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Campaign events
Candidate forum for District 5 County Council candidates, 6-8 p.m., Aug. 19 at the Pahoa Neighborhood Facility. Sponsored by the non-profit Malama O Puna, the  forum wll focus on environmental issues facing Puna.

"Coffee Hour Weekend" with District 5 Council candidate Wayne Joseph: Hawaiian Shores, 10 a.m., Aug. 16, hosted by Del Pranke, 965-8169; and Hawaiian Paradise Park, 11 a.m., Aug. 17, hosted by Bryn and Danny Berg, 966-6009. Joseph also will have a booth at the Makuu Farmers Market this Sunday, Aug. 10, to discuss his candidacy and answer questions.

Open discussion with District 5 Council candidate Gary Safarik and tour of a five-acre palm farm and botanical garden, 2-5 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 10, hosted by Karolyn Lundqvist of Leilani Estates, 965-0083. Safarik also will have a table at the Makuu Farmer's Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 17, to discuss his candidacy and answer questions.

Talk Story with Gary Safarik, 5-7p.m., Friday, Aug. 22, at Pahoa Neighborhood Center. Light refreshments.

All candidates having campaign events in Puna are invited to submit information about them for publication in this column.

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I was a reporter for close to 17 years at the Hawaii Tribune-Herald until October 2005, when I joined the growing ranks of union leaders now formerly employed by the newspaper. (For more about what's happening at the Tribune-Herald, check out the Hawaii Newspaper Guild web site.) Since then I've been the Hilo unit representative for the Guild, a freelance writer, photographer, and blogger.  Puna has been my family's home since 1993.

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Monday
12May

Pilago leads Higa in WHT survey

DateMonday, May 12, 2008 at 03:51PM

West Hawaii Today is currently conducting a Web site survey on the Hawaii County mayor's race. A few moments ago I checked the results and, not surprisingly, West Hawaii Councilman Angel Pilago is leading but with less than half the votes -- 476, or 46 percent of the total.

What's surprising is that Stacy Higa is second  with 187 votes (18 percent), and more surprising is that Lorraine Inouye is fourth with only 4 percent (45 votes). "None of the above" and "Undecided/Not sure" each got 7 percent. Billy Kenoi is third with 165 votes (16 percent).

I'm not sure how long the newspaper keeps these surveys on its Web site, so if you want to make your mark, better do it soon. Thanks to Aaron Stene for the tip.

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I think what that says is that on this side, being an outlyer to the current adminstration is looked on favorably.
May 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterChuck

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