Position Running For

Kauai County Council

What area(s) of the Island do you call home?

Kapaa

What is your vision for a thriving agricultural sector on Kauai and how can the County support that vision?

My dad was a huge farmer on Kauai before he passed away

Pesticides and herbicides and all kinds of weeds make it hard to do agriculture on Kauai

If we can control all these pest than we can sustain agriculture on Kauai

If elected, how would you engage with the business community prior to your decision-making?

I’ll be available to all types of businesses and willing to help them make a profit

My first career was in business

How would you help ensure that working middle class residents can afford to buy or rent a home on Kauaʻi?

Supply and demand problem

We got to build homes for the local people first

How would you effectively manage budget and operations compared to the past?

I would encourage people to work and than more people will increase the budget than we’ll have more money to spend

We must get more state and federal funds as well

What specific ideas do you have about economic diversification and how would you develop these areas?

Increase higher paying jobs by the children of kauai

Right now lot of our construction job go to Honolulu and outer islands

We got to educate students on kauai

What are your priorities for infrastructure investment? How would you ensure that planned infrastructure projects (roads, wastewater, facilities, bridges, etc.) on Kauai move forward in a timely manner?

We only have county projects that we can control right now whether improvements by state and federal is always welcome

What is your vision for effective management of the visitor industry so that economic goals are met while ensuring community and environmental concerns are addressed?

Too much tourist is not good for the island

We must encourage people to spend their money on Kauai and not ruin the beauty of this garden island

What is your solution to best manage solid waste on Kauaʻi? Please include your views on recycling, landfill site, source reduction, and other strategies.

I’m all for recycling and I’m leaning towards gettting an incinerator to control solid paper waste

As an elected official, what steps would you take to mitigate the impacts of climate change on Kauaʻi?

Everyday is a new day according to Bible proficy we have about a thousand more years on this planet

We got to have world peace to make this happen and I’m all for getting along with all our neighbors on this planet

What else would you like to share with the business community?

I’m a special person I want to become a councilman for four or six years than I have aspirations for higher office

First things first I’ll put all my efforts in making this Garden Island the most beautiful place on earth

Thank for reading my plans as a councilmen and we all will benefit from my serving

Mahalo nui loa

Nelson Mukai