STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3373

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 808, 809, 810

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 808, 809, and 810, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Stadium Authority

 

G.M. No. 808

ODETTA FUJIMORI,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

 

G.M. No. 809

EDWARD HASEGAWA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016; and

 

G.M. No. 810

SCOT LONG,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Odetta Fujimori, Edward Hasegawa, and Scot Long to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Stadium Authority.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Odetta Fujimori from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Aloha Stadium, ILWU Local 142, and ten individuals.  Your Committee received comments from the Windward Ahupuaa Alliance.

 

     Odetta Fujimori is a retired educator, serving for thirty-one years as a classroom and special education teacher, a diagnostic-prescriptive teacher on a special services team, and as one of two vocational education planners for special education at the Department of Education's Vocational Planning Center.  Ms. Fujimori is a graduate of the University of Hawaii, with a Bachelor of Education and Special Education Certification.  She is active in a wide range of professional, nonprofit, and community organizations and has served as a board member of the Hawaii State Teachers Association, National Education Association, Employees' Retirement System, Hawaii Labor Heritage Council, and the Honolulu Marathon-Nike Fun Run for Honolulu District, among others.  Ms. Fujimori is a new appointment to the Stadium Authority.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Edward Hasegawa from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Aloha Stadium, and four individuals.  Your Committee received comments from the Windward Ahupuaa Alliance.

 

     Edward Hasegawa has held numerous teaching, guidance counseling, and administrative positions within the Department of Education and has served as Principal of Moanalua High School and Pahoa High School.  He has also served as Executive Secretary of the Neighborhood Commission for the City and County of Honolulu.  Mr. Hasegawa is a graduate of the University of Hawaii with a Bachelor of Education, 5th Year Certificate and a Master of Education degree in Educational Administration.  He is active in the Jaycees at the state and national level and has served as a director for Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Multiple Sclerosis Society – Hawaii, as well as Co-Founder of Hawaii Youth at Risk.  Mr. Hasegawa is a reappointment to the Stadium Authority.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Scot Long from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Aloha Stadium, ILWU Local 142, Hawaii State AFL-CIO, Hawaiian Telecom, Grove Farm, and three individuals.  Your Committee received comments from the Windward Ahupuaa Alliance.

 

     Scot Long is the Business Manager/Financial Secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local Union 1357, which represents approximately 800 hourly employees of Hawaiian Telcom in Hawaii and IT&E in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  He joined Hawaiian Telcom in 1983 and has a diverse range of telecommunication experience.  As a business agent for IBEW Local Union 1357 for five years and as its principal officer for the past eight years, he has negotiated nine collective bargaining agreements.  Mr. Long attended the University of Washington and Kapiolani Community College.  He currently serves as a member of the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl Executive Committee and as President of Kaiser High School Athletic Association.  Mr. Long is a new appointment to the Stadium Authority.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

 

 

 

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair