Words matter. These are the best David Ige Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
We have more endangered species here in our islands than any other state in the country.
As leaders, our job is to engage people so that they will want to participate in this grand experience in self governance.
We want the people of Japan to know that the people of Hawaii welcome them to the Hawaiian Islands.
I stand here today – in the shadow of my parents’ and grandparents’ accomplishments – because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.
As I prepare to take over the reins of your government, I ask each of you to join me in the process of governing.
I do know that homelessness is related to housing, and we haven’t been producing housing in the numbers that our community requires – a lot of the escalating costs of housing is related to the fact that supply is way short than demand.
I have reached the conclusion that Hawaii does not need LNG in our future.
I believe that those closest to the children should be making the decisions about how funds should be spent, what the curriculum should look like, and what’s the best way to help our students.
I challenge the leaders of public education to stop issuing mandates from the state office and to focus on empowering schools and delivering resources to the school level.
I think that we’re trying to look at all of our assets and figure out what’s the best use and where we need to make investments in infrastructure to enable the projects that we want.
Japan and Hawaii already have strong economic, cultural and education ties, and we intend to build upon those ties and relationships as we look toward the future.
It’s time to focus all of our efforts on renewables. We will oppose the building of LNG facilities.
I ask you to find your voice and use it not only to choose your elected officials but to shape the issues that will shape our lives.
As a new governor, I intend to assure our partners that we appreciate them and will continue to work with them to strengthen the cultural, social and economic bonds we share.
When it was first proposed, I was willing to support it as a ‘transitional fuel’ because it had some clear advantages for Hawaii. Much has changed since then. LNG will no longer save us any money.
Loss prevention experts report that professional shoplifters calculate the value of the merchandise they are stealing to keep it under the threshold amount to avoid serious penalties and prosecution as a felony.
Japan and Hawaii enjoy a special connection, and I want to honor this enduring relationship.
Our job is to help people take ownership of the process of electing their government. As leaders, our job is to inspire others and not discourage them.
I have been looking at a number of things in affordable housing because I do know that the price of housing has gone up a lot.
LNG is a fossil fuel. LNG is imported.
