Candidate Q&A: Maui County Council East Maui District — Shane Sinenci
“With a moratorium on new visitor accommodations, we hope to focus the building industry on much-needed housing for our workforce on the island.”
Candidate Q&A: Hawaii County Council District 2 — Matthias Kusch
“I have been an affordable housing advocate, producer and landlord. I am very familiar with the stumbling blocks that make housing more expensive for our residents.”
Candidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council District 8 — Val Okimoto
“It is time to speak about and commit to addressing the criminal and mentally ill homeless that affordable housing will simply not address.”
Candidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council District 8 — Ron Menor
“As a council member, I rejected the request of Louis Kealoha to use city taxpayer dollars to pay for his defense attorney’s fees in federal criminal proceedings.”
Candidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council District 6 — Tyler Dos Santos-Tam
“Of all of the candidates in the race, I have the strongest track record of supporting and working to create more affordable housing.”
Candidate Q&A: Honolulu City Council District 6 — Traci Toguchi
“I don’t believe it is time to raise property tax rates to help meet city obligations since the pandemic continues to present uncertainty with constantly changing conditions. “
Candidate Q&A: Maui County Council South Maui District — Robin Knox
“Until we have provided housing inventory that our residents can afford, there should be no dedication of our development resources to luxury or nonessential building.”
Candidate Q&A: State House District 26 — Charlotte Rosecrans
“The present tourist industry should be more efficiently managed, and friendly small business legislation should be passed for agricultural business and manufacturing throughout the islands.”
Candidate Q&A: State House District 27 — Margaret Lim
“How can we ensure life, liberty and happiness when the people of Hawaii have lost hope that their voice matters in our state politics because the same old party and incumbents dominate all political life?”
Candidate Q&A: State House District 25 — Robert Novak
“We need to audit all state election processes. It is fact that there is fraud in every election, but the question is how much fraud.”