Candidate Forum - Puna / Tonight

[opihikao]

If anyone attended the forum held tonight (hosted by Puna Pono), please give us a report. Nothing I could find was live streamed.

Of note, Emily Naeole is sitting there on the "Candidate table".

Source:

https://www.facebook.com/kerri.p.marks?fref=ts


Mahalo in advance.

[DaVinci]

I attended. The phrase "clown car" sprang into my mind early on, returning again and again. Then RJ decided to light her own campaign on fire. That was fascinating to witness. The State Representatives did a bit better. Several of the speakers were quite eloquent. Julia and Faye offered lovely closing statements. Brian Jordan was surprisingly dignified in the end. Leilani Bronson-Crelly was strongest. I was pleased with all of them.

[TomK]

"Then RJ decided to light her own campaign on fire."

DaVinci - just really curious about what she actually did. Any details?

[Obie]

You will find out what she did in the video posted here :


http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2014/0...rms-forum/

[Obie]

Tiffany's response and defense of her roast :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkCE18980rY

At one point I thought she had invented a new word,rationable.

A google search turned up this definition,"rationable is probably the bestest word you will EVER discover. obviously you will not find it in the dictionary, but that is because the person who wrote the dictionary is stoopid."

[pahoated]

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Originally posted by DaVinci
The phrase "clown car" sprang into my mind early on, returning again and again.

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LOL! Well, there are a lot of Volcano Circus supporters in Puna, so maybe that is an idea for them, politicians in clown cars. That was a fitting Puna Porno Alliance forum. Good times ahead for Puna and the county council.

"This island Hawaii on this island Earth"

[pelelani]

[quote]Originally posted by opihikao

If anyone attended the forum held tonight (hosted by Puna Pono), please give us a report. Nothing I could find was live streamed.

Here you go! And many of the posters on this forum had your posts read before a live audience by Ms. Edwards Hunt at the roast she hosted, roasting people who were not invited.

Interesting night at the Puna Pono Alliance forum and YouTube.
What started out as a standard forum structure with many mahalos and niceties became a heated revelation during the District 5 closing statements.

Candidates were allowed 3 minutes to introduce themselves and their platform. Then each candidate was asked a question specific to them with 90 seconds to respond regarding the numerous issues facing the residents of Puna and the island. Then each candidate had 2 minutes to give their closing statement regarding why people should vote for them.

So here is the back story. Hunt 4 Puna? Hmm, more like HUNT ROASTS PUNA.
On July 18, Ms. Edwards-Hunt and her campaign team held a roast. It appeared on the surface that Ms. Edwards-Hunt was the only roastee. Previous roasts of celebs and political figures are held with the roastee being present to suffer the humiliating statements made about them during the roasting. And the roastee agrees to such an event.

Fact: A roast was held by Ms. Edwards-Hunt and campaign team.
Fact: The roastees were the candidates of District 5 and other candidates in the various campaign races.
Fact: The roastees, candidates of District 5 were not invited, nor were they aware of the event until afterward.

Fact: Based upon an eye-witness who was present in the early part of the roast, said Ms. Edwards-Hunt and the roaster or MC—not too clear exactly of the role, were drinking alcoholic beverages and speaking in foul language. The eye-witness and his guests got up and left because this was not something they wanted to be a part of.
Fact: The roasting comments made about each candidate were “stinging” personal remarks according to some observers.

Fact: Damon Tucker has a recording of the roast. Also there is a YouTube video (audio only) posted by Occupy Hawaii. Here is Part 1. The first 15 minutes are roasting of the candidates with lots of vulgar language by a comedienne.
You can hear Ms. Edwards-Hunt say this is going to be X-rated so if you don’t want to hear, there’s the door. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXAxQq1uXNE

And folks, there is a Part 2; however, I cannot find the Part 2 in which Damon says that she goes on to insult people she does not know. The Part 2 on YouTube does not reflect that statement, but I did not listen all the way through.

However, she does make remarks of posts on Puna Web because they do not agree with her.

What bothers me here, is NOT that someone is have fun and making fun. What really bothers me is that Ms. E-H is making fun of the people of Puna—not just the candidates. She is making fun of the residents, her constituents. If Ms. E-H is going to be believable as a representative of all the people of Puna, then it is not a good look that she would insult her community in this way. What bothers me also is that her audience (those who stayed) thought all this is humorous also. We have serious issues to deal with here. Ms. Edwards-Hunt could have used her funds and time to bring people together to discuss the issues, to hear what they have to say, to get input from people, rather than have a raucous, vulgar, laugh fest at other people’s expense. Is this how Ms. Edwards-Hunt will use her funding if elected?


Okay, now back to tonight. Ms. Roxanne “RJ” Hampton, in her closing statement, raised the issue to Ms. Edwards-Hunt about the roast and also about the “Voter’s Guide” that Ms. Edwards-Hunt’s newspaper (Big Island Chronicle), as not being Pono. Because Ms. Hampton spoke loudly and passionately, directing her comments and apparent outrage, at Ms. Edwards-Hunt, Ms. Hampton was asked to leave. Leave she did, shouting all the way out.

RJ, I appreciate your courage to bring this up; however, there are other avenues. I get that you believe this is not Pono and that you are outraged at the behavior of Ms. Edwards-Hunt; however, your outburst may have garnered some support in the direction of Ms. Edwards-Hunt because people felt she was the brunt of your outburst. I wonder if anyone in the forum audience thinks that the other candidates were the brunt of Ms. Edwards-Hunts/roaster comments.

Now, it is Ms. Edwards-Hunt’s turn to give her two minutes closing. Yes, she admits it is all true and basically, it was done it fun. And she uses humor and (paraphrasing) too bad if people can’t take a joke.

All I have to say is this, if you want someone like Ms. Edwards-Hunt as your County Council District 5 representative, who will have a roast about you, not tell you or invite you, then say it was all in good fun and a joke, then what will she do in Council?
This is all caught on video which will air soon. Watch for the Puna Pono Alliance forum video posted by Occupy Hawaii.

And late breaking news! Apparently Damon Tucker has a recording of the aforementioned roast and it is posted on youtube. And it sounds nasty! Maybe the joke is on you now, Ms. Edwards-Hunt.
I’ll post the link as soon as I get it.
Notes from Damon Tucker’s FB which he has had to shutdown except to friends:
• Damon Tucker I know for a fact that Frannie Pueo is working to build a shelter for animals neglected or abused... 10:18 of video.
2 hrs • Like
• User: No video, only audio...
2 hrs • Like • 1
• Damon Tucker And her comedian even questions if Daniel K. Paleka Jr. Is from Hawaii at 13:13
2 hrs • Like
• User: I know, I was sitting next to Madie at the comedy/roast...it was a bit over the top at times..
2 hrs • Like • 1
• Damon Tucker Quite insulting and pretty much made me lose what little bit of respect I had for her.

She goes on in Part 2 of the video to insult folks she has no clue who they are and or/where they even live just because she doesn't like what they say about her politics....See More

[Peter Easterling]

I have been entertained and enlightened at the forums I've attended and the portions viewable online. As the moderator drolly put it, one "man" exploded in a bizarre and frightening display. I love politics as entertainment but kookiness and folksy charm are one thing, but Roxanne's outburst was a spectacular kamikaze attack. On the other hand, kamikaze can be translated as divine wind.

[pander75]

What a freak show!! The videos of the roast and the forum are very revealing. It says a lot about the judgement of both Tiffany and RJ that they would say those things in a public forum. It sure would be nice to have some politicians that were... politic.

[csgray]

At least none of our candidates have been arrested or tasered by the police:
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/26118...-by-police

Carol