Ronald Hochuli

Ronald Hochuli

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Ronald Hochuli was a candidate for the mayor of Honolulu in Hawaii. He was defeated in the primary election on August 13, 2016.

Biography

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Hochuli came to Honolulu in 1968 as a Catholic monk. He taught at Chaminade University and Saint Louis School. He then worked in finance for 25 years, culminating in the position of senior vice president of Merrill Lynch in Honolulu. He then served as a regional director at Catholic Charities Services.

Campaign themes

2016

Hochuli's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Campaign spending

• Excerpt: "We need to reform how campaigns are funded. Once a candidate is elected to office, we need to eliminate campaign re-election contributions. When we stop the flow of money, we provide an opportunity for elected officials to do the right thing without influence from special interests."

Development

• Excerpt: "We need an open and transparent process to assess the capacity of our water, sewage systems, and roads before we allow massive development projects. Water quality, potable water availability, and watershed and coastal ecosystems are diminishing in proportion to the pace in which land is being covered with pavement."

Ethics

• Excerpt: "It is intolerable that the sitting mayor of Honolulu is “moonlighting” for a large corporation with its own narrow self-interests. It’s equally intolerable that the sitting mayor would target the head of the ethics commission for having the audacity to question the Mayor’s ethics."

Fiscal responsibility

• Excerpt: "I plan to use my financial management skills to ensure that the City spends taxpayer dollars transparently and wisely. I will have zero tolerance for waste and for special-interest spending."

Homelessness

• Excerpt: "My plan for tackling the complex issue of homelessness begins with:

1. Collecting information about each homeless person in a central database that is shared among the many service providers, private as well as public. This will facilitate a more effective, personalized response to each individual or family situation.
2. Using city resources to support the efforts of churches to adopt/mentor families with children
3. Adopting an ordinance that prohibits living outside a permanent shelter
4. Establishing a farming community where the homeless can receive not only food, shelter and clothing, but also an opportunity to work. Working the land of Hawaii can help to heal."

Housing

• Excerpt: "Local developers have demonstrated an ability to build affordable housing, and we can magnify those efforts by providing tax incentives for building that kind of housing. We need fast-track planning and permitting approval for such developers, and to encourage lenders to work with responsible citizens who may lack resources to qualify."

Transportation

• Excerpt: "We need to take a hard look at stopping the rail madness now, and using the rest of our billions on an alternative that will actually reduce today’s level of traffic congestion."
• Excerpt: "As mayor, I will assemble a team of reputable experts who will not be influenced by money and special interests, to evaluate the various traffic solutions that have been effective in other island communities, taking the best ideas and formulating a comprehensive plan to reduce current traffic congestion."

Elections

2016

See also: Municipal elections in Honolulu, Hawaii (2016)

The city of Honolulu, Hawaii, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on August 13, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was June 7, 2016. Five of the nine city council seats were up for election. The following candidates ran in the Mayor of Honolulu primary election.

Mayor of Honolulu, Primary Election, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kirk Caldwell Incumbent	44.61%	74,062
Charles Djou	43.69%	72,532
Peter Carlisle	9.36%	15,539
Lillian Lai Lam Wang Hong	0.69%	1,140
Ernest Caravalho	0.47%	781
Ronald Hochuli	0.38%	635
Kurt Baker	0.22%	360
Lawrence Friedman	0.21%	346
Mike Powers	0.19%	317
Tim Garry	0.13%	210
Zachary Burd	0.06%	97
Total Votes		166,019
Source: Hawaii.gov, "Primary Election Official Results," accessed November 28, 2016

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See also

• Honolulu, Hawaii
• Municipal elections in Honolulu, Hawaii (2016)
• United States municipal elections, 2016

External links

• Hawaii.gov, "2016 Candidates"
• Official campaign website
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