mr. hannemann, this next questions is for you. it comes from alissa. >> pending the justification that hawaii is an occupied country, how do you address the illegal status of the state of hawaii being that you'll be the executive officer of this illegal extension of american power? >> i really believe that we are part of the united states of america. i appreciation everyone's right for freedom of speech. but at the end of the day i'll stand on the fact that we are part of the united states of america. we have a constitution that we have to defend. for those who are unhappy, let me reach out and try to collaborate with them so we can feel like one ohana. anyone that lives here should always feel welcomed. anyone that comes here should feel welcomed. i think it's important to understand and appreciate that. that's why i said you need to 's w down the native hawaiian effort wanting to build a nation within a nation. there's still a lot of unrest. there's really no unanimity on what that model should look like. lets take two steps bac

mr. hannemann, this next questions is for you.comes from alissa. >> pending the justification that hawaii is an occupied country, how do you address the illegal status of the state of hawaii being that you'll be the executive officer of this illegal extension of american power? >> i really believe that we are part of the united states of america. i appreciation everyone's right for freedom of speech. but at the end of the day i'll stand on the fact that we are part of the united states of america. we have a constitution that we have to defend. for those who are unhappy, let me reach out and try to collaborate with them so we can feel like one ohana. anyone that lives here should always feel welcomed. anyone that comes here should feel welcomed. i think it's important to understand and appreciate that. that's why i said you need to slow down the native hawaiian's effort wanting to build a nation within a nation. there's still a lot of unrest. there's really no unanimity on what that model should look like. lets take two steps back

mr. hannemann. you will have one minute to respond and then a 32nd rebuttal. -- 30 second rebuttal. >> in a unanimous ruling, the supreme court claimed that you two --ed the lives of you claimed no involvement, but an official testified that, as the mayor, you were consulted and agreed with the decision. do you agree with the supreme court decision now? >> david, this is the second time you have asked me this question. clearly you are losing the battle on who has the most executive experience for this job. you want to go to my character? that is fine. the incident that he is referring to, i had no direct involvement. the decision to suspend these workers was made by the corporation counsel, the department of enterprise services to make that recommendation, as well as the union of the two employees. the ruling went our way on the lower levels. i stand by my character and my integrity but i wish you would've asked me a question about my record in city hall are why i am fit to be governor as opposed to

mr. mufi hannemann? hannemann: mr. duke aiona u.s.before the government should get out of the way and let business do its thing but you have heard me talk about public/private partnership to save our state hospitals now you say you embrace public-private partnership which means government and business working together is seems that you talked out of both sides. what is your view? all things and let business take care of business or the public-private partnership? aiona: thank you for that. i think he oversimplifies the general statement to get out of the way of business. obviously a public-private partnership is limited to certain areas to take advantage of. when i say government get out of the way i mean that. too many times government puts up barriers so businesses cannot thrive a good example is the permit process i voted time and time again that the permit process bog us down a project to date and plan for it day but not done another seven years down the line government has to get out of the way so it is the way we administer it.

mr. hannemann. >> duke, all have to say is this. york made very clear that you believe that government should just get out of the way and let business do its thing, you cannot have it both ways. that is what gives politicians a bad name. that is like senator ego saying that he has not -- senator ige thing that he did not vote to raise pensions. senator ige in the coming governor aiona need to be careful with their words -- and lieutenant governor aiona need to be careful with their words. taxes,ing about pension how should the people of hawaii georgia leadership ability when you have pu -- when you flip up on set -- the top on such serious issues as pensions and flop on issues like pension and childhood education. >> let me get the facts straight . i was the chairman of the ways and means committee, and i had a responsibility to deliver a balanced budget so that, unlike the aiona administration, we ended up in the wred. i take responsibility for the fact that when i became chair, the deficit was 200 million. within three months, it

mr. mufi hannemann.nn: and once again, you can make promises, but have you done it while in office? as the mayor of the 13th largest city in the united states i had to make those decisions, where to cut, increase revenues, and grow the economy. every year i was mayor with the talented team we had a budget surplus carry over every year from a low of 1,304,000,000 to a high of four under $23 million. i know how to balance the budget, set priorities. that is what is important. the last thing you want to hear his government will raise the taxes. you have to identify inefficiencies' to reduce duplication, collaborative leadership's. seeing how we could collectively do things better to help all of the counties and states but most importantly at the end of the day make the tough decisions, clabber with the council to make sure you have a budget surplus instead of a budget deficit and threaten folks with the tax cut. >> thank you for that question. and the only candidate here had to face the tough decisions. and