{"id":1165,"date":"2018-08-01T04:33:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T14:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2018-08-01T18:57:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T04:57:01","slug":"choon-james-citizen-candidate-for-honolulu-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/?p=1165","title":{"rendered":"Choon James: Citizen Candidate For Honolulu City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name on ballot: JAMES, Choon<\/h6>\n
Running for: Honolulu City Council<\/h6>\n
District (if applicable):District 2<\/h6>\n
Political party: Nonpartisan<\/h6>\n
Campaign website: www.VoteChoon.com<\/h6>\n
Current occupation: Real Estate Broker<\/h6>\n
Age: 61<\/h6>\n
Previous job history: College Instructor<\/h6>\n
Previous elected office, if any: Community Associations.<\/h6>\n

Community organizations\/prior offices held<\/h4>\n
Chair, Defend Oahu Coalition – Keep The Country Country; president, BYU-Hawaii Alumni Association; president, Laie Point Community Association; board member, Laie Community Association; founding member, Kahuku Hospital Board, Save Oahu Farmlands Alliance; member, Honolulu Board of Realtors; producer, Olelo Community Media; member, Hawaii Thousand Friends; member, Sierra Club; member, Ko\u2019olauloa Sustainable Communities Advisory Planning Committee; member, Amnesty International; member, Friends of South Pass City; member, Relief Society Women\u2019s Organization; merit badge counselor, Aloha Council BSA.<\/div>\n

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Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?<\/h5>\n

I\u2019m a citizen candidate. I do not accept donations from lobbyists or corporations. I owe nobody favors or fear except to work with you residents to improve some basic challenges facing us.<\/p>\n

I have severe concerns about the direction that Honolulu is heading. We cannot continue to fund the runaway Honolulu Rail without firm fiscal scrutiny and accountability. I\u2019m volunteering myself as an able and trained alternative to \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d politics.<\/p>\n

You can rely on my decades-old record of activism and advocacy. I have been consistent. I maintain a world-view outlook. But I also recognize that we live on a small island.<\/p>\n

Additionally, my profession as a real estate broker allows me to work with people from all walks of life and status. We treat every client with care and respect. Should there be a challenge, we quickly and methodically address them with all parties and professionals concerned and find solutions to the benefit of all.<\/p>\n

I have great confidence we can tackle Oahu\u2019s challenges together! It doesn\u2019t matter if we\u2019re young or old, rich or poor, Democrat or Republican, military or civilian, unionized or not – – we all have the same dreams for ourselves and our children. We can be fair and reasonable in decision-making; we can all win! There are solutions to the challenges on our island home.<\/p>\n

You the residents have valuable local knowledge and wisdom to share. Many of us also have international experience, professionally combed the world, and gained insights and expertise. Collectively, we can improve our island home! Let’s put YOUR smarts, imagination, expertise, common sense, and aloha together to improve our lives and communities.<\/p>\n

Let’s gang up for the public good! I humbly ask for YOUR vote.<\/p>\n

Choon James<\/p>\n

808 293 8888 text<\/p>\n

ChoonJamesHawaii@gmail.com<\/p>\n

www.VoteChoon.com<\/p>\n

www.CountryTalkStory.com<\/p>\n

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Name on ballot: JAMES, Choon Running for: Honolulu City Council District (if applicable):District 2 Political party: Nonpartisan Campaign website: www.VoteChoon.com Current occupation: Real Estate Broker Age: 61 Previous job history: College Instructor Previous elected office, if any: Community Associations. Community organizations\/prior offices held Chair, Defend Oahu Coalition – Keep The Country Country; president, BYU-Hawaii Alumni […]<\/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":[103],"class_list":["post-1165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-choon-james"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165","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=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/countrytalkstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}