Q&A With Duke Aiona
10/25/2010
Kent Nishimura for Civil Beat
Civil Beat sat down with both the Republican and Democratic governor candidates to capture their perspective on a range of issues and influences. We requested 30-minute one-on-one interviews with each.
- Read Neil Abercrombie's Q&A.
James "Duke" Aiona was running late on Oct. 8, the day of Civil Beat's interview with him. But the lieutenant governor spent some 35 minutes answering our questions.
Indeed, the interview might have gone on longer had Aiona's campaign managers not politely interrupted to tell the candidate for governor he had other business to attend to. Members of the lieutenant governor's official staff were also on hand for much of the interview, which was held at Aiona's Nimitz Highway campaign headquarters.
Aiona provided extensive comments on his commitment to filing his cabinet with young people, why he insists on an audit for the Hawaii Department of Education and the role of faith in his decision-making.
