7. Hawaii has recently experienced a number of prominent corruption scandals, prompting the state House of Representatives to appoint a commission tasked with improving government transparency through ethics and lobbying reforms. What will you do to ensure accountability at the Legislature? Are you open to ideas such as requiring the Sunshine Law and open records laws to apply to the Legislature or banning campaign contributions during session?<\/strong><\/p>\nFirstly, and most important, we need to establish election integrity with these 10 steps:<\/p>\n
\u2014 Clean out the voter roles.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ban electronic voting equipment.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Voter ID and paper ballots only.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ban mail-in voting.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ban early voting.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Create smaller precincts.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Ban ballot harvesting.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Make election day a holiday.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Increase transparency.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Heavy prison sentences for those who commit fraud.<\/p>\n
Secondly, we need to establish and put into law that our governor does not have the authority to continue extending his emergency powers indefinitely as he did over the last three years. His actions were, in my opinion, unconstitutional. Our government was created with a separation of powers so that one man could not assume a dictatorship over the population. After the first 60-day emergency proclamation the decision of what action to take next should lie with the people via their representatives.<\/p>\n
Of course, there should be a requirement for the Sunshine law, and I would love to see open record laws to apply to the legislation as well as banning campaign contributions during session and much more.<\/p>\n
8. How would you make the Legislature more transparent and accessible to the public? Opening conference committees to the public? Stricter disclosure requirements on lobbying and lobbyists? How could the Legislature change its own internal rules to be more open?<\/strong><\/p>\nYes, conference committees should be open to the public. Taxpayers have the right to know exactly what the intentions of the Legislature are prior to them effectuating anything. The people have the right to be heard and their voice has weight when they speak, it is time to resurrect the people\u2019s representation within the government.<\/p>\n
Lobbyists should have very strict and complete disclosures in the public square made transparent for all to see.<\/p>\n
9. Hawaii has seen a growing division when it comes to politics, development, health mandates and other issues. What would you do to bridge those gaps and bring people together in spite of their differences?<\/strong><\/p>\nWe need to get back to the basics, which is that the government should not be overstepping its role. The purpose of the government of America is to protect our individual liberties. The smaller the government, the better off the people are.<\/p>\n
In large part much of the division the people are feeling has been created and fanned by the government and corporate media. I believe that when people are free to live their lives as they see fit, without government intervention and control, without astronomical taxes and heavy regulations; then we have the best ability to find balance as a society and coexist in peace.<\/p>\n
10. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed numerous flaws in Hawaii\u2019s structure and systems, from outdated technology to economic disparity. If you could take this moment to reinvent Hawaii, to build on what we\u2019ve learned and create a better state, a better way of doing things, what would you do? Please share One Big Idea you have for Hawaii. Be innovative, but be specific.<\/strong><\/p>\nIf I could reinvent Hawaii, I would first have to point out that our governor has some of the most wide-reaching authority in comparison to other states in the union. All the power must go back to the people and be decentralized.<\/p>\n
One example would be that we need to see an elected board by county. Additionally, we need to reestablish an elected, constitutional sheriff.<\/p>\n
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