Former no. 2 under Caldwell is working at Council to get taxpayer-funded benefits
Former managing director under Caldwell is working at City Council to get taxpayer-funded benefits By Lynn Kawano | January 26, 2021 at 6:04 PM HST - Updated January 26 at 7:53 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Roy Amemiya, who served as managing director in the Caldwell administration, is back at Honolulu Hale as a staffer for new Councilman Calvin Say.
Say described Amemiyaâs position as a legislative liaison and said itâs a temporary position, lasting between six months and a year.
He told HNN that Amemiya just wanted the job long enough to hit 10 years of city service. That milestone comes with 50% taxpayer-funded medical benefits for the rest of his life, among other credits.
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Among other jobs, it oversees the city’s revenues, expenses, contracts and agreements – as well as providing financial support to all 23 city departments.
Mayor Rick Blangiardi named Andy Kawano as the next person to lead the department. He came to the city from Foodland Supermarket as its director of facilities.
Kawano has been the director-designate of the budget department for the last 12 days. He says his new job is challenging, but interesting. I’m starting to realize the large size of the city, he said. We’re talking about 8,500 employees and a number of different operating departments on the campus. And the fact that we support, serve all of Oahu is kind of mindboggling as well. You go in thinking it’s not that big compared to the state of Hawaii, but it’s a significant operation.
Governor David Ige wrapped up his State of the State address Monday morning, and covered everything from COVID-19 recovery to a statewide broadband network.
IN FULL: Read the text of the governorâs State of the State address
In State of the State address, governor urges collaboration but offers few details on next steps By HNN Staff | January 25, 2021 at 11:36 AM HST - Updated January 25 at 12:18 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) -
Hereâs the full text of the governorâs 2021 State of the State address, delivered Monday morning at the state Capitol without the typical audience present:
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Thank you, Speaker Saiki, President Kouchi, members of the Legislature, and everyone who is joining us virtually today.
Good morning and aloha.
Twelve months ago, we met in the House Chambers planning for what we thought would be a very bright and promising year.