Senator Michelle Kidani District 17- Mililani/ Mililani Mauka/ Waipi‘o/ Waipi‘o Gentry

Vice Chair - Ways and Means Vice Chair- Education Vice Chair - Public Safety, Military and Intergovernmental Affairs Member – Hawaiian Affairs

Hawai ‘i State Capitol, Room 228, 415 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone 808-586-7100 Fax 808-586-7109 senkidani@capitol..gov November 2010 Gentry Waipio Community Aloha, Association Christmas Parade

The results of Election Day is bringing many The Gentry Waipio Community Association will be new faces and changes to the State Capitol. I hosting its annual Christmas Parade on December 11, am now the Vice Chair of three Senate 2010. The parade begins at 10 am and is expected to Committees -- Ways and Means, Education, have 800 marchers, 13 vehicles and a band. It will start at Gentry Waipio Shopping Center, to Waipio Uka St., and Public Safety/Military /Intergovernmental Ukee St., to Ka Uka Blvd., to Waipio Uka St., to end at Affairs. I am also a member of the Hawaiian Gentry Waipio Shopping Center.

Affairs Committee and am honored to have been selected as Senate Assistant Majority 65th Wahiawa Veterans Day Parade Leader.

Other changes to Senate Leadership:

MEET MY STAFF: PARK KALEIWAHEA Senate President: Shan S. Tsutsui Vice President:

Majority Leader:

Majority Policy Leader: Les Ihara, Jr. Majority Floor Leader: Majority Caucus Leader: Ronald D. Kouchi Senator Kidani marched in the Wahiawa Veterans Day Majority Whips: Suzanne Chun Oakland Parade on November 13. She was joined by her grandson Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion visited Senator Kidani’s Jill N. Tokuda Keolana Cook, Army Veteran Will Kane and his daughter office on September 21 to pick up pillow and blanket sets graciously donated by Capitol employees. Welcome home and job well done to these soldiers! Minority Leader/Floor Leader: Sam Slom Paige, retired Navy Veteran Parish Kaleiwahea, Army Staff Sergeant Justin Hartman and Army Veteran Ligaya Ligaya Vasquez Hartman joined my staff as my Legislative Aide in the Hartman with their children Ulandria, Kiana and Ezekiel. 2009 legislative session after serving 6 years active duty in the Army. She is from Honolulu, Hawaii and currently resides in Waipio with her Please see page 2 for the Senate's new rd daughter, Kiana, and husband, Justin who is with 3 Brigade Combat Committee assignments. Team at Schofield Barracks and just returned from Iraq earlier this month.

Ligaya handles constituent correspondence, researches constituent inquiries, assists with research for future legislation and general Lastly, my office has also moved from room administrative duties.

203 to room 208. Our phone number Ligaya is also an active member at her church, New Hope Kapolei, and volunteers as the Hawaii Meth Project’s Central Oahu lead volunteer, remains the same—586-7100. spreading the message to teenagers and young adults—―Not even once‖.

In addition to her work as my legislative aide, Ligaya volunteers as a Me ke Aloha Pumehana, Family Readiness Group (FRG) leader. One of her most recent activities as an FRG leader was to collect blanket and pillow donations for single soldiers returning from Iraq. ―This was done for me when I returned from Iraq,‖ says Ligaya. ―It was much better than returning Senator Kidani with her Legislative Office Manager Park home from a deployment to an empty barrack’s room, and I am so and Park's husband, Parish Kaleiwahea. thankful to have an opportunity to go full circle and do this for a new round of Veterans as a FRG member.‖

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New Senate Committee Assignments

AGRICULTURE AND HOUSING HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS (HWN) TOURISM (TSM) (AGH) Galuteria, Brickwood (Chair) Kim, Donna Mercado (Chair) Dela Cruz, Donovan M. (Chair) Ryan, Pohai (Vice Chair) Kouchi, Ronald D. (Vice Chair) Takamine, Dwight Y. (Vice Chair) English, J. Kalani Galuteria, Brickwood Chun Oakland, Suzanne Hee, Clayton Slom, Sam Kouchi, Ronald D. Kidani, Michelle N. Tokuda, Jill N. Slom, Sam TRANSPORTATION AND Slom, Sam District 21 Appointee INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (TIA) CONSUMER PROTECTION (CPN) HEALTH (HTH) English, J. Kalani (Chair) Baker, Rosalyn H. (Chair) Green, M.D., Josh (Chair) Espero, Will (Vice Chair) Taniguchi, Brian T. (Vice Chair) Nishihara, Clarence K. (Vice Chair) Dela Cruz, Donovan M. Galuteria, Brickwood Baker, Rosalyn H. Gabbard, Mike Green, Josh Chun Oakland, Suzanne Kouchi, Ronald D.

Nishihara, Clarence K. Slom, Sam Slom, Sam Slom, Sam District 21 Appointee HUMAN SERVICES (HMS) WATER AND LAND (WTL) Chun Oakland, Suzanne (Chair) Kokubun, Russell (Chair) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND Ihara, Jr., Les (Vice Chair) Dela Cruz, Donovan M. (Vice Chair) TECHNOLOGY (EDT) Green, M.D., Josh Fukunaga, Carol Fukunaga, Carol (Chair) Ryan, Pohai Slom, Sam Wakai, Glen (Vice Chair) District 21 Appointee Takamine, Dwight Y. Baker, Rosalyn H. Tokuda, Jill N. Takamine, Dwight Y. JUDICIARY AND LABOR (JDL) Slom, Sam Slom, Sam Hee, Clayton (Chair) Takamine, Dwight Y. (Vice Chair) WAYS AND MEANS (WAM) EDUCATION (EDN) Gabbard, Mike Ige, David Y. (Chair) Tokuda, Jill N. (Chair) Ihara, Jr., Les Kidani, Michelle N. (Vice Chair) Kidani, Michelle (Vice Chair) Chun Oakland, Suzanne Slom, Sam Chun Oakland, Suzanne Dela Cruz, Donovan M. Kokubun, Russell S. PUBLIC SAFETY, MILITARY AND English, J. Kalani Nishihara, Clarence K. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Espero, Will Taniguchi, Brian T. (PMI) Fukunaga, Carol Slom, Sam Espero, Will (Chair) Kim, Donna Mercado Kidani, Michelle N. (Vice Chair) Kokubun, Russell S. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT Ryan, Pohai Kouchi, Ronald D. (ENE) Slom, Sam Ryan, Pohai Gabbard, Mike (Chair) District 21 Appointee Tokuda, Jill N. English, J. Kalani (Vice Chair) Wakai, Glenn Green, M.D., Josh Slom, Sam Ihara, Jr., Les

Kokubun, Russell S. Nishihara, Clarence K. Slom, Sam

Mililani Public Library's New Garden

Kudos to the Mililani Garden Club for the new Native Plant Garden at the Mililani Public Library! The Mililani Garden Club funded and coordinated this project with help in planting by Boy Scout Chad Kia'aina and his fellow troop members of Troop 664. It can now be enjoyed at the Mililani Public Library Atrium.