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Hirono campaigns
at convention for
governor’s race

Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono spent some of her time at last week's Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles working to get support for her campaign for governor in 2002.

Hirono, who is active with the Asian and Pacific Islander Americans caucus at the Democratic convention, said she hopes to use the connections to network and gain new supporters.

But Gov. Ben Cayetano, who after two terms will be stepping down in 2002, said that while national support is good, the race for governor is won on a local level.

"She is working hard but it won't be easy," he said. "You need to do things that will prepare the groundwork in Hawaii."

ONLINE:

The youngest member of the state House has co-founded an online start-up company.

Brian Schatz (D, Makiki), 27, is a partner in Hubris Online, which builds Web sites for companies.

Schatz, who until this past January spearheaded the Hawaii Elections Project, writes proposals and does strategic planning and sales for Hubris, which began operations in February.

Linda Kwok, who has a background in interactive media development, does the design and writes the code, Schatz said.

So far, their clients include Ocean Pointe, Pacific Atelier International, the University of Hawaii School of Architecture and the Ko Olina Marina. The company also launched a Web site for Gary Okino, a candidate for the Honolulu City Council.

Schatz, who is up for re-election this year, said he's willing to help legislative colleagues set up Web sites but drew the line at candidates who are after his job.

"Business is business," he said. "On the other hand, I don't think I would do a Web site for any of my adversaries."

UNOPPOSED:

Two Board of Education candidates will not have to worry about next month's primary elections -- that's because they have automatically made it to November's General Elections.

The state office of elections reports challenger Nani Quintana-Davies and incumbent Herbert S. Watanabe are the only ones running for the Hawaii County seat.

State law says if there are only two qualified candidates for any seat requiring residency in a particular school district, the chief election officer can declare those two duly nominated.

And that's what chief elections officer Dwayne Yoshina did. As such, their names will not appear on next month's primary ballot.

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