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Honolulu Star-Bulletin from Honolulu, Hawaii • 1

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1 Jxlda 6y MAY 3 1, 2002 THE PULSE OF PARADISE STARBULLETIN.COM 50 ON OAHU f-JIGHT FIL'AL A Dow: Gains 13.56 to 9,925.25 Nasdaq: Gives up 16.27 to close at 1,615.65 cf-o(ia (Ml 1l 1 iJU KJ RACE FOR MJIYOB RAceroacGVifM POlffl WL CAREER Candidates adrift with no race to runA9 Hirono joins Lingle, Case, Anderson, others in gov run A8 Harris' 24 from delegate fo) In )l In (0 buoys other governor candidates but ends the mayor's race year rise to mayor A9 The mayor cites lagging polls as his reason for calling off his run for governor By Gordon Y.K. Pang gpangstarbulletin.com Hawaii Democrats enter their state convention this afternoon still reeling from the surprise announcement by Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris to withdraw from the governor's race. Harris was the acknowledged front-runner for the Democratic nomination When the mayor told reporters on the steps of Honolulu Hale yesterday afternoon that polls showed he could not win because he was 22 percentage points behind GOP front-runner Linda Lingle. "About a year ago, all the polls showed that pretty much I was the only Democratic candidate who could beat the Republican challenger in November," Harris said during an eight-minute press conference. "My role really was to be the standard-bearer for the party in that gubernatorial race," the mayor said.

"Well, as you know, since that time my campaign has hit many bumps in the road." Governor Ben Cayetano said the timing of Harris' announcement could have been better. "I think it would have been helpful if (his decision) was made earlier, but he has his reasons, and the fact is that it doesn't matter when he made it," Cayetano said. "He made it, and now Democrats have to pull together and move on." Harris mentioned the legal challenge brought by former Judge Russell Blair, who charged that the state's resign-to-run law required him to leave the mayor's seat as soon as he announced his intentions Please see Harris, A10 HAWAII AND QUIT THE: I i 8 2 1 1 I 4 li-r-rnri v3. Harris' exit ANALYSIS The Harris bombshell derails the campaigns of several Democrats By Richard Borreca rborrecastarbulletin.com OLIT1CAL CONTROL of Hawaii turned into a free-for-all last night as Jeremy Harris' guberna torial campaign collapsed. Like a row of dominos, the campaigns for mayor of Honolulu run by Mufi Hannemann, Duke Bainum and Keith Kaneshiro fell apart because with Harris still in office, the mayorship is not vacant.

The other major candidate for mayor, Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono, said she was back in the race for the state's top job. But Hirono had been chased out of the race once already after she said she couldn't raise enough money to win against Republican Linda Lingle. Because Harris was the top Democrat in the race for governor, his departure creates a vacuum that no one is readily able to fill.

"The next 48 hours will be critical for anyone who can galvanize the party," one Harris supporter said. Already, former city Managing Director D.G. "Andy" Anderson says he is looking for Harris' former supporters to help his campaign for governor. But the alliances are going to be tricky. The United Public Workers, which was strongly behind Hirono, declared their support for Anderson after Hirono bailed out.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association leadership, which also was close to Hirono, hasn't made an endorsement yet. Russell Okata, HGEA execu- Please see Impact, All Artist Kazu Fukuda draped a lei on his -controversial sculpture, "Malama la Ka'aMpahau," yesterday at Campbell High School, moments after its unveiling. "I had to be true to the Hawaiians of the past," Fukuda said. mony was a victory for art as the cast-bronze sculpture was unveiled as intended, bare breasted. "I had to be true to the Hawaiians of the past," said Fukuda, who was commissioned to create an art piece for the school as part of the state's artists-in-schools program.

The piece was inspired by the Hawaiian legend of a mother whose daughter, Kaahupahau, transformed into a shark and became the protector of the people of Ewa. The dedication was delayed a year after the planned artwork drew criticism from Principal Gail Awakuni and a group of parents who felt the nudity was Please see Statue, All Partly cloudy with isolated windward and mauka showers. Details, D8. After a closed-door meeting in which he told his Cabinet that he was withdrawing from the governor's race, a solemn Mayor Jeremy Harris took a quiet moment yesterday in his office at Honolulu Hale to review his speech for a formal announcement. Moments after this shot was taken, Harris walked out with his wife, Ramona, to address the press.

Bare-breasted sculpture dedicated at Campbell DENNIS ODA DODASTARBULLETIN.COM CORKY'S sZ I'LL STUFF ClassifiedsCall 529-4800 Volume 2 Number 78 6 sections Copyright 2(I2 Honolulu Star Bulletin All rights reserved Some parents and the school's principal opposed the statue By Lisa Asato lasatostarbulletm.com A bronze sculpture of a partially nude woman was dedicated yesterday at Campbell High School, overcoming objections by the principal and some parents, which delayed the unveiling by a year. "There was some censorship, and 1 think the (important thing) is, the censorship did not prevail in this situation," artist Kazu Fukuda said after the dedication ceremony. He said yesterday's cere J' KEN IGE KIGEgSTARBUUETlN.COM AIo-Ha Friday D3 DearAbby D4 Horoscope D4 Obituaries C8 Stocks C2 Classifieds C12 Donnelly D4 Local News A3 Sports Bl Television D2 Comics D4 Editorials Al 2 Movies V6 StateCounty Today Dl Crossword D5 Hawaii Inc. CI Nation C6 govt, notices CIO World C9.

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