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Honolulu Mayor Candidate Profiles: Peter Carlisle

Wayne Yoshioka

Honolulu’s Rail Transit Project tops the list of challenges facing City and County leaders.   HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka continues his candidate profiles for Honolulu Mayor.    

Wayne Yoshioka
Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawaiʻi. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master's degree in Communication from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.
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