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Waipahu-Mililani
Kekuailohia Mark Beamer
DemocratAge: 34 Job: Attorney Past: Budget analyst, Senate Ways and Means Committee
What qualifies you to be a state representative?
As an educator in touch with the problems that public education faces today, I will form an "Alliance for Education" to resolve the education crisis. I am also a small-business owner who is committed to putting "Kama'aina First" through fairer taxation and the creative, aggressive marketing of Hawaii.
How would you improve Hawaii's public schools, and how would you pay for it?
Mentoring: Programs for new students and teachers. Internships: Opportunities for every high school senior. Funding: To upgrade teachers' skills and certifications. Autonomy: Enable districts to schedule and administrate themselves, and maintain facilities. Our goals can be realized through greater partnerships with higher-education institutions, parents, businesses and social organizations.
What, if anything, should be done to improve Hawaii's business climate?
Kama'aina First: Reduce income taxes for the people of Hawaii, including locally owned and operated businesses. Additional tax incentives for local "good corporate citizenship." Hawaii No Ka Oi: Aggressively promote Hawaii on the global market.
Guy P. Ontai
RepublicanAge: 45 Job: Civil engineer Past: State representative; former chairman, Mililani Uka Elementary SCBM
What qualifies you to be a state representative?
Broad, meaningful life's experiences. Long-term resident of my district. Lived in several other states during my military career. Raised three active children in our family-oriented district. Taught physics at West Point, but found that I could not teach physics in Hawaii's public schools. Government stupidity must be challenged.
How would you improve Hawaii's public schools, and how would you pay for it?
Find education leaders who will plan, execute, manage and report budgets and programs -- leaders who use action verbs instead of excuses. Set high expectations, test and adjust teaching to achieve success. Smile often. Decentralize to make schools more responsive to communities ...
What, if anything, should be done to improve Hawaii's business climate?
Eliminate corporate income tax. Prevent government from bullying and competing with businesses, both large and small. Restrain government growth -- government should not continue to grow faster than our state's economy. Provide incentives vs. increased regulation. ...
