Cut excessive overhead in operations like the public school system. Move toward a very lean administration to set statewide standards and oversee them. Delegate more autonomy and money to school principals to run their schools as seems best. Take another look at privatization. Try to work past the emotionalism in Hawaiian affairs issues toward solutions that are achievable and as fair as possible to all.
Hawaiian activists are the most vital force in today's body politic.
Protect the environment, of course. Protect the aloha spirit, of course. Protect the disadvantaged in ways calculated to reduce long-term dependency. No taller than the Democrats had in 1954 and the early statehood years when they set out to make Hawaii a place of greater opportunity for all races and largely succeeded. Former Gov. George Ariyoshi recalls that he was a very young lawyer in 1954, trying to build a private practice.