Hawaiʻi is at a turning point. The old pay-to-play system is failing, and the people of Hilo deserve more than business as usual.
Cristina Holt is a working class small business owner who has spent her years in this community serving local families, organizing neighbors, and fighting for the kind of honest, transparent government that actually works for regular people.
More About CristinaPoliticians who take corporate money stop working for you the moment they cash the check. It's that simple. Cristina refuses every dollar of corporate money and is committed to weekly office hours and monthly town halls in District 2, because your representative should be someone you can actually find, talk to, and hold accountable.
It is far past time we strengthen our unions, seize the means of production, stop wage theft, and raise the minimum wage to a living wage. We must take back our time. Take back our lives!
Every person deserves a roof over their head and the right to be healthy. Not because they earned it. Not because they can afford it. Because they are human. Housing is a human right. Healthcare is a human right. And time is a human right.
War is a business. A very profitable one. For weapons manufacturers, defense contractors, and the politicians who take their money, endless conflict is a revenue stream. For working people, it is a death sentence.
Every single thing we are fighting for, housing, healthcare, free transit, living wages, paid family leave, can be paid for. The money exists. We are not asking for charity. We are asking for what was taken.
The government that forgets it works for the people must be immediately replaced.
I believe in transparency, and not making you dig around for information. This year, I introduced 8 resolutions for the County of Hawaiʻi Democrats' Consideration, and created videos explaining and arguing for each one.
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