August 16, 2010 – Wiamea, Hawaii

Video by David Corrigan

District 9 Hawaii County Council hopefuls – incumbent Pete Hoffmann, J. William Sanborn, and Raynard Torres – debate the issues important to the Kohala region during the 22nd North Hawaii Non-Partisan Candidate Forum held on Thursday (Aug. 12) at the Waimea Middle School. The forum was moderated by newswoman Sherry Bracken of LAVA FM / KKOA’s “Island Issues” & KHPR.

Big Island Video News presents the forum, in its entirety, broken down into the following segments for easier viewing:

Opening statements:

VIDEO: Pete Hoffmann
VIDEO: William Sanborn
VIDEO: Raynard Torres

Forum questions

VIDEO: Agriculture & ranching
VIDEO: Concurrency & impact fees
VIDEO: Property taxes
VIDEO: Energy priorities
VIDEO: Unfunded pensions
VIDEO: Kawaihae Bypass

VIDEO: Closing statements