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Shan Tsutsui Sign Waving

Wednesday, 9/8 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Intersection of Papa Avenue and Kaahumanu Ave

Matt Mano (Maui County Council, Lana'i) Sign Waving:

Friday, September 24, 2010: AM/PM sign waving, Kahului
Saturday, September 25, 2010: 12:00pm-2:00pm, Ka'ahumanu Mal

Saturday, October 2, 2010: 5:30pm-8:30pm Campaign Dinner, Lana'i
Friday, October 8, 2010: AM/PM sign waving, Molokai
Saturday, October 9, 2010: Canvass, Molokai
Friday, October 15, 2010: AM/PM sign waving, Hana Highway
Saturday, October 16, 2010: Canvass, Hana
Thursday, October, 21, 2010: PM sign waving, Lahaina
Friday, October 22, 2010: AM/PM sign waving, Wailuku
Saturday, October 23, 2010: 10:00am-12:00pm, Costco
Thursday, October 28, 2010: PM sign waving, Lahaina
Friday, October 29, 2010: AM/PM sign waving, Kihei
Saturday, October 30, 2010: Canvass, Kihei

Sign Waving for Angus McKelvey (State House – District 10)

Every Friday from Aug 6^th to Oct 29^th (except Aug 20^th and Oct 18^th) -- Lahaina Cannery Mall: 3:30PM – 6:00PM
Aug 20^th & Oct 18^th – Napili (Across from Napili Market on Honoapiilani Hwy near old ML&P truck yard): : 3:30PM – 6:00PM
Every Monday from Sept 20^th to Nov 1^st – Lahainaluna Rd (across from MauiGrown Coffee/Pioneer Mill Smokestack):6:30AM –8:30AM
Every Friday from September 24^th to October 29^th – Lahainaluna Road (across from MauiGrown Coffee/Pioneer Mill Smokestack): : 6:30AM –8:30AM

Neil Abercrombie

We will have sign waving at 3:30-5:30PM on the following days.

Thursday, September 9 – Wailuku, High Street on the sidewalk in front of the county building
Thursday, September 16 – Papa Avenue and Kaahumanu Avenue on Kaiser side of the street straight across from the park
Friday, September 17 – Hana Highway, by the Hansen Road Exit
Saturday, September 18 – In front of Kaahumanu Center

Canvassing

We will be canvassing on the following days. We will meet at the following locations at 7:45AM, where we will be distributing maps of our assigned areas. Canvassing will end at 11:30AM.

Saturday, September 4 – Kahului Shopping Center, Asian Cuisine parking lot
Saturday, September 11 – Kahului Shopping Center, Asian Cuisine parking lot
Saturday, September 18 – Kahului Shopping Center, Asian Cuisine parking lot

Ongoing phone banking efforts to Get Out The Vote:

The co-chairs are Sheldon Biga, Nicanor Casumpang, and Karey Kapoi. You may contact them with your questions.

Sign wavings for Kai Nishiki (County Council)

4:00 p.m. this Friday September 10^th, to sign wave in front of Kahului Shopping Center

Sign Waving For Tasha Kama (House District 8 Wailuku etc.)

AM = 6:00-8:00 AM  (MORNINGS)      PM = 3:00-6:00 PM (AFTERNOONS)

AM & PM     Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010    Kahului Harbor (mauka        
AM & PM   Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010    Paukukalo Hawaiian Homes (mauka)    
AM & PM    Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010    Mokuhau Rd. & N. Market (Happy Valley)    
AM  & PM  Friday, Sept. 10, 2010        Kaahumanu  Ave. (Across of Stillwell’s Bakery)
AM & PM   Monday, Sept. 13, 2010    Waikapu Tropical Plantation (mauka)
AM & PM   Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010    Kahului Harbor (mauka        
AM & PM   Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010    Paukukalo Hawaiian Homes (mauka)    
AM  & PM   Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010    Mokuhau Rd. & N. Market (Happy Valley)    
AM & PM   Friday, Sept. 17, 2010        Kaahumanu  Ave. (Across of Stillwell’s Bakery)

Sign Waving for Leona Bak Nomura (County Council)

Sign Waving For Joe Bertram (House South Maui)

From 5:30-6:30 on the Pi'ilani across from Safeway on Pi'ikea.

Joe Souki

Joe Souki Sign Waving

Tue., Sep. 7    6:00-8:00 am    Waiale Road Prison
Wed., Sep. 8    4:00-6:00 pm    Sack n Save Bridge
Thu., Sep. 9    6:00-8:00 am    Happy Valley (Frmr. TK Mkt.)
Fri., Sep. 10    4:00-6:00 pm    Sack n Save Bridge
Mon., Sep. 13    6:00-8:00 am    Beach Road
Tue., Sep. 14    6:00-8:00 am    Happy Valley (Frmr. TK Mkt.)
Wed., Sep. 15    4:00-6:00 pm    Beach Road
Thu., Sep. 16    6:00-8:00 am    Sack n Save Bridge
Fri., Sep. 17    4:00-6:00 pm    Sack n Save Bridge
Mon., Sep. 20    6:00-8:00 am    THANK YOU! Waiale Road Prison
Tue., Sep. 28    6:00-8:00 am    Beach Road
Thu., Sep. 30    4:15-6:00 pm    Sack n Save Bridge

Justin Hughey.  Call 358.5679 for sign waving schedule.

Labor Day has come to mean many things over the years: the unofficial end of summer, the start of football season, or even just a three-day weekend.  Sometimes the real purpose of Labor Day gets lost. So, I wanted to pause on this Labor Day to thank the person this holiday is intended to honor: the American worker.

During this election season, you’ve heard politicians talking a lot about the economy, and for good reason. We know we need to keep working to strengthen our economy. While it’s true that some of the “economic indicators” that people in Washington talk about are looking better, what’s really important at the end of the day is whether people have good jobs so that they can provide for their families.

On Labor Day, and every day, Hawaii’s working families are my priority. I often think of the time I was flying out of Lihue Airport late one night. I met a young man who had just started his night shift at the airport. He got to the airport after leaving his day shift at one of Kauai’s resort hotels. He worked like that, two shifts a day, six days a week, to provide for his family. He’s like so many of the people I talk with every day – hard working, persevering, hopeful for the future.

So on this Labor Day, ‘mahalo’ to everyone in Hawaii, doing their very best at their job, working with pride, working to move Hawaii forward.

I’m honored that my steadfast supporting for our working men and women has been recognized. I’m humbled to announce that many of the great organizations representing workers here in Hawaii have endorsed my reelection to Congress, including the following:

AFL-CIO
American Postal Workers Union
Hawaii Carpenters Union
Hawaii Government Employees Association
Hawaii State Association of Letter Carriers
Hawaii State Council of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Hawaii State Teachers Association
Hawaii Teamsters
Ironworkers Union
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Laborers
National Association of Social Workers PAC
Professional Aviation Safety Specialists
Seafarers International Union of North America
Sheet Metal Workers
State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers
Unite Here! Local 5
United Public Workers
University of Hawaii Professional Assembly

You must choose “Democratic Party” and ALSO vote in ONLY the Democratic Party area on this side of the ballot.

Then turn your ballot over and vote in the “Special Nonpartison Offices Ballot” and the “Maui County” area.
DO NOT VOTE in the “Free Energy” “Nonpartison” or “Republican” boxes or they won’t count your ballot.

Confusing isn’t it?  You can vote for the school board which is labeled “nonpartisan” but if you vote in the other “Nonpartison” box YOUR BALLOT WILL NOT COUNT!!!

Justice? It has nothing to do with justice. Real information? Nothing there either. Cold, hard cash? Influence with powerful people behind the scenes? Certainly. The unnamed money source behind this extraordinary several-year effort has yet to have a face.

What is being perpetrated against Sol Kaho’ohalahala is nothing less than a strategic, slow and painful torture of a keiki o ka aina, one of the finest public servants Maui has ever seen. Inflicting undeserved and untold harm to his family as well as past generations of his Lanai kupuna. More than this, it’s aimed directly at every voter that elected Sol to our Maui County Council.

Sol deserves our prayers and our support. If the powers that are playing this out cannot be stopped, then no one will be safe from such twisted attempts to usurp the Maui voters’ power to elect regular citizens to our local government.

Sol’s extraordinary vision for our government must have a chance to see the light of day. You can help send a powerful message with a simple vote on Sept. 18 in the mayoral primary. Now that is democracy in action.

Sean Lester
Kula

But Republican Congressional Rep (not for long!) Djou wants to cut these funds off.  Most of them go to his district!

So even when a Republican appears “nonpartisan” (and the two running for Maui Mayor who have held that office already are both Republicans), I’ve made up my mind to vote Democrat instead.

Karen Chun

“Do you agree with [name of a candidate] spending all this money for this discredited program?”

The question is usually filled with false or misleading information and the survey is not a survey at all but an attempt to get you to think that the candidate mentioned has done these bad things.  Or that the good things the candidate has done are bad.

If you receive one of these calls, try to get as much information as possible.  It is a FCC requirement that the caller identify himself and the committee sponsoring the calls.  Then contact the candidate who is being slandered and let him or her know you received such a call.

If you receive a call and there is no identifying committee or person, report it to the FCC and the State Attorney.

Remember – if the questions start with the assumption that the named candidate did something negative, then you are the victim of one of the scam polls that are considered to be dishonest.

Just before this GOP Rep Barton publicly apologized to British Petroleum (whose run-away gusher is covering the Gulf of Mexico with oil) for President Obama’s requirement that BP put aside $20 billion in escrow to pay for the oil cleanup and damages.  Republican, Barton has received more than $1.5 million in campaign donations from the oil industry, according to Open Secrets, a nonpartisan watchdog group.

We see how Republicans who appear moderate are toeing the GOP line and blocking passage of unemployment benefits, bank reform, energy reform and so on.  Sadly, they appear to be putting politics above the good of their voters.