Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 10, 1 ʻOkakopa 2018 — STATE HOUSE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STATE HOUSE

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STATE HOUSE DISTRICT #17

WARD, GENE REPUBLICAN AGE: 75 OCCUPATION: Leqislator and Small Businessman HOMETOWN: Honolulu, O'ahu E: repward@qmail.com P: (808) 781-9931 W: www.qene-ward.com

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT #18

SOUZA, OLA REPUBLICAN AGE: 50 OCCUPATION: Self-employed/Mother HOMETOWN: Wailupe, O'ahu E: olasouza@hawaii.rr.com P: (808) 258-6040 W: None

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT #20

SAY, CALVIN K.Y. DEMOCRATIC AGE: 66 OCCUPATION: Small Businessman HOMETOWN: Honolulu (Pālolo Valley), O'ahu E: calvinsay@hotmail.com P: (808) 393-5327 W: None

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT #22

BROWER, TOM DEMOCRATIC AGE: 53 OCCUPATION: State Leqislator HOMETOWN: Waikīkī, O'ahu E: tom.brower@qmail.com P: (808) 398-5653 W: None

STATE HOUSI DISTRICT #22

HENSKI-STARK, KATHRYN REPUBLICAN AGE: 68 OCCUPATION: Retired HOMETOWN: Honolulu, O'ahu E: islandsonq@sbcglobal.net P: (808) 670-6339 W: None

®Feral Cats Recent news reports have highlighted the threats that Hawai'i's feral cat population and the diseases they carry pose to endangered native wildlife, including native waterbirds, seabirds, and even marine mammals such as the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Meanwhile, concerns have also been raised about the impacts that cat-specific parasites may have on humans who inadvertently consume soil, water, or raw seafood containing long-lived parasite "eggs" or oocytes. While well-intended Trap-Neuter-Return ("TNR") programs are meant to humanely and gradually reduce feral cat populations, numerous long-term studies suggest that they are ineffective in reducing feral cat numbers on their own, and TNR-managed cat colonies may actually encourage more cat abandonment. Would you support legislation that will meaningfully address the proliferation of feral cats beyond just TNR, and will you oppose legislation that threatens to increase the number of cat colonies in the islands? A. Yes, feral cats endanger native species facing extinction, and their proliferation presents an increasing risk to public health that must be addressed in a timely manner. B. Yes, legislation should not encourage more cat colonies or the abandonment of cats, but Trap-Neuter-Return programs are the only humane approach to reducing cats on the landscape. C. No, feral cats do not pose a meaningful threat to native wildlife or public health, and TNR programs will humanely reduce feral cat populations over the long-term.

®Charter School Funding Hawai'i's puhlie charter schools, half of whieh are Hawaiian language immersion or Hawaiian-focused charter schools, receive per-pupil operational funds at the same base perpupil rate as Department of Education (DOE) schools. However, unlike DOE schools, whieh have their own facilities, most public charter schools have been forced to use their per-pupil funds or raise extra funds to pay for facilities such as office space and classrooms. Do you believe that the state should address the funding disparity created by public charter schools' need to use per-pupil funds (or otherwise find extra funds) for theirfacilitiescosts? A. Yes, a reasonable amount of facilities funding should be provided to public charter schools unless another solution is found. B. Yes, the state should search for alternative solutions to address the funding disparity created by public charter schools' facilities costs, but should not provide puhlie charter schools with additional facilitiesfunding. C. No, public charter schools should be responsible for finding their own facilities funding, or use their per-pupil funds if necessary.

Candidates that did not respond.

DISTRICT #2 MANIPOLLARSON, GRACE REPUBLICAN E: raven_reuboni@yahoo.com P: (808) 640-1540 W: None DISTRICT #2 TODD, CHRISTOPHER L.T. DEMOCRATIC E: christmastodd@qmail.com P: (808) 825-8636 W: www.toddforhawaii.com DISTRICT #7 BELEKANICH, TOM REPUBLICAN E: belekanicht@yahoo.com P: (808) 753-5880 W: None

DISTRICT #10 MATHER, JEN KAMAHO'I GREEN E: jen@jen4ten.com P: (808) 298-5596 W: www.jen4ten.com DISTRICT #10 MCKELVEY, ANGUS L.K. DEMOCRATIC E: mac4house@qmail.com P: (808) 870-8644 W: www.mckelvey4house.com DISTRICT #36 OKIMOTO, VAL REPUBLICAN E: votevalokimoto@qmail.com P: (808) 258-7548 W: www.valokimoto.com

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