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Aloha, My name is Kirk Caldwell. I was born in Waipahu, back when it was a plantation town. When Honolulu heeame too crowded to suit my father, we moved to Hilo where he continued his service as a plantation doctor It is in the canefields of Hilo that I learned the benefit and love ot working hard, side by side with others, and swimming and surfing whieh I cannot go a week without. Mv service in politics eame late in life - just ten years ago -

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afier clerking for Chief Justice Richardson, wor!< īn aenaioi Inouye's office, legal work, and raising a family with my wife and Parl™_ Donna Tanoue. I believe that politics is a means to change and support b conditions for how we ean live now and īn the future. a moment to consider. • The City ean and should be an important player in affordable housing; • The City ean do more in community services than the State; . The City ean and should focus more on our forgotten communities, not only "doing more" but more importantly "doing with , . The property tax exemption for Hawaiian Home Lands is a City issue and must be vigorously defended īn the face of the legal attac , . The Mayor should join with all leaders in Hawai'i in support of the culture, rights, and empowerment of Native Hawaiians. For these reasons and many more, my family and I ask for your consideration. This is an eleelion that is important for all of our eommum ies. ' * i' * ' , " ō Mahalo nui — me ka ha aha a, Kirk Caldwell

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