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"The establishment has overpowered and dominated the Legislature for too long."

"We must elect citizens to office who have more experience than just being a government officeholder."

"I fully support capping the number of hotel and visitor lodgings on Maui."

"We can't take hatred out of hearts, but we can do more to keep deadly weapons out of hateful hands."

"Overall, Hawaii County is not given due recognition. We are the largest, most diverse island, with the majority of farms."

"I was the first elected official to call for closure and decommissioning of Red Hill. I led the way, nice for the congressional delegation to follow, albeit belatedly."

"I will push to eliminate property taxes for landowners that either farm food staples that are consumed locally, or offer extremely low leases to farmers producing locally consumed staples."

"We can better manage our tourism in Hawaii County and keep our resident experience a positive one by restricting and regulating short-term vacation rentals."

"We need to proactively change our model to provide home ownership to families – not nurture long-term renters."

"With so many innovative new methods of farming such as vertical farming, we could be doing so much more to grow and provide our own food here in Hawaii."