Kauai County Parks Supervisor Bernard Carvalho Jr. handily defeated County Councilwoman JoAnn Yukimura in the race to replace the late Mayor Bryan Baptiste last night.
Carvalho, 46, Baptiste’s handpicked successor who was supposed to run in 2010, used Baptiste’s political contacts and support to ramp up his first-ever campaign after Baptiste’s death in June.
With dozens of [...]

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Former Kauai Mayor Maryanne Kusaka has been subpoenaed to testify in front of a special grand jury investigating the 2006 Kaloko dam break that killed seven people.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports Kusaka spent most of Monday inside and outside the grand jury room at the Lihue courthouse, but she left without testifying.
The century-old Kaloko dam released [...]

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The Superferry’s attempt to start service to Kauai last year was disastrous. The issue polarized residents of the tiny garden isle. 
On Friday, Kauai’s mayoral candidates spoke about the Superferry’s future for the island. 
“We are a state separated by ocean but connected by families, connected by business,” candidate Bernard Carvalho said. “There are a lot of [...]

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Top 14 vote-getters of 22 council candidates also head to general
Kaua’i County Parks Director Bernard Carvalho Jr. and Councilwoman JoAnn Yukimura appear headed for a Nov. 4 runoff.
Carvalho was safely in front after partial results yesterday for the Kaua’i mayor’s race, while Yukimura, who was mayor of Kaua’i 1988-1994 and has served 14 years on [...]

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Background, visions of Carvalho, Rapozo, Yukimura shared
Improving Kaua’i in the midst of an economic downturn is a common theme for Kaua’i’s mayoral candidates.
Expanding the Garden Island’s bus service, recycling more rubbish and curbing the conversion of farmlands to upscale house lots are some issues on which the candidates appear to agree.
Kaua’i County Council members JoAnn [...]

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Bill “Kaipo” Asing’s unanimous selection to serve as interim mayor for Kauai County was no surprise at the special Council meeting yesterday.
The verbal sparring between one mayoral candidate and the majority of the Council, however, threw everyone off balance.
“The political season has begun,” Councilman Tim Bynum observed later.
Asing, chairman of the Council and a 24-year [...]

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