The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. Henry Kissinger, Diplomat, U.S. National Security Advisor, Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

1. DUKE AIONA – GOVERNOR, STATE OF HAWAI`I
The Governor sets the direction for the well-being and is responsible
and accountable to the People of the State of Hawai`i.
The leadership of the Governor is to be measured, in major, by the
ability to move the State of Hawai`i forward.
Timidity, being influenced personal beliefs and past precedent is
good.
THE GOVERNOR IS THE WARRIOR FOR THE PEOPLE.
The Governor is required to assess the current and to take bold,
measured and knowledge-based, well-researched actions for the
People and for the State of Hawai`i to move the State of Hawaii
forward towards a brighter future, to make the State of Hawai`i the
best place in the world to live, work, play and raise families.
The article from the Hawai`i Free Press, September 15, 2014, is an
astute insight of the candidates for Governor on the Hawai`i General
Election Ballot.
Aiona is Only Candidate Supporting Private Preschool
CB: Come November, voters will decide whether to change Hawaii’s
constitution and allow the state to spend public money on private
preschool programs.
The amendment is key to establishing an early education system in
Hawaii, say supporters, including Republican gubernatorial
candidate DUKE AIONA.

2. They believe it could expand access to preschool for thousands of 4-
year-olds who miss out because their families can’t afford it. Hawaii
is currently the only state that constitutionally prohibits public
funding of private preschools.
But the Hawaii State Teachers Association and other critics question
the prospect of doling out taxpayer money to private providers,
including those with religious affiliations. Opponents include
Democratic gubernatorial candidate DAVID IGE, who believes the
proposal is ill-conceived and could lead to wasteful spending.
MUFI HANNEMANN, the Hawaii Independent Party candidate for
governor, supports the concept but questions its feasibility, and says
he needs more clarity as to how a public-private system could be
implemented.... “
[Emphasis Supplied]
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT QUESTION– NOVEMBER 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 1084
The bill proposes an amendment to Article X, Section 1, of the
Hawai`i State Constitution to permit the appropriation of public
funds for private early childhood education programs to help the
State meet its goal of providing an early learning system for the
children of Hawai`i. Specifically,
“Shall the appropriation of public funds be permitted for the support
or benefit of private early childhood education programs that shall
not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex or ancestry, as
provided by law?”

3. Duke Aiona is firmly in favor of the Constitutional Amendment to
Article X, Section 1, of the Hawai`i State Constitution to permit the
appropriation of public funds for private early childhood education.
Duke Aiona’s position is firmly grounded on legal precedent.
Specifically,
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION NO. 03-1. School Vouchers,
issued, February 7, 2003.
“In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, -- U.S. --, 122 S. Ct. 2460
(2002), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Ohio school voucher
program did not violate the Establishment Clause of the U.S.
Constitution, which prevents a state from enacting laws to advance
or inhibit religion. Zelman is inapposite in Hawaii because a Hawaii
school voucher program would be precluded under Art. X, section 1,
of the Hawaii Constitution and not the Establishment Clause of the
U.S. Constitution. Considering the Hawaii Supreme Court’s previous
interpretation of Art. X, section 1, in Spears v. Honda, 51 Haw. 1, 449
P.2d 130 (1968), which addressed the constitutionality of a statute
requiring state subsidized bus transportation for all school children,
including sectarian and private school students, a school voucher
program would violate the Hawaii Constitution.”
[Emphasis Supplied]
Source: State of Hawai`i Legislative Reference Bureau.
Sandra Day O’Conner, Justice, United States Supreme Court:
"We have time and again held that the government generally may not
treat people differently based on the God or gods they worship, or do
not worship." Board of Ed. of Kiryas Joel Village School Dist. v.
Grumet, 512 U. S. 687, 714 (1994) (O'CONNOR, J., concurring in part
and concurring in judgment).”

4. “This insistence on government neutrality toward religion explains
why we have held that schools may not discriminate against religious
groups by denying them equal access to facilities that the schools
make available to all. See Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union
Free School Dist., 508 U. S. 384 (1993); Widmar v. Vincent, 454 U. S.
263 (1981). Withholding access would leave an impermissible
perception that religious activities are disfavored: "[T]he message is
one of neutrality rather than endorsement; if a State refused to let
religious groups use facilities open to others, then it would
demonstrate not neutrality but hostility toward religion." Board of
Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens, 496 U. S.
226, 248 (1990) (plurality opinion). "The Religion Clauses prohibit the
government from favoring religion, but they provide no warrant for
discriminating against religion." Kiryas Joel, supra, at 717
(O'CONNOR, J.). Neutrality, in both form and effect, is one hallmark
of the Establishment Clause.”
Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of University of Virginia. 515 U.S.
819 at 846 (1995).
The appropriation of public funds for private early childhood
education is not precluded by the United States Constitution.
The appropriation of public funds for private early childhood
education is precluded by Article X, Section 1 of the Hawai`i
Constitution.
The Constitutional Amendment to permit the appropriation of public
funds for private early childhood education programs to help the
State meet its goal of providing an early learning system for the
children of Hawai`i on the November General Election Ballot is
required.

5. Remember,
NO KEIKI LEFT BEHIND
NO VOTE
NO GRUMBLE