Yeah, we know you from high school, we know about Island Holdings, and you left that company, you’re no longer with that company. This is a joint effort between the Motiv8 Foundation and Island Holdings Foundation, two organizations that are admirably stepping up to help ensure that the most vulnerable keiki are receiving nutritious breakfasts and dinners. All our focus is on COVID right now, we’re taking a hit budget-wise, but this is the biggest problem of our lifetime. You have a heart condition, you go to the doctor. Keith, Mayor (Kirk) Caldwell just signed the latest city budget. To be honest, there's 15 candidates, I know some better than others, but I view myself in terms of the candidates I know, to be the most liberal. bike to work, walk to work, catch the bus to work. Born and raised in Hawaii, United States, Keith holds the American nationality and he belongs to mixed ethnicity. As an executive of a local business, he understands how to act decisively and collaboratively. Now, in terms of the project, you are talking about, transit-oriented development is one area where we can utilize to build more housing. You deal with broad constituencies, you deal with every community. Vote Keith Amemiya for Honolulu Mayor. “Keith has got a good skill-set when it comes to dealing with people and making connections with them,” observes wife Bonny.
There’s a lot of city employees that are retiring in the coming years. Keith, speaking about Governor Ige, obviously, one of the things the mayor will have to do is work closely with the governor and with the legislature, particularly now, in the recovery from COVID. People need jobs, they’re gonna need money when the federal money starts running out.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – Bachelors of Business Administration – 1988, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa – Richardson School of Law – Juris Doctor Degree – 1991, Donated $25,000, with wife Bonny, to Roosevelt High School for new athletic scoreboard, Brought De La Salle of Concord, CA, and Long Beach Poly CA, to play St. Louis and Kahuku at Aloha Stadium before 30,000 fans in 2003, Reunited the Oʻahu public (OIA) and private (ILH) school leagues to compete in regular season football after, Commissioner – Honolulu Police Commission, Member – State of Hawaiʻi – Board of Education, Member – State of Hawaiʻi – Stadium Authority. The next mayor needs to work with the state, the City Council, the legislature, the federal government to attack climate change. Other names that Keith uses includes Keith Y Amemiya. Well actually, looking over your Q-and-A for Civil Beat, thank you very much, you said COVID ― you know that’s the problem of today, but climate change is really gonna be the problem for all of us for the near future, and much further down the line. Anyone who lives in those areas have an expectation that there will be tourist as their neighbors. I think that was clear to everyone that that’s too many tourists. “I first met Kalei when she was in middle school and, because she couldn’t get the type of training and player development she needed on Moloka‘i, Bonny and I agreed to let her live with us,” explains Amemiya. Who’s really behind your campaign?' And the police commission has less power, duties and responsibilities than one would think, and given all the attention on police reform nationwide and here locally, I think it’s a great time to revisit that situation and see if the Commission can have more oversight and authority. The only expertise he has shown is that he surrounds himself with powerful people to tell him what to do and create his message for him. Instead, with each passing day he grew more resilient when faced with challenges. In this crisis it was just a matter of wrangling the credit for himself. Keith, the so-called ‘sweeping’ of homeless encampments has been a pretty controversial element of Mayor Caldwell’s response to un-sheltered homelessness. During his 12 years with HHSAA, for example, he successfully persuaded many risk-averse principals and athletic directors to launch a second state championship division for the so-called “smaller schools.” It was a move that not only brought in more money for the state, but also increased the level of excitement for prep sports exponentially. Yes, I’m frustrated like everyone else at the rail progress thus far.
And as you know, there’s a rule in place, it gives those cops some anonymity when it comes to disclosing what they did wrong. I don’t have to point that out. They provided a lifeline to me, they provided love, compassion, they provided structure to me, they proved to me that all it takes is one family or one person or set of people to show they care and it can uplift you and change your life trajectory. A closer look at his campaign contributions report shows that contributions are coming in from a hui of historic players. Mariota is a good guy – by all accounts, so that is not at issue. Or have we? I hear from everyone in the construction industry, the development industry, even the home improvement industry, people who wanna build an extension to their house. Well, there’s no good place for homeless people to stay, but Chinatown is not one of the places we should focus on. That is a big reason we have a higher cost of living. He is one of the candidates for the Honolulu Mayoral position. We wanted to get to climate change and its impact on infrastructure, Chad, did you wanna start off with that? She was a store clerk, a pineapple field worker, a coffee grower a pastry chef and a seamstress. I believe that Keith truly wants to make a difference for the State of Hawaiʻi.
But is it really almost done? They treated me like one of their own children. The Amemiyas — Christopher, Keith and Bonny — currently call Pauoa home. You can’t announce a proposal and expect everyone to like it.
Some of them said it was the best day of their lives, and that’s what made me see Keith’s heart for our community and our keiki. With the pandemic, we have a lot of people unemployed, and it’s not just housing that’s a problem. So what specific steps would you take to do that? Keith, I wanted to talk about the movement at Mauna Kea, because it has sparked a movement on every island, especially here on Oahu. Because from what I see, you’ve been a director of a non-profit and you work at an insurance company, but you’ve got no direct experience in government, no direct experience in a for-profit business. You can count on trust, character, integrity, and the ability to work with people from all walks of life. Keith, what would you propose to do about the homeless situation, specifically in Chinatown, because (the Institute for Human Services) tried to create a facility there that failed because of push back by the business community. He also is an owner of the San Francisco Giants. His stepdad, Lolo Sotero, was a Senior Economic Analyst in the Ministry of Finance in Kenya. Right, well, I have a lot of broad-based experience, especially for the job of mayor. “I think he’s very gifted in that way. They know that the job functions of many of their employees in HGEA need to be retooled, and so I look forward to working with both unions to make their workers jobs better and more efficient and beneficial to the taxpayers. Keith Amemiya is a politician associated with the Democratic political party. I know that costs money, but one organization that I feel strongly about, that I know can help domestic violence in particular is the Domestic Violence Action Center. At the time, the US President made us one of 11 drop-off points for travelers from effected areas – and wow, silly us, the public thought they were at least checking temperatures when people arrived. Ige and Caldwell, Ige’s erstwhile collaborator, missed the opportunity for what could have been a slam dunk to keep COVID-19 out of Hawaii altogether. But I wouldn’t rule anything off the table at this point.
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They’re tired of the same old politicians running for office and making the same type of decisions that aren’t improving the lives of working-class families.
During the 2009 state budget shortfall that brought “Furlough Fridays” for schools and threatened to end all junior varsity sports at public high schools, Keith spearheaded the “Save Our Sports” Campaign. “Bert and Harriet were great role models for me.