1. On Aug. 18, The Maui News reported that “nearly 20 people” had applied to be the new Maui Police Chief, though the newspaper said it could only confirm eight names. Which of the following was NOT among those eight the paper said want to be the next Maui Chief?
A. Deputy Chief Clayton Tom
B. Captain Charles Hirata (retired)
C. Lieutenant Bobby Hill (retired)
D. Mary Wagner (County of Maui business community plan manager)
E. Lieutenant Everett Ferreira
2. In 1974, Honolulu PD arrested Mufi Hannemann (the current Hawaii Independent Party candidate for governor) and his brother at a movie theater in Honolulu for allegedly harassing an off-duty cop. But at trial, Hannemann and his brother were found not guilty. According to blogger Ian Lind’s 2010 post on the incident, what was the movie they were trying to see when the incident occurred?
A. Chinatown
B. Young Frankenstein
C. Blazing Saddles
D. The Black Godfather
E. Willie Dynamite
3. Gov. Neil Abercrombie was a major backer of the proposed Oahu-Maui undersea power cable, but he lost the Democratic Party Primary Election. Which of the following governor candidates, according to an Aug. 15 Pacific Business News blog post, strongly supports the proposed cable?
A. Republican James “Duke” Aiona
B. Democrat David Ige
C. Hawaii Independent Mufi Hannemann
D. Both Ige and Hanneman
E. Both Aiona and Hannemann
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ANSWERS
1: B–Captain Charles Hirata (retired)
2: E–Willie Dynamite
3: A–Republican James “Duke” Aiona
About Anthony Pignataro
Anthony Pignataro has been a journalist since 1996. He started work as MauiTime's Editor in 2003, took a couple years off starting in 2008, then returned to the staff in 2011. He's the author of "Stealing Cars With The Pros," a 2013 collection of his journalism and the Maui novels "Small Island" (2011) and "The Dead Season" (2012)–all of which were published by Event Horizon Press. In 2014, his one-act play "War Stories" won second place in the Maui Fringe Festival.
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