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“We need to be a lean, clean, smart city that is looking to tomorrow.”

Mayor Peter B. Carlisle
2010 Inauguration

A message from Peter:

Aloha, it has been over a year since I was sworn in as the 13th Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu. Please permit me to take this opportunity to share what this administration has been doing since then.

One of the issues in the Carlisle for Mayor Campaign 2010 was to remove politics from City Hall. The directors of over 20 City agencies who compose the top City leadership, were chosen based on their qualifications and merits. None of them are forced to support my political campaign. Rather, they are required to do an outstanding job and follow the policies of the administration.

Another major issue was to get the City’s financial house in order. This is a long and difficult path. The key is to drive down debt service, the interest taxpayers pay on borrowed money which is roughly $1 out of every $5. How to do this is to curb current borrowing for new projects. The Capital Improvement Program budget submitted to the City Council was the leanest in 7 years despite inflation and an ever increasing population. We are proud that Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investor Service affirmed Honolulu’s bond rating at AA+ and Aa1 respectively.

Finally this administration promotes transparency. In 2010, the City launched can-do.honolulu.gov, our new transparency website. For the first time ever, the City’s proposed budget was posted online in line-item data form for the public to analyze. The website also will be updated regularly with fiscal progress reports so citizens can see online how taxpayer monies are being spent in regular increments over time.

You may not agree with all my policies and decisions. I can only promise you that I will do my best to run the City in a responsible and independent manner and make decisions not based on personal political consideration, but what is best for the people of Honolulu.

I humbly ask for your vote and your support in the upcoming election this August.