ELECT Debbie HECHT
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 8,
NORTH KONA
Vote SEPTEMBER 18.
Building Community by Representing You!
http://www.dhecht.com/
Experience:
• Working with community- Coordinator, 2% for the Land Fund campaign approved by 63% of voters in 2006, working to form the Kealakehe Regional Sports Park, Old Airport / Make'o Park, Hawaii Natural History Assoc, assistant tennis coach Kealakehe HS.
• Writing legislation- I know the job! I know the people, because I worked as a Legislative Aide for the county council, reviewing budgets, doing research and writing laws.
o Wrote the Land Fund charter amendment and presented to Charter Commission. This will be a 1% charter amendment on the ballot in November- PLEASE VOTE YES!
o Worked with League of Women Voters to write the charter amendment on Initiative and Referendum approved by voters 2008.
o IN 2009-2010- Wrote 5 charter amendments for the Charter Commission to consider on Vacancies, Board and Commissions, Recall, Revising the Charter and Impeachment.
• Small business owner, licensed real estate broker, property manager, project manager for remodeling and small-scale development since 1978.
• Teaching degree, trained facilitator and mediator.
Ideas:
• Strengthen communication between the county council and residents by:
o Providing email newsletter on issues
o Holding regular talk-story sessions
o Polling residents on important issues
o Meeting with citizen's organizations regularly
• Work with community to create a shoreline park system, from Kailua to Kawaihae using Land Fund money + matching funds, linked by National Park Service' s Ala Kahakai Historic Trail to create an eco-tourism industry, to protect access, reefs and fishing. Increase care for parks.
• Support Eco-tourism and Agriculture as sustainable industries to provide food, create jobs and stabilize our economy.
• Address infrastructure shortfalls- roads, sewers, water etc. and pave streets (like Ka'iminani).
• Work with business to provide park/ride and bus service for Kailua Village.
• Support responsible development and the Kona CDP
• Keep youth busy! Work to obtain funding to build Old Airport / Make'o Park. Work to get 200+ acres makai of Kealakehe HS for the Kealakehe Regional Sports Park to build sports facilities, work to expand youth programs.
Dates to Vote: Primary- September 18, 2010 * General- November 2, 2010 *
INFORMATION? go to: www.dhecht.com , call 989-3222 or electhecht@gmail.com
How you can help:
How you can HELP this is a Grassroots effort!
1. Basic Grassroots Strategy - Talk to friends, family and co-workers - Historically 4,000+ voters vote for Council in District 8. Please talk to 20 people in Kona, give them campaign literature and ask them to vote for me. Then ask them to talk to 20 morepeople to pass on the good word.
2. Hand out information –Please hand out campaign information in a public place or at a public event. Kid's baseball games? Church? Family dinner? Neighborhood potluck? PRINT OUT ATTACHED CAMPAIGN FLYER
3. Signs - Let me post a sign on your property, if your home or business in District 8. (E-mail me to get a map of district boundaries.) Are you on a busy street? Call to get a sign: 989-3222
4. Want to meet us to Sign wave early in the morning or late afternoon?
5. DONATE to Friends of Debbie Hecht, P.O. Box 4148, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96745. I can qualify for matching dollar for dollar public funding if I get 150 to 210 people at $100. each. All amounts at $100 or less go to helping me to qualify for public funding. MAHALO!
6. Gatherings with family, friends, and neighbors - Are you having folks over? May I attend to speak for 5 minutes, then answer questions, and listen to your concerns?
7. Services –Help with printing, signs, [and] radio and newspaper ads. Any ideas for discounts?
8. Walk your neighborhood with me - I want to meet you and your neighbors and listen to what you would like me to do if I am elected
9. Educate others - Invite me to a meeting of your civic group, neighborhood association or office meeting. Print my campaign material in a newsletter.
10. Ads - Pay for an ad through your business.
11. Encourage people to vote - help with phone calling from September 16th to 20th
12. Get out the vote on primary day- by driving people to the polls and phone calling.
Mahalo!
With warm aloha-
Debbie Hecht
P.O. Box 4148
Kailua-Kona, HI 96745
(808) 989-3222
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