Daily Archives: May 21, 2003

I hosted some judges from Tianjin, China and had a nice talk with them in my office I showed them the Hawaii State House of Representatives chamber before escorting them to the Hawaii Supreme Court to meet Chief Justice Ronald T.Y. Moon.

This past couple of weeks I have been visiting the schools in my district to touch basis, and present letters and certificates to all the outgoing and incoming student leaders.

At Waikele Elementary School, I presented certificates and letters at their student government meeting room. A couple of the students remembered me speaking to them in the “Young CEO” program, which encourages kids to be entrepreneurial. The student leaders gave me a group picture of them with all their signatures. I proudly display the picture in my office.

Kaleiopu'u Elementary School gave me the opportunity to present certificates to their student leaders in their morning assembly, which was videotaped and broadcasted live throughout the entire school. After, I had a really good talk with the student leaders.

This evening, Rep. Karamatsu presented certificates and letters to the student leaders at Waipahu High School that was held at the Pearl City High School auditorium. “Their enthusiasm and energy was really satisfying to see,” mentioned Rep. Karamatsu. He continued, “They are truly up and coming leaders.”

I organized Waipahu’s first town meeting held by its legislators. The topic was “Legislative Wrap-Up.” The meeting was held yesterday, Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at the Waipahu Intermediate School Cafeteria from 7:00 to 8:30 P.M.

The legislators participating were Senators Cal Kawamoto, Brian Kanno, and Willie Espero, and Representatives Alex Sonson, Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo, and Jon Riki Karamatsu. I moderated the meeting and had each legislator give a summary of what happened this past legislative session. We covered a wide range of issues and finished the last half hour of the meeting with questions and answers.

At the town meeting, Waipahu Intermediate School’s social studies teacher brought a display of the students work regarding history. They are raising money to help some of their students attend “History Day” in Washington D.C.

The event was enjoyable. Approximately fifty people attended that night.