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“I will fight to see tourism return through opening up travel and removing obnoxious, irrational emergency orders.”

“I am committed to reaching across the aisle to end divisive politics.”

“I can work for a coalition between Alaska and Hawaii to open the Pacific Basin for free market shipping through Hawaii.”

In an hourlong conversation, the candidate fields questions from Civil Beat and Hawaii News Now on leadership, homelessness, tourism and the economy.

“We should consider internet connectivity as a critical facility, similar to electricity.”

“No property manager would still have their jobs if they managed property the way Mauna Kea has been managed.”

“Tax non-resident homeowners at a higher rate as a means to balance the tax inequality between the non-resident and resident taxpayer.”

“We need to reinvent the way we think about solutions to chronic problems that we have in our state, and start to focus on community-based solutions instead.”

“We can rebuild a budget and state government that is responsive to the needs of real people, not profits and corporate kickbacks. “

“My big idea is that we reinvent a segment of our economy by investing in a Hawaii Food & Conservation Corps.”