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...in a state that is consistently ranked the worst place in America to make a living, the government decided to make getting a job even more challenging....

...not a single member of the Commission appointed by the mayor, other than Ms. Sheehan, has any legal or law enforcement background....

By keeping traffic jammed, DOT maximizes the demand for Rail....

They don't care that many people cannot afford the high cost of living and live in their cars and on the streets.  But, we do....

In just 68 days, we managed to hold the incumbent mayor to an effective draw after being outspent 5-to-1 with the entire City machinery against us....

Kirk Caldwell's latest ads show just how desperate he is....

...and identifies three upcoming audits....

...the inability of the mayor to address this infrastructure failure is clear negligence....

...the mayor fails to attend the debate tonight in Sand Island sponsored by the Kaimuki Business Association, Kalihi Business Association and Kahala Business Association....

Djou for Mayor reported having raised approximately $225,000 in contributions with just under $200,000 cash-on-hand....

...A well managed arterial street should have at least a 7:3 green-to-red ratio--Honolulu has the opposite....

...Ms. Yamane previously served as the Acting State Auditor....

...Caldwell collects not only a $164,928 annual pay check from taxpayers but continues to 'work' a second job at a bank collecting an additional $200,000 per year....

...Kirk Caldwell has done everything possible to evade questioning and withhold the details of the rail project....

"...there might be needles and other hazardous materials in here, so we don’t want people reaching in...."

This week our City government mailed two very important documents:  your property tax bill and your absentee ballot....

The deadline to submit proposals is 4 p.m. on August 19, 2016....

...saving up to $9,000 to $10,000 in application fees for homeowners wishing to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU)....

...after having seen Caldwell in ‘action’ as mayor, Damien and the IBEW have thrown their support firmly behind Charles....

...We always knew the mayor would reach for negative campaigning because, as the media reported, that's "the way he rolls."....

Four reasons to vote Djou....

Ballots will be mailed in 5 days.  This election can be won with 50% + 1 vote....

#35 – deletes the requirement that no more than a majority of the reapportionment commission members shall be from the same political party....

The Djou for Mayor campaign will file its first campaign finance report today....

...Yesterday, when asked to respond on EMS staffing shortages, the mayor again refused to respond....

...it looks bad for individual council members to secure money for such organizations....

You can feel the momentum building....

Djou will participate in the following eight debates and forums in the next five weeks -- at least one of which Caldwell has refused to attend....

...this race will soon get ugly.... 

Honolulu faces a crisis of old-boy crony-leadership, a mismanaged railroad, homelessness, and deteriorating public facilities....

...we will be able to file an exceptionally strong fundraising report that demonstrates the strength of our campaign and message....

...meetings are set between now and July 7....

...The unions endorsing Djou were the first unions to support Kirk Caldwell for mayor in 2010 and backed Caldwell again in 2012....

20 years ago, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that an agreement between the County of Hawaii and a private contractor for the operation of a county landfill violated civil service laws....

...Council members Carol Fukunaga, Ann Kobayashi and Ron Menor on a follow-up trip to review Seattle’s homeless projects, including hygiene centers and government-sanctioned tent cities....

The newspaper characterized Caldwell's decision-making as "political expediency" driven by his re-election campaign....

leaders are making serious decisions on changing the rail route without publicly analyzing facts or figures on how the change will affect the ridership numbers....

Over the past 48-hours the mayor's policy on rail swung wildly in a display of uneven and poorly constructed leadership....

"the elephants were recently found playing with a car battery that got in there somehow"

"...and secure additional funding to complete the last five miles of the project to Ala Moana...."

Totto's troubles only started when he started investigating Caldwell's political fundraising practices....

Totto’s relationship with the city administration was contentious from the beginning with questions about funding by lobbyists for the mayor’s inaugural luau....

"The backing of these trusted community leaders is a reflection of how much we need new leadership at Honolulu Hale."

...more people than ever want to be on the board – in 2015, 610 people volunteered to run for 437 seats....

...as a councilmember, I fought to give the Ethics Commission the power to issue civil fines for violations of the ethics code and championed stronger ethics rules that have reduced conflicts of interest in Honolulu....