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In addition to serving as ASUH president, Ing was also involved with the Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i and the Young Democrats of Hawai‘i as an undergraduate. K ELSEY A MOS News Editor
It’s been two years since Kaniela Ing finished his undergraduate career as ASUH president, and now he’s running for state representative of the South Maui district. “My platform is I’m running for a fresh vision for Maui’s future,” said Ing during a phone interview from Maui. “It sounds kind of cheesy, but it’s what I believe in.” After graduating in 2010 with a bachelor’s in psychology and a minor in political science, Ing had planned to continue on to law school, but instead went on to study government and public administration and intern at the state capitol. At 23 years old, Ing now hopes to inject a youthful perspective into Hawai‘i’s aging state government. “People forget that Calvin Say – he’s the speaker of the house now – he’s about 72 years old. When he started, he was younger than I am,” he said.
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Ing spoke about the need to focus on long-term planning, as well as making short-term fi xes. He sees this as especially impor-
tant on Maui, which he said is in the sort of transitional phase that O‘ahu was in 50 years ago, with pineapple and sugar on the decline. “Who’s going to decide what to do next? What kind of industry are we going to rely on? Are we going to just build, build, build? We’re going to be the ones who have to live with the changes,” he said, speaking especially to students from Maui at UH Mānoa. Fighting the inf luence of corporate lobbyists is important to him. When Ka Leo interviewed Ing, he was out going door-todoor to talk to constituents, conducting what he described as a grassroots campaign run without corporate money. “The lobbies that big corporations have are powerful, and they overwhelm our local legislators a lot of the time ... and they get their way,” he said. Ing wants to focus on education, sustainable and responsible investment, and a more diverse economy in Hawai‘i. “Tourism is changing rapidly and we can’t keep up. The development to keep up with tourism, ironically, is driving people away. The military, as soon as [Sen. Daniel] Inouye retires, we’re not
going to have that anymore. Yet we’re still reliant on those two industries,” said Ing.
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TIME TO STEP UP “I want to run to pull our generation out of apathy,” said Ing. He spoke about apathy as one of the main challenges for his generation. “We’re jaded. We’re so used to the same failed policies,” he said. At the same time, he seemed to feel that people from his cohort have something to offer. “Certain solutions that worked 12, 13 years ago won’t work today. ... We need new solutions. I think that’s what our generation brings. We grew up in a globalized society … at the same time, [we need to be] really humble and listen to the kupuna,” he said. From his experiences going door-to-door, Ing said he thinks the need for younger leadership is something most people agree on. “Even the older people, they’re like, ‘Good, it’s time for us to hand off the baton.’ They’re all about the generativity,” he said. For more information on Kaniela Ing, visit http://kanielaing. com/. For information on absentee voting for Maui residents, visit http://hawaii.gov/elections/voters/voteabsentee.htm.
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