King Spells Out Platform in Bid for Lt Gov

by Adrienne King

Republican candidate for lieutenant governor

Thank you so much for taking time to consider supporting my candidacy for Lt. Governor in the Republican primary. I decided to run because I was hearing too many stories of starry-eyed kids being discouraged instead of encouraged, fledgling businesses stifled instead of supported, and tired tax payers sucked dry to feed counterproductive policies and practices. My experience lobbying the legislature the last three years convinced me that we need new energy, new faces, and new approaches to the lethargy of the “same ol’ same ol’.”

We need radical restructuring of our education system. While some kids do very well, too many cannot read a ruler, figure a bus schedule, or pass the National Guard entrance exam. This is intolerable. The last time the DOE was audited was 1973. That was before cell phones and computers, the internet, I-phones, cable, and Netflix!! We need to get Hawaii off the provincial clipper ship to nowhere and onto the world’s rocket ship to the 21st century.

We need to provide more tax incentives, not fewer, so our small businesses, the backbone of our economy, will flourish, thrive and expand. We need to promote “Made-in-Hawaii” products so that our people in Hawaii reap the benefits. We need to revise regulations to encourage creativity, while clarifying enforcement guidelines to insure respectful compliance. Too many rules that make no sense leave people confused and disheartened.

We need assurance that the money we pay in taxes and fees is being spent wisely. Instead of supporting efforts to streamline government operations, the party in power for the last half century reverts to raising taxes and fees. They have created our over?dependence on government handouts turning us against each other in a fight over the money. People are crying for help and the party in power is not listening.

We need to help communities find their own solutions in their own neighborhoods. We need to bring communities, parents, teachers, and principals together to run their own schools. We need to cut through bureaucratic red tape that leaves housing units vacant and schools without air conditioning. We need to empower people to feel capable in their own God-given ability to fulfill their dreams and help their neighbors.

We can make a difference. Each one of us. One vote at a time. Will you help me? I know you care, and I know I am not the only citizen who feels this way. I am, however, the only candidate running who has put my time and treasure where my words are by publicly declaring my sponsorship of the “Taxed Enough Already” movement in Hawaii. I have been involved in the organizing of the rallies on Oahu for the last two years, working with Rep. Kym Pine, Hawaii Republican Assembly members, the Grassroot Institute, and many other dedicated freedom-loving individuals. I have been carrying this message to the entire state - from BBQs in Ka’u to lunches in Lihue. I have talked to parents and small business owners from Chinatown to Kona, from Koko Marina to Lahaina. Sen. Sam Slom has done a radio ad for me. It is currently running on KHVH. Sen. Slom and Rep. Pine have also done a TV ad for me which just started running this week. We have another TV ad which is also running featuring former Chaminade basketball coach Merv Lopes. I have mailed out targeted brochures. Kym Pine and I will be appearing on more radio ads starting next week. We are giving out bumper stickers and providing yard signs and banners as fast as we can. I have marched in the 4th of July parade in Makawao, greeted people at the Maunalua Independence Day Festival, and attended all four days of the Kauai Farm Fair, and sign-waved with supporters on Kauai, Maui, Hawaii, and Oahu. Some of you may have seen me sign-waving on Kalani Hwy and the Pali or out in Ewa.