"Hoʻomaikaʻi, Mazel Tov,(Congratulations) Mel Rapozo, and Derek Kawakami-Plus-Affordable housing an oxymoron in Hawaii-And in case you missed it, Mayor Carvalho will be sorely missed..." 'James "Kimo" Rosen (Kimo's world #253)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer

 and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama Da Dog!

Blog #2006~Kimo's world's #253

-Hoʻomaikaʻi,  Mazel Tov, (Congratulations) Mel Rapozo, and Derek Kawakami- 
Plus 
'Affordable housing an oxymoron in Hawaii' ---- And in case you missed it, 'Mayor Carvalho will be sorely missed'

 The primary elections are pau, terminado,  completed in the 50th state.

Mel Rapozo talks story with
James "Kimo" Rosen...
Congratulations Mel!

The top  2 finishers in the mayoral race  are going on to the general election.

I am proud to say two guys  both of whom I  consider friends and men of integrity  made it to the general election in November.

Monica and Derek Kawakami with
James "Kimo" Rosen
at the 2015 Taste of Hawaii.
Congratulations Derek!

This will be a difficult race for many to vote and most will keep their voice behind the privacy curtain in the  voting booth.

I say friendship aside, vote for the person whom you feel would make Kauai function best! I tell my friends pretend Kauai is your own personal business and you are hiring a CEO to manage and be the CEO for

Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho in yellow
and councilman and mayoral candidate
Derek Kawakami in blue on the right
both enjoying themselves at a recent
'Taste of Hawaii.' We are sorry to report
Mayor Carvalho did not win the primary bid to
run for Lt. Governor, however we know  there's a reason for everything
and that the Lord works in mysterious ways. Bigger things are in
store for Mayor Bernard Carvalho!
Again Congratulations to Councilman Kawakami
and Council-chair Mel Rapozo
for making it to the general election to run for Mayor
of the Garden Island...

your company, who would you trust your business with to prosper and make money, who would you trust your checking account with?  It doesn't matter who you would rather have a beer or talk story with, although that is important , however not the objective.

Kaua'i is a magical place and will take a special
person to fill the shoes of the mayor's job,
especially since it is rumored Mayor Carvalho
 wears a size 13  shoe. May the best man win! 

Remember driving is  out of control with bumper to bumper gridlock and when you do manage to gain momentum on the open road you will most likely be tailgated, nobody on Kauai seems to follow  the simple rule of one car length for each  10 miles per hour...

Everyday new trucks and cars are sold on Kauai. Everyday at least one new driver comes of age. Every day more and more visitors arrive. Everyday new people move to our island to call it home bringing more trucks, cars, boats and motorcycles over crowding our few roads ever more.

According  to the Kauai  County website;  Kauai only hosts  235 miles of paved roadways and 40 miles of unpaved roadways.

It's time Kauai's next mayor take the bull by the horns, traffic gridlock cannot continue. There is also a desperate need for affordable housing(my favorite oxymoron)

How can housing be affordable in Hawaii, it's like the phrase Jumbo shrimp.

(Check the P.S. blog below)

Mazel Tov, Hoʻomaikaʻi,  Congratulations to Council chair Mel Rapozo and Councilman Derek Kawakami for making it to the General election, now the real work begins.

Kauai is a magical place and will take a special person to fill the big shoes of the mayor's job, especially since it is rumored Mayor Carvalho wears a size 13  shoe.  May the best man win! 

In case you missed it, read;
 "Mayor Carvalho will be sorely missed!"
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2017/05/mayor-carvalho-will-be-sorely-missed.html

And another blog you must read, I predicted this race over a year ago
and wrote about it October 23,2017.
'Mayoral race to be real cliffhanger' 
http://dakinetalk.blogspot.com/2017/10/mayoral-race-to-be-cliffhanger-james.html

P.S.

Affordable housing an oxymoron in Hawaii 

 Affordable housing is number 1 on many political agendas with the upcoming elections.

Here on Kauai where a fixer upper home in a not so good section of the island can set you back A half million or more.  

There is an affordable housing development under construction in Hanamaulu on Kauai where the sign reads, affordable units starting at $400,000. Believe or not that’s for a duplex, a half of a house!

Affordable housing to  me is like a Jumbo shrimp, it is an Oxymoron , how can a shrimp be jumbo or housing in Hawaii be affordable?

The elections are coming in November and promises will be made by politicians, but will these promises be met for affordable housing by these 'honest politicians,' another oxymoron!

Let the 'honest politicians' promise you 'affordable housing' while they wine and dine you on 'Jumbo shrimp!" They will make (more oxymoron's) 'bitter sweet' promises being 'seriously funny' as we all 'agreed to disagree'  in a 'love hate relationship ' as we remain 'clearly confused about the craziness of 2 words, affordable housing.

Hana Hou, (Encore)