Welcome to my website! Thank you for your participation in the electoral process. Thank you for your interest in my candidacy for the County Council.

For many years, it has been my privilege to work with many of you and others to keep and to create Kaua‘i prosperous, beautiful, healthy and sustainable. Together, we’ve provided public transportation (the Kaua‘i Bus), multi-use paths, Sunshine Markets and innovative programs such as the Film Commission. We’ve slowed growth, expanded open spaces and built affordable homes.

With your help and support, I want to continue this work. I want to contribute my years of experience, innovative thinking and practical solutions. I will work for:

• Increased energy and food self-sufficiency
• More jobs and a strong, stable economy
• Affordable housing for all who need it
• Expanded Kaua‘i Bus services, including Sundays, more frequent service and longer hours
• A “Zero Waste” solid waste system that encourages recycling, reducing, and re-use
• Effective, user-friendly government services and infrastructure
• Expanding our “common wealth” of open spaces, parks and public spaces
• Public schools of excellence

Today, we face many challenges. The keys are leadership, working together, good planning and wise action. We all want to keep Kaua‘i prosperous, beautiful, healthy and sustainable—a living example of aloha.

Please join our campaign for fun, fellowship and faithful stewardship of our island home. There’s much at stake. The future we create together will honor the legacy of our parents and grandparents, while building a lasting testament of our love for our children and grandchildren.

Me ke aloha pumehana,

A privilege

Former Mayor and Councilmember JoAnn Yukimura signed out nomination papers for a seat on the council. Taking this action last Friday, she signaled her intention to run for the County Council in the primary and general elections that will be held this fall.

My heart has always been at the local level,” Yukimura said in a news release. “Over the years, I’ve been invited to run for lieutenant governor, the state House and Senate and even Congress, but I prefer the level closest to the people.

“What I love best is listening to concerns and working with others to address our problems and create new opportunities on Kaua‘i,” she said. “I also feel that the policies established at the county level are pivotal. It is our island plans for energy, land use, solid waste and drug prevention and how well we implement them at the local level that makes the biggest difference.

My Vision

My vision: a community living aloha, co-creating its future with love and unity.

My values: integrity, excellence, respect, compassion, humility, faith in community, good planning, inclusiveness, sustainability, continuous self-education & learning.

Guiding principles: aloha, it’s Kaua‘i’s spirit. “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono” (the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness).

Mission: to help make Kaua‘i a sustainable, healthy, and prosperous island community living aloha.

Goals

• Planning: Support and work for a highly professional, visionary, effective and knowledgeable Planning Department that provides leadership and support to an island community committed to good planning.
• Energy: Advocate, legislate, and facilitate energy conservation and the production of affordable, efficient, clean and renewable energy.
• Affordable Housing: Adopt a well researched and structured affordable housing inclusionary zoning law which ensures, over time, an inventory of housing that is sturdy, attractive, energy efficient and permanently affordable.
• Traffic/Transportation: Work with community, County and DOT to develop a multi-modal land transportation plan that will provide sustainable, affordable, effective and convenient mobility for the people of Kaua`i.
• Public Education: Work for schools of excellence, a strong foundation for our community
• Solid Waste: Monitor and contribute to the ongoing update of the County’s Solid Waste Management Plan to ensure a sustainable and environmentally and fiscally sound plan.
• Sustainability: Vigorously promote Sustainability Education and the application of sustainability principles in all aspects of life on Kaua`i.