9/17/2024 #kihei #elections #candidates

At 630 PM on Tuesday evening, KCA president Char Schulenburg welcomed about 65 attendees at the Pro Arts Playhouse to the regular public general membership meeting with a brief series of announcements. One key one is the recurring information that a nominating committee has been established to begin the process of determining the 2025 Board of Directors. Interested applicants should complete and submit an application at https://gokihei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025-BOD-Application.pdf.

Char

She then introduced the facility host Lin of Pro Arts to say a few words about the facility and some of the programs at https://proartsmaui.org/.

Lin

Next up was Lauren Armstrong , Senior Project Manager at Brown and Caldwell Water resources and facilities, addressing what they are doing in conjunction with the County Water Department in an inspection of water lines.

Lauren

Finally, Char introduced KCA Director Bob Schaberg to moderate the State Legislature candidate forum, the major segment of the meeting.

Bob

First up were the candidates for the South Maui Representative to the State House

Democratic incumbent Terez Amato

Republican challenger Aileen Acain

Incumbent Democratic Senator Angus Mc Kelvey

Republican challenger for Senate Sheila Walker

The House candidates were up first with the standard opening introductory comments before responding to a series of questions pertaining to  South Maui, followed by the Senate candidates, concluding the meeting at 8:00 PM.

The next meeting, our final candidate forum on Oct 15, will have the return to the Pro Arts of the candidates from South Maui and Upcountry who were victorious in the primary election, as well as the two candidates from Paia. If you missed this State forum on Tuesday, the recording is available right here.