Pine Announces City Council Run | Politics

Information courtesy of: Office of Kymberly Pine

KYMBERLY PINE ANNOUNCES RUN FOR HONOLULU CITY
COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, LEEWARD COAST

HONOLULU – Hawaii State Representative Kymberly Pine today announced her
candidacy for the Honolulu City Council District 1 (Leeward Coast) seat in the
2012 election. She currently serves as the State Representative of Ewa Beach,
District 43.

“The people of Ewa Beach and I have worked hard to dramatically improve our
community.” she said. “We’ve accomplished many things together and I am
excited about the opportunity to share our successes with the entire Leeward
Coast as the District 1 councilmember.”

Kymberly has a leadership record focused on direct results. She was first
motivated to run for office after seeing her Ewa Beach community neglected in
the areas of traffic relief, school funding and crime.

She pledged to ensure that state government would no longer leave Ewa Beach
behind. During her four terms as state representative, her district has received
over $600 million for new roads, schools, and many other projects that benefited
her community. Crime has also gone down and pro-victim laws were also passed.

“Eight years ago, our parks and beaches were dumping grounds and no one was
helping us with this problem,” she said. “My goal was to unite the community to
change this, and to get the respect that we
deserve. I am proud of the people of Ewa Beach who helped to move us toward
the goal of making it the beautiful community it deserves to be. I want to inspire
the same momentum throughout the Leeward
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As councilwoman, she will continue to focus on bringing good jobs to the
Leeward Coast, as she has done in supporting the development of UH West
Oahu, the Kroc Center in Ewa Beach, new shopping centers and Aulani Disney
Hotel. She will also continue to work on easing traffic congestion, ensuring easy

access to community healthcare and lowering the cost of living and doing
business on Oahu. Recently, she has played a key role in working with doctors
at the Hawaii Medical Center site to increase their services and opening an
Urgent Care Center.

“The Leeward Coast has been reinventing itself for many years, but I believe our
best days are ahead of us,” says Kymberly. “Residents have a right to effective
leadership and improvements that respects our way of life. I’ll continue to take
to heart what residents tell me about the everyday issues they face.”

Kymberly has 14 years of experience working for the people of Hawaii at the
State Capitol. As Director of the Minority Research Office in the State House of
Representatives, she ran a team focused on finding waste and mismanagement
in government spending and creating new solutions to Hawaii's problems as the
author of the $600 Million Waste and Mismanagement Report. She has worked
for over six years at U.S.VETS - HAWAII, a home for former homeless veterans
and was a member of the State Housing Committee that implemented sweeping
improvements in homeless services. Kymberly has been a victim advocate for 15
years and is now Hawaii's leading expert in cyber crime law. She is the former
chair of the Ewa Weed and Seed’s Beautification Committee.