Archive for July 16th, 2008
COH Highway Safety Council Meeting
The Hawaii County Highway Safety Coucil Meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at the Mayor’s Conference Room in Kona via Video Conference.
Co-Chair Jim Cohn represents KTSC at the County Highway Safety Council Meetings, which meets with other district traffic safety council representatives to submit recommendations to the Mayor regarding County highway safety issues.
Hawai’i County Mayor – History
In the County of Hawai’i, the Mayor is the Chief Executive Officer with municipal jurisdiction over the Big Island. Mayoral elections began in 1968, when the present form of charter government was instituted. Prior to charter government, an elected Board of Supervisors selected a Chairman who was basically the chief operating officer of the County. Act 73 of the 1963 Legislature enabled counties to draft their own charters.
Former Honolulu Deputy Corporate Counsel Shunichi Kimura was selected in 1964 as the last County of Hawai’i Chairman and elected in 1968 as the first County of Hawai’i Mayor.
West Hawai’i road development history can be compared to the chart below, establishing which Administration initiated specific projects and plans.
| Term in Office | Name | Party | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 – 1974 | Shunichi Kimura | Democrat | Resigned to become a 3rd Circuit Court judge.[2] |
| 1974 | Bruce McCall | Democrat | Kimura’s managing director; became mayor after his resignation.[3] |
| 1974 – 1984 | Herbert Matayoshi | Democrat | Resigned to run for Hawaii State Senate.[4] |
| 1984 | Megumi Kon | Democrat | Matayoshi’s managing director; became mayor after his resignation.[5] |
| 1984 – 1988 | Dante Keala Carpenter | Democrat | Lost reelection.[6] |
| 1988 – 1990 | Bernard Akana | Republican | Died of cancer while in office.[7] |
| 1990 | Larry Tanimoto | Republican | Bernard Akana’s managing director after Susan Labrenz left the post earlier; became mayor after Akana’s death.[8] |
| 1990 – 1992 | Lorraine Rodero Inouye | Democrat | Won special election held eight months after Akana’s death.[9] |
| 1992 – 2000 | Stephen Kei Yamashiro | Democrat | |
| 2000 – 2008 | Harry Kim | Republican and unaffiliated | In the 2004 elections, local laws were changed so mayoral candidates were without party affiliations. |
References
- 1. ^ County of Hawaii – Mayor, Hawaii County, 2005. Accessed 2007-08-05.
- 2. ^ http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806240346
- 3. ^ http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806240346
- 4. ^ http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806240346
- 5. ^ http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008806240346
- 6. ^ http://starbulletin.com/98/11/09/editorial/chang.html
- 7. ^ http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2007/07/31/local/local03.txt
- 8. ^ http://www.hawaii-county.com/annual_reports/annual96_97/parks01.htm
- 9. ^ http://www.lorraineonline.com/accomplishments.shtml
Information, Chart and Links From: Wikipedia contributors, “Mayor of Hawaii,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_Hawaii&oldid=224560412 (accessed July 17, 2008).
