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“We can’t take hatred out of hearts, but we can do more to keep deadly weapons out of hateful hands.”

“Overall, Hawaii County is not given due recognition. We are the largest, most diverse island, with the majority of farms.”

“The influx of ‘bigger money’ has made it easy for out-of-state money/investors/residents to literally buy out the local market.”

“I will push to eliminate property taxes for landowners that either farm food staples that are consumed locally, or offer extremely low leases to farmers producing locally consumed staples.”

“An incredible future awaits us if we’re willing to solve our unique problems, at our particular island scale.”

“We need to proactively change our model to provide home ownership to families – not nurture long-term renters.”

“With so many innovative new methods of farming such as vertical farming, we could be doing so much more to grow and provide our own food here in Hawaii.”

“Our local families cannot outbid those who are buying homes by their willingness to spend big and build big only to turn these homes into investor rentals.”

“With an uptick in violent crime I find myself worrying about my family, the people I work with at the YMCA, even my neighbors.”

“The biggest issues facing Oahu are lack of accountability, inefficiency and blatant corruption in our government.”