what DNA is inside.
As I have said before about Kale and a blessed lot of other good folks in Puna, they have smarts and passion that we all need working for the good of this fine place and we the people. The County Council is just not where all that work is to be done, and the nature of the work to be done there requires some particular skills that I do not see in Mr Gumapac.
Rob, Here's my perspective, so that you will not have to rely on your suspicions:
In previous professional contexts I have served on selection committees for hiring new employees.
While on Council staff, it was my good fortune (in life experience, not monetary pay!) to watch many Council and Committee sessions and see who got things accomplished and how, and who were not successful and why.
That is where I first came to learn about Angel Pilago and Stacy Higa.
Based on what I saw and learned about succeeding on the Council and what I've experienced in selecting new hires, along with everything I have seen in this campaign, There is just no way that I could recommend hiring Kale Gumapac for County Council -- he does not sufficiently fill all of the qualifications.
To my knowledge, he has the personal integrity -- the most important qualification for which there is NO substitute.
To my observation, Kale possesses sufficient education and experience and this is probably his greatest strength.
In neither of the above essential qualifications does Kale Gumapac stand out relative to other candidates.
It is third essential qualification for a successful candidate that does not allow me to recommend Mr Gumapac.
The successful candidate for this job must have a consciousness of the universe of persisting and emerging issues – both opportunities and threats -- facing the County in the coming 2 to 8 years; and a fundamental grasp of the nature of alternatives available and the role and tasks of the County Council in addressing those same issues.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park
Here's what I was trying to say [:o)]
Rob,
Your suspicions have betrayed you. That is, you are 100% wrong:
quote:Originally posted by Rob Tucker
I personally ... suspect some of the ill feeling James currently possesses is due to some strident Kanaka Council (of which Kale is a member) testimony at some hearings.
My concern has zero to do with any testimony.
My view is a lot wider and longer than that -- a lot.
Except that this is only politics, I'd ask for an apology.
At least please widen and lengthen your view on everything you posted.
Rather, the concern is a pattern of shallow knee-jerk responses to issues and an overall lack of a clear idea what the job is all about other than just as a soapbox to make noise from -- a concern echoed elsewhere by people here and at Hunter's site, who recognize a need for a cool head and coalition-builder on the Council no matter what DNA is inside.
As I have said before about Kale and a blessed lot of other good folks in Puna, they have smarts and passion that we all need working for the good of this fine place and we the people. The County Council is just not where all that work is to be done, and the nature of the work to be done there requires some particular skills that I do not see in Mr Gumapac.
Rob, Here's my perspective, so that you will not have to rely on your suspicions:
In previous professional contexts I have served on selection committees for hiring new employees.
While on Council staff, it was my good fortune (in life experience, not monetary pay!) to watch many Council and Committee sessions and see who got things accomplished and how, and who were not successful and why.
That is where I first came to learn about Angel Pilago and Stacy Higa.
Based on what I saw and learned about succeeding on the Council and what I've experienced in selecting new hires, along with everything I have seen in this campaign, There is just no way that I could recommend hiring Kale Gumapac for County Council -- he does not sufficiently fill all of the qualifications.
To my knowledge, he has the personal integrity -- the most important qualification for which there is NO substitute.
To my observation, Kale possesses sufficient education and experience and this is probably his greatest strength.
In neither of the above essential qualifications does Kale Gumapac stand out relative to other candidates.
It is third essential qualification for a successful candidate that does not allow me to recommend Mr Gumapac.
The successful candidate for this job must have a consciousness of the universe of persisting and emerging issues – both opportunities and threats -- facing the County in the coming 2 to 8 years; and a fundamental grasp of the nature of alternatives available and the role and tasks of the County Council in addressing those same issues.
James Weatherford, Ph.D.
15-1888 Hialoa
Hawaiian Paradise Park