“It’s only impossible until it’s not.”
“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” -John F. Kennedy
Aloha. I am a common sense, moderate, reform Republican running for the 2020 Congressional District 1 US Congress seat to represent the people of Hawai’i. While following the news coverage of the federal government over the past 2 years, I decided it was time to stop complaining about the problems in our government and time to become part of the solution. Our federal government is wasteful and inept because it has grown to the point that it is too big to be adequately managed or overseen. People are frustrated with the current ineffective state of our federal government and its divisive underlying partisan politics in Washington DC. Congress has devolved into legislating for the next election cycle rather than doing what’s in the best interest for the people of this country. We elected adults to represent us in congress and it has deteriorated into school yard bickering and fighting. So I am running on a platform of comprehensive change across the whole of our federal government.
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” -Thomas Jefferson
I am retired at a good place in life. Through lifelong planning, hard work, good fortune, and making the most of opportunities, I was able to retire early on Kaua’i with a pension and a 401k savings account that will outlast my lifetime. I have always made an effort to live a pay-it-forward lifestyle. In paying-it-forward, the right thing to do with this congressional race opportunity is to run for the CD-1 US Congress seat for the people of Hawai’i. I have no need to run for office myself and any of the $174,000 annual US Congress salary that isn’t used towards personal congressional expenses will be donated to charities in Hawai’i for our keiki. Our keiki are our future and there is no better investment for our future than investing in our keiki.
“Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more, believing in yourself.” – Harry Potter
I am an agent of change. I worked for over 35 years for federal government contractors as a systems engineer in a wide variety of roles across multiple disciplines. All my roles involved managing change and innovation, especially with new and evolving technologies, to deliver or improve efficiency and effectiveness on government contracts while significantly eliminating or preventing waste. The first 29 years of that career was working on government contracts in the Washington DC area for NASA, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Agriculture. I relocated permanently to Kaua’i in August 2009 for the last role of my government contractor career as the station manager of NASA’s Kokeʻe Park Geophysical Observatory (KPGO). I chose to retire in February 2016 to make more time for my aging ‘Ohana and to further enjoy life on Kaua’i with my dogs.
“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” -John F. Kennedy
I approach everything with a practical, grounded, hands-on, “rubber meets the road” mindset. My engineering approach to resolving problems and managing change grew out of best practices acquired over my career as an analyst, researcher, scientist, programmer, network manager, and systems engineer. I made a career around successfully using change management to develop and implement near-term and long-term plans at work and in my personal life. I am now seeking to apply my skill sets to drive change and improvement in our federal government as the CD-1 US Congress representative if the people of Hawai’i choose me to represent them. If you agree that our federal government has taken a turn for the worse, please join me to start managing change and innovation in Washington DC to drive our federal government back on course to being more functional, efficient, and effective.
Kulia i ka nu’u – “Strive to reach the highest”
