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  Mufi Hannemann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hannemann was raised in the Honolulu community of Kalihi by his German father Gustav Hannemann, and Samoan mother Faiaso Hannemann.
Hannemann's mayoral campaign against Duke Bainum in 2004 was considered one of the fiercest races in the city's history and the most expensive.
Hannemann was sworn in as mayor on January 2, 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mufi_Hannemann   (828 words)

  
 Hawaii News - Sports - Surf - Weather
Hannemann did open the campaign in January 2000 with a clear financial advantage, reporting $225,483 in his war chest, while Bainum reported only $6,784 in available cash.
Hannemann and Knabe met at a cocktail party in Southern California last year, became friendly and as a result, some of their supporters gave campaign donations to the other's campaign, Yadao said.
The Hannemann campaign returned one of those donations, $4,000 from Southern California businessman Horacio Vignali, after learning that Vignali had lavished hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations on national and California politicians in 2000 and 2001 as part of a campaign to get his son Carlos pardoned for a federal drug trafficking conviction.
news.hawaii.com /article/2004/Oct/24/ln/ln09p.html   (835 words)

  
 Honolulu Weekly - Honolulu Diary, Honolulu Alternate News
Hannemann was born in Honolulu in 1954 to well-connected Samoan immigrant parents, and into an American generation that convulsed in adolescence and rejected the status quo.
Hannemann’s response to Harris was flat-out bizarre...and revealing: “Using the word ‘abusive,’” said Hannemann in a statement reported in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, “especially in the context of a Polynesian male, I think brings out harsh racial overtones.
Yes, Mufi Hannemann was just 17 years old when he decided on his “To know me is to love me” high-school epitaph: just 17 when he first laid out his formula for love and power.
www.honoluluweekly.com /mufi.php   (3844 words)

  
 World Travel & Tourism Summit 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mufi Hannemann, the twelfth Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, it has been a journey that has led him to careers spanning business and government, taken him to places far from home, and is now presenting him an opportunity to fulfill a long-held dream of serving Hawaii and her people.
Hannemann later returned to the State Capitol, and in 1983 would be named a White House Fellow through a nationwide competition, have the privilege of serving with then-Vice President George Bush in the Reagan White House, and traveling the world over.
Hannemann joined C. Brewer and Company following the conclusion of his fellowship, was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress in 1986, and later rejoined Brewer as vice president for marketing, corporate development, and public affairs.
www.globaltraveltourism.com /speakers_detail.asp?id=88   (574 words)

  
 Greater Good Radio - Leaders Inspiring Leaders » MUFI HANNEMANN - Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
MUFI HANNEMANN - Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii
Mufi Hannemann, formally Muliufi Francis Hannemann (born July 16, 1954), is an American politician and philanthropist.
Mufi Hannemann is the 12th mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, the 13th largest city in the United States.
www.greatergoodradio.com /?p=152   (1964 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
Mufi Hannemann came from behind to beat Duke Bainum in the race for Honolulu mayor last night.
Hannemann had been trailing in the polls throughout the campaign but eked out a win with a roughly 1,300-vote difference at the third printout.
Hannemann was then told that there were still 4,000 absentee votes to count after what was supposed to be the final Oahu results.
starbulletin.com /2004/11/03/news/story1.html   (659 words)

  
 6 Months Later...How's Hawaii Mayor Mufi Hannemann Doing? by Dan Boylan - MidWeek Cover 07-06-2005 | Midweek.com
Hannemann talks about the advantages of the Leeward area for the development of mass transit; it has room for a workyard and a right of way.
Mufi Hannemann has been on the road, in meetings, at events — getting a sense of the city he will govern until at least 2008.
Hannemann insists that he’s not whining about the administration of Mayor Jeremy Harris: “I’m just being factual.” He points to Brunch on the Beach and the Sunset on the Beach as two Harris programs he intends to continue.
www.midweek.com /coverstory/coverstory070605.html   (2617 words)

  
 Mayor Mufi Hannemann, City and County of Honolulu
Hannemann has drawn on his experience as a Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Department of the Interior insular affairs specialist, international relations director, and South Pacific Commissioner to build sister-city relationships and promote trade and commerce.
Hannemann is a member of the advisory board of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and chairman of the group's standing committee on tourism, arts, parks, entertainment, and sports.
Hannemann is the founder-chairman of the Pacific Century Fellows, patterned after the prestigious White House Fellows, for which he was selected to serve under then-Vice President George Bush.
www.honolulu.gov /mayor   (488 words)

  
 Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter
I have always known Mufi to be an outstanding public servant who has never, ever abused the power entrusted to him by his constituents.
As Chair of the Honolulu City Council, Mufi made decisions based on integrity even when he knew that his acts of integrity would be unpopular with his colleagues.
Mufi could have made deals with administration as others did to assure their pet projects would get preferred treatment.
www.hawaiireporter.com /story.aspx?28007a45-a1ac-445c-9202-afa910eca4d8   (392 words)

  
 Hawaii News - Sports - Surf - Weather
Hannemann yesterday unveiled the city's recommendation and the 124-page alternatives analysis at a news conference shortly after he had the report delivered to the nine members of the City Council.
Hannemann said the city expects to receive $700 million to $1 billion in federal money in combination with the estimated $150 million a year that a half-percent add-on to the general excise tax will bring starting Jan. 1.
Hannemann said a fixed guideway can be the best for slowing the growth of congestion because it actually removes vehicles from the roads, builds transit ridership fastest, and some of the technologies under consideration can run on alternative fuel sources such as electricity.
news.hawaii.com /article/2006/Oct/31/ln/FP610310344.html   (1649 words)

  
 KPUA.net - KPUA Hawaii News - Hannemann returns after studying Las Vegas monorail
HONOLULU (AP) _ Mayor Mufi Hannemann is scheduled to return to Honolulu today after studying the Las Vegas monorail.
Hannemann met with officials of Transmax Group who were in charge of the monorail's 650 (m) million dollar financing.
Hannemann also went to Washington D-C, where he discussed mass transit with a number of senators.
www.kpua.net /news.php?id=7369   (145 words)

  
 iLind.net: October 31-November 1, 2004
Hannemann will most likely be remembered as defeating a moneyed juggernaut willing to spend and obscene $4.5 million dollars to buy the office of Mayor of Honolulu.
Hannemann has steadfastly refused to involve his campaign in the dissemination of this story, and in fact, has NEVER mentioned it.
So that although Hannemann will be mayor, his career will be remembered as tainted from start to finish by his choice of campaign tactics, from his 1986 Congressional camapaign to the present.
ilind.net /diary/nov_1_04.html   (3210 words)

  
 Island Scene Online
On and off the court, Mayor Mufi Hannemann is a role model for healthy living.
To Hannemann, who has served in four U.S. presidential administrations and worked for two Hawai'i governors, the physical benefits derived from playing sports at an early age are endless.
Hannemann says his goal is to make Honolulu one of the best places in the world to live, work and raise families.
www.islandscene.com /Article.aspx?id=2596   (928 words)

  
 Pacific Magazine: Fulfilling A Dream
That has certainly been the case for Muliufi "Mufi" Hannemann, the 12th mayor of the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii, and that U.S. city's first chief executive of Samoan ancestry.
Hannemann's narrow victory last November, in which he wasn't assured of the title until nearly 4 a.m.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Hannemann is the sixth of Gus and Faiaso Hannemann's seven children.
www.pacificislands.cc /pm42005/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0007   (916 words)

  
 Honolulu Weekly - On The Cover
Hannemann and volunteers Clay Schroers, 22, and Alex Berenberg, 23, stroll down Longs aisles, stopping to greet shoppers and slip them palm-sized brochures, designed to be easily concealed from ambitious mall security guards.
Hannemann has been a member of the Mormon church since birth; his father, Gustav, was a bishop.
In fact, Mufi “helped me understand a lot of the cultural aspects,” when her congressman was representing Pacific Island communities in Gardena.
www.honoluluweekly.com /cover/detail.php?id=55   (3085 words)

  
 Hanauma Bay, Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve - Friends of Hanauma Bay
Bond gave Chang a DVD copy of the August 2004 interview that the Friends had with then-candidate Hannemann, in which he made strong statements on dedicated funding, emphasizing that he had been the author of the ordinance that established the Hanauma Bay Preserve Fund.
Bond reiterated to Chang, as she had with Hannemann, the important point that tour companies, pretending to be “taxis”, were illegally dropping off large numbers of tourists, who make up an estimated 1/3 of those standing in lines to enter the Bay, adding to the congestion that discourages residents.
Mayor Hannemann promises that the Bay funds are, by his term, “sacrosanct.” His proposed operating budget for FY 2006 includes funding for important items for the Bay.
www.friendsofhanaumabay.org /news1.html   (517 words)

  
 Save Kaimana Beach: News
Mayor-elect Mufi Hannemann has promised that one of his first acts in office will be to kill a proposed $6.1 million construction project to repair the aging Waikiki War Memorial.
Mufi Hannemann, shown on his way to a press conference yesterday, said he remained committed to stopping Mayor Jeremy Harris' project to drive piles into the beach to shore up the Waikiki Natatorium.
Hannemann said he will talk to Harris about not moving forward with the planned construction at the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium project, which he brought up during the campaign.
www.savekaimanabeach.org /news   (2526 words)

  
 A conversation with Mufi Hannemann - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
After less than an hour of sleep, Hannemann set off on a whirlwind schedule of media appointments, thank-you get-togethers with his supporters and a visit to his father's grave in La'ie.
I don't want to be judged by the number of federal grants that come to the city government; I want to be judged on what's coming now in regards to Mufi Hannemann opening doors to Republicans and Democrats and public groups and private groups.
Mayor-elect Mufi Hannemann thanks supporters at the end of an election-night rally at Dole Cannery.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Nov/07/op/op05p.html   (2635 words)

  
 Bainum Supporter Files Complaint Over Hannemann's Rent - Politics
The campaigns of Hannemann and U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye are paying about one-third of the asking price to rent their campaign headquarters.
Hannemann's headquarters is located at Dole Cannery in Iwilei, which is owned by Castle and Cooke, a company that has already donated about $3,600 to Hannemann, close to the legal limit of $4,000.
"This candidate, Mufi Hannemann, is perhaps may be receiving in-kind contributions, which would be a disguised way of exceeding the $4,000-per-contributor campaign spending limit," Lenhart said.
www.thehawaiichannel.com /politics/3791446/detail.html   (500 words)

  
 CSC Bulletin Board - January 2005 Vol. 11, No. 1
Honolulu Mayoral candidates Mufi Hannemann and Duke Bainum spent a combined total of $6,227,302 in the 2004 elections.
Mufi Hannemann won the seat by slightly more than 1,300 votes.
Mufi Hannemann spent $2,200,835, and loaned the campaign $310,283.
www.hawaii.gov /campaign/Bulletin/CSCBulletinBoard/2005/csc11-1.htm   (1063 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sidney Quintal, director of Enterprise Services for the City and County of Honolulu presented a proclamation on behalf of Mayor Mufi Hannemann, who was out of the country.
Hannemann visited USS Honolulu on March 29 to bid his farewell.
Mufi Hannemann, who was out of the country.
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_31/downlink.html   (661 words)

  
 Biography of Mayor Mufi Hannemann, City and County of Honolulu
Biography of Mayor Mufi Hannemann, City and County of Honolulu
The concentration on City services is directed at ensuring public safety; repairing and maintaining roads, parks, and other public facilities; improving an aging sewer system; tackling traffic and transportation issues; and managing solid waste and recycling.
He was recently named to the advisory board of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and appointed chairman of the group’s standing committee on tourism, arts, parks, entertainment, and sports.
www.co.honolulu.hi.us /mayor/mayor_biography.htm   (333 words)

  
 Policy Committee Meeting Minutes 1999
Chair Hannemann stated that it was clear that there was a consensus among members to move the LRT line out to the Leeward side of the island.
Chair Hannemann stated that, in addition to the members and those lawmakers on key committees (such as transportation and finance), the Policy Committee wanted to ask all the lawmakers along the urban corridor to participate in the workshop.
Vice Chair Hannemann suggested that a couple of meetings be held during the September/October timeframe: 1) an informal workshop on the consultant contract and 2) a decision-making meeting.
oahumpo.org /PC/pc1999/pc99mm.html   (10812 words)

  
 Policy Committee Meeting Minutes 1998
Lum suggested that the quorum be kept at two members, with the requirement that at least one member in the quorum be the Chair or Vice Chair (i.e., one from either the City Council or State Legislature); the two directors alone could not constitute a quorum.
Chair Hannemann voiced his concern that, should a transit proposal come out of the Primary Corridor Transportation Study, this transit corridor (from Ewa to East Honolulu) should be hooked up with the corridor for Ewa (as defined in the Ewa Development Plan).
Chair Hannemann stated that due to time constraints and the absence of the Department of Transportation director, this item was being deferred.
oahumpo.org /PC/pc1998/pc98mm.html   (6069 words)

  
 IABC Hawaii: News & Events
Elisa Yadao, communications strategist for Mayor Mufi Hannemann's successful campaign, provided a behind-the-scenes view of the campaign in the hotly contested 2004 Honolulu mayoral election.
Elisa, a former TV news reporter and corporate communications manager for one of Hawaii's largest landowners, shared insights on how the Hannemann team developed and revised campaign communication strategies to address the rapidly changing campaign environment.
She also shared their view of how their grassroots campaign was really one of tenacious single-minded belief in their mission, working with diminishing resources and not giving up hope, even to the eleventh hour.
www.iabchawaii.com /news-more.php?id=36_0_4_0_C   (165 words)

  
 Building Industry
On Aug. 10, Honolulu mayoral candidate Mufi Hannemann made an appearance at the Construction Industry Council of Hawaii’s dinner meeting at the Ala Moana Hotel’s Hibiscus Room.
Hannemann voiced his approval by saying that as mayor he’d help the permitting process go faster and insure better leveraging between city and state levels.
On the subject of taxation, Hannemann supports a City Council’s proposed bill that would stipulate that the privatized Army housing projects are subject to Honolulu real property taxes.
www.buildingindustryhawaii.com /deepfreeze/bi104/binews.asp   (3606 words)

  
 November 2005 Hall of Fame Concert
Mayor Mufi Hannemann and the City and County of Honolulu will honor the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame with a concert at the Mission Memorial Auditorium on Friday, November 4, at 6 p.m.
Mayor Mufi Hannemann will present a $20,000 check to James M. Stone, Jr., president of the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame.
The check is a grant from the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts for the cultural preservation, education and the concert.
hawaiimusicmuseum.org /news/recent/november_2005_concert.html   (392 words)

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