Michael Magaoay

Party: Democratic

Age: 56

Job: Electrical engineer/consultant.

Born in Waialua, Oahu, Hawaii. In Hawaii from birth

Lives: Waialua

Contact: 428-3736, mymagaoay@hawaii.rr.com

Web site: www.michaelfornorthshore.com

Job history past 10 years:
1997-2008 A-1 A-Lectrician, Inc.; Senior Project Engineer.

Ever run for public office? When? Outcome?
Yes, first elected 2000; Rep. 45th district; then change to 46th; serve 8 years as Representative till present.

Other civic experience or community service:
Aloha ke Akua HS President & Board of directors; C&C NB#27 Chairman 1999-2000; C&C NB#27 member 1998-2001; Catholic Charities Corporate Board member, 1998-2003; SMS Pastoral Council member, 1995-1998.

Anything else you'd like voters to know about you?
I love representing the BEST district 46th in Hawaii as their current House of Representative from 2000-present.

1) Why are you running for office?
I humbly represent the many voices, communities, and many thoughts of the North Shore of Oahu. I am a member of the Governor's Turtle Bay Working Group.I prevented the closing of Kahuku Hospital and Poamoho Camp; I worked to ensure Pupukea-Paumalu & Waimea Valley were saved for future generations.I am committed to our children, our community, our kupuna, and our way of life. The Future is ours!

2) With state revenue growth slowing, what are your top three priorities for government spending?
1. Fiscal audit of the various departments prior to cutting; 2. Review each departments priorities need assessment eg. Health; Human Services; Educations; etc 3. Have Finance and Ways & Means work together w/Dept of B&F in collaboration for the upcoming Legislative 2009-2010 biennium budget, and hope the Governor will be objective to the needs assessment.

3) What steps should the state take to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuel?
Lead by example: have more of our existing state buildings install photovoltaic to capture our sun rays; retrofit existing buildings with new energy management devices for the lighting and cooling of buildings; new state buildings to incorporate as part of the design LEED certification; provide incentive to our state employees to carpool; provide incentives to recycle efficiently within their dept.

4) What's the No. 1 thing needed to improve Hawai'i public schools?
Release of the repair & maintenance fund allocated each year by the Legislature must be released by the Governor, on a timely manner per that allocated fiscal year. We the State must be accountable for our existing facilities; our children need the facilities to learn and our teachers to teach in an atmosphere conducive to the educational environment at a cost.

5) How should the state respond to financial difficulties at public and private hospitals?
Public hospitals->HHSC should have a better financial audit picture every year in lieu of emergency funding each fiscal year as requested by them. This would allow the Finance and Ways & Means committee to make prudent allocation. Private hospitals->State to work with the Federal government and our congressional leaders to have legislation to increase the Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement for both.

6) What is the No. 1 quality-of-life issue facing Hawai'i, and what would you do about it?
#1 quality of life issue is how to deal with our homeless or houseless situation. Our residential housing prices has not depreciated considerably with our present economic dowturn.Families in the moderate and low income range have been price out even with governmental assistance. Need to establish a Housing task force to provide measurable housing solution guidelines projected for the year 2010.

7) What's the No. 1 piece of legislation you'd work to pass in 2009?
Preserve and cultivate our vast open agricultural lands layed fallow by the demise of sugar and pineapple, and to keep these lands in agriculture forever. And protect our precious fragile ecosystem for future generations to enjoy and sustain.