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David Arakawa sees his candidacy in terms of character, integrity and the ability to bring people together in the fight against crime.
Both candidates hammered those points home in a half-hour televised debate last night.
Carlisle used a portion of the debate that allowed direct questioning between candidates to press the experience issue, reciting Arakawa's record including a stint as deputy prosecuting attorney for two years and seven months, one murder trial as lead prosecutor that didn't result in a conviction and lack of supervisory experience in the prosecutor's office.
Carlisle said he headed up the felony trials division in the Prosecutor's Office under Charles Marsland, putting 25 defendants in jail for life, and spent the last seven years in private practice.
Arakawa countered that he'd been involved in three murder trials (one of which concluded in conviction) and had a perfect record as a deputy prosecutor trying lesser felony cases. He said he's also been a supervisor at his own law firm.
Aloy, 44, a single parent to three children, built her four-bedroom, two-bath house in Waiehu Terrace in 10 months, with help from neighbors, friends and relatives.
The cost of her lot and house: $97,000.
"You've got to make a firm commitment and act upon it," said Aloy.
Aloy was among 10 families who worked - and sweat - together to build houses through the Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii, a nonprofit group that has helped 188 families to build homes statewide.
The state Housing Finance and Development Corp. developed the subdivision, including the road and lines for water and electricity, at cost.
Hawaii motorists have many words to describe the graffiti and taggers responsible for defacing highway signs, particularly the huge ones that loom over Oahu's freeways.
The law has one word for them: criminals. And the state is fighting back.
Last week, the Honolulu Police Department's Gang Task Force arrested four juveniles from Aiea and Kalihi following a monthlong investigation. The 14-year-olds allegedly belong to a group calling themselves ITK - "Impossible to Katch" or "Insanity to Kings."
More arrests are expected as police identify other members and other tagging groups.
A fisherman discovered the body of Jerry Lujan, a self-employed carpenter, Saturday, on the beach at Barking Sands.
Lt. William Ching Jr., head of the Kauai Police Department's Adult Investigations Section, said Lujan was shot, but no weapon has been recovered.
Lujan's pickup truck was parked near where the body was recovered. Anyone with information as to Lujan's whereabouts since last Wednesday is asked to call Kauai police at 241-6763.
The man's two friends from Hawaii, who also jumped into the pool, suffered minor scrapes and abrasions.
Hana police said recent rains doubled the flow in the streams and the swiftness of the current.
Fire rescue crews including a helicopter searched for the man after he was reported missing at 3 p.m.
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