{"id":1089,"date":"2018-06-24T21:06:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T07:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2018-07-04T00:26:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T10:26:05","slug":"choon-james-robert-bobby-bunda-and-us-meet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=1089","title":{"rendered":"Choon James: Robert &#8220;Bobby&#8221; Bunda and I Meet Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Choon James: City Council Candidate Robert Bunda Served on\u00a0 PLDC and Honolulu Rail Board<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1090 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35634055_10215640820548892_4172433356513869824_n-470x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35634055_10215640820548892_4172433356513869824_n-470x353.jpg 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35634055_10215640820548892_4172433356513869824_n-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/35634055_10215640820548892_4172433356513869824_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>City Council Candidate Robert Bobby Bunda and I are on the opposite ends of many public policies.\u00a0 Mr. Bobby Bunda was on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DjRh-FM1AxU\">PLDC Board<\/a> and we were challenging him.<\/p>\n<p>The PLDC\u00a0 &#8211; Public Land Development Corporation &#8211; was a moment in time when all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7nNSO8UoeAo\">Hawaiian Islands<\/a> combined to repeal Act 55.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fp57PfA4rUA\">PLDC<\/a> caused so much anger amongst the residents. The name itself was an oxymoron.\u00a0 PRIVATE developers should not be given unfettered access and authority to use PUBLIC lands.<\/p>\n<p>People Power from all the islands of Hawai<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">i <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yVbXGeyASok\">ganged up<\/a> and repealed the bad action in 2012.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bunda was also on the Honolulu Rail HART Board. He recently resigned from the Honolulu Rail HART ( Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit) Board. Honolulu Rail issue is another concern that we citizens tried very hard to insert some sanity into the fiscal process.<\/p>\n<p>Choon James is shown here at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2017\/08\/28\/breaking-news\/legislature-opens-in-special-session-will-debate-rail-bailout-at-3-p-m\/\">State Legislature<\/a> trying to prove a point &#8211; Don&#8217;t keep throwing good money into the fiscal black hole. The state Senate Ways and Means Committee narrowly voted to advance the $2.37 billion\u00a0 bail out for the city\u2019s financially troubled rail project on August 28, 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1083\" src=\"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Choon-James-tossing-dollar-bills--470x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"577\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Choon-James-tossing-dollar-bills--470x391.jpg 470w, http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Choon-James-tossing-dollar-bills-.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/choonjames?source=feed_text\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">ChoonJames<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/choonjamesforcitycouncil?source=feed_text\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">ChoonJamesForCityCouncil<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/pldc?source=feed_text\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">PLDC<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/hart?source=feed_text\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">HART<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/honolulurailtransit?source=feed_text\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">HonoluluRailTransit<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/alohaaina?source=feed_text\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_5afx\"><span class=\"_58cl _5afz\" aria-label=\"hashtag\">#<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">AlohaAina #RobertBunda<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choon James: City Council Candidate Robert Bunda Served on\u00a0 PLDC and Honolulu Rail Board City Council Candidate Robert Bobby Bunda and I are on the opposite ends of many public policies.\u00a0 Mr. Bobby Bunda was on the PLDC Board and we were challenging him. The PLDC\u00a0 &#8211; Public Land Development Corporation &#8211; was a moment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[245,2,243,241],"class_list":["post-1089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-choon-james-choon-james-for-city-council","tag-hawaii","tag-pldc","tag-votechoon-com"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1099,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions\/1099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}