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South Kona Police Station in
Captain Cook, fully staffed and
open 24/7 |
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Land has been purchased and
building design is underway. |
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Roads |
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Mamalahoa Highway Bypass Road
- I
continue to advocate a legal
solution for completing and
opening the much-needed
Mamalahoa Highway Bypass Road
that does not cost the taxpayers
money. |
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La‘aloa Street Extension to
Kuakini Highway - Community design
is completed and engineering is
underway. I used contingency
funds for traffic calming
measures. |
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Kainaliu Village - County will be
creating traffic turnarounds,
improving sidewalks and curbs,
and adding another parking lot. |
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Haukapila Street (Hospital Road)
to Kona Community Hospital was
repaved. |
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Health Services |
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I
worked with the the West Hawai'i
Community Health Center (WHCHC)
to open a Keiki Clinic in
Kealakekua to serve the mauka
area. I used $50,000 of my
contingency funds to support a
program that pays for children
who have no insurance or are
underinsured for medical, dental
and behavioral services.
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Using contingency funds, I
supported the Mobile Care Van
that provides mobile dental
services to rural areas of our
side of the island. |
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Flood Plain Management |
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My
effort to strengthen laws to
reduce potential flooding was
defeated by special interest
groups, but I’m not giving up.
Flooding is a serious problem
affecting our district. I’ll
continue to promote more
legislation to protect our
residents. |
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Rock Face at Napo‘op‘o Junction |
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After years of community effort,
an earthquake, and my
persistence, the rock face at
Napo‘opo‘o Junction was finally
cut back improving the
line-of-sight and reducing the
number of accidents at that
intersection. |
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Ke Kama Pono Boys Safe House in
Captain Cook (State of Hawai‘i) |
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I
supported the Department of
Human Services in establishing a
home for teenage runaways and
truants. This is the first
therapeutic and secure home of
its kind for boys on the Big
Island, and allows the boys’
families to visit them
on-island. |
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Increased Accountability |
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Passed a charter amendment for
the ballot for an Independent
Auditor to provide
accountability to the taxpayers.
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Passed a charter amendment for
the ballot to increase fines for
serious code violations.
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Established fines for elected
and appointed government
officials who violate the Code
of Ethics. |
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Passed a charter amendment for
the ballot for separate East and
West Hawai‘i Planning
Commissions. |
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Ongoing Efforts |
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Provide guidelines for
redistricting to give every
voter an equal voice. |
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Support a West Hawai‘i Civic
Center. |
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Support passing the Kona
community Development Plan so it
has the force of law. |
