Ngakho-ke, inkontileka yakhe izophela ngoSepthemba 15, 2023. U-De Fries wenze isimemezelo ku Isiphathimandla Sezokuvakasha saseHawaii (HTA) Ibhodi Labaqondisi ngesikhathi somhlangano webhodi oyisipesheli namuhla.
Ibhodi limeme u-De Fries ukuthi acabange ukwelulwa kwenkontileka yakhe emhlanganweni wangomhla zingama-30 kuNdasa wezi-2023. Ngemva kokuphothulwa kweseshini yomthetho, u-De Fries wazisa ibhodi ngoMeyi 9 ukuthi uzokwenqaba lokho kwandiswa.
“Kube yilungelo ukusebenzela imiphakathi nabantu beziqhingi zethu kule minyaka emithathu edlule futhi ngizokweseka ibhodi nabasebenzi ngesikhathi soguquko ebuholini I-HTA,” kusho uDe Fries. “Ngiziqhenya ngendlela emangalisayo ngethimba lethu elinothando, elingantengantengi lochwepheshe kwa-HTA nakho konke okufezwayo emiphakathini yethu ukuthuthukisa inhlalakahle yaseHawaii. Ngedlulisa ukubonga kwami kwiBhodi le-HTA ngokuseseka kwalo umsebenzi wethu obalulekile ekusheshiseni ukugxila kwe-HTA ekuthuthukisweni kokuphathwa kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo kanye nokwandisa imfundo yezivakashi kanye nokushintsha umbono wethu ngokuhlanganyela. Ezokuvakasha ngenzuzo yesikhathi eside ye-kama'āina yethu, isiko lethu lendabuko, nezindawo esizithandayo kuyo yonke i-Hawaii. Ngithanda futhi ukubonga uMbusi, uLieutenant Governor, kanye nesiShayamthetho ngokusebenzisana nokwenza kube nokwenzeka ukuthi i-HTA iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo onyakeni wezimali ozayo.”
U-De Fries uthathe ubuholi be-HTA ukuhola imboni yezivakashi zaseHawaii ngoSepthemba 2020 phakathi nobhubhane lomhlaba wonke lwe-COVID-19 kanye nesidingo sombuso sokuzihlukanisa sabahambi ngesikhathi lapho imali yezivakashi kanye nabafikayo kwakucishe kume. NgoSepthemba 2020, izivakashi ezifikayo zehle ngamaphesenti angama-97.4 nezivakashi eziyi-18,868 kuphela uma kuqhathaniswa noSepthemba 2019.
Ukwakhela oHlelweni Lwesu Lokusebenza lwe-HTA lwango-2020-2025 olwaluveza isidingo sokuphathwa kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo, ngaphansi kobuholi bukaDe Fries, i-HTA yakha Izinhlelo Zeminyaka emithathu Zokuphathwa Kwendawo Yesiqhingi ngasinye. Le ndlela yokuqala, eholwa ngumphakathi yokwakha kabusha, ukuchaza kabusha, kanye nokusetha kabusha ezokuvakasha yenza izinyathelo ezinhle njengoba i-HTA isebenza ngokubambisana namanye ama-ejensi kahulumeni, abalingani bemboni yezivakashi, kanye namalungu omphakathi ebheke kumodeli yokuvuselela ezokuvakasha yayo yonke iHawaii.
U-De Fries uphinde wahola ukuhlelwa kabusha kokusebenza kusukela ngoJuni 2021, eqhubeka ne-pivot ye-HTA kusukela esikhungweni esasigxile kakhulu ekukhangiseni ngeSitatimende Esibuyekeziwe sase-Hawaii 201B kuya enhlanganweni esebenza ngempumelelo yokuphatha indawo okuyiwa kuyo.
USihlalo Webhodi Le-HTA u-George Kam uncome u-De Fries ngokufaka ezokuvakasha esifundweni esisha nokwenza lokho ngesikhathi imboni ibhekene nenselelo enkulu yezomnotho emashumini eminyaka.
“UJohn wenze umsebenzi oncomekayo egcwalisa inkontileka yakhe yeminyaka emithathu ngesikhathi esinzima kakhulu emlandweni wakamuva waseHawaii. Ngesikhathi lapho sasidinga umholi onamandla nonombono ozosiqondisa ngomoya ophansi ngaphandle kwezimo ezicindezelayo, uJohn wayekhona e-HTA.”
Ihlangene nomphakathi kanye nozakwethu abaningi bemboni kulo lonke izwe, i-HTA iyaqhubeka nokuqondisa nokusekela ukuqaliswa kokuphathwa kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo ukuze kuthuthukiswe imodeli yokuvuselela ezokuvakasha, esiza ukuvuselela umnotho waseHawaii ngaphambi kokuqagela. Ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala zika-2023, ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezivakashi kukhuphuke kakhulu ngamaphesenti angama-21.7 kuya ku- $7.09 wezigidigidi naphezu kokufika abambalwa uma kuqhathaniswa nobhubhane lwezinyanga ezine zokuqala zika-2019, kuqhubeka nokusetshenziswa kwemali kwezivakashi okuphezulu nezivakashi ezimbalwa eziya eHawaii.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngedlulisa ukubonga kwami kuBhodi le-HTA ngokusekela kwalo umsebenzi wethu obalulekile ekusheshiseni ukugxila kwe-HTA ekuthuthukisweni kokuphathwa kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo kanye nokwandisa imfundo yabavakashi kanye nokuguqula umbono wethu ohlangene mayelana nezokuvakasha ukuze kuzuze isikhathi eside kama'āina, isiko lethu lendabuko, nezindawo esizithandayo kulo lonke elaseHawaii.
- UDe Fries uthathe ubuholi be-HTA ukuhola imboni yezivakashi zaseHawaii ngoSepthemba 2020 phakathi nobhubhane lomhlaba wonke lwe-COVID-19 kanye nesidingo sombuso sokuzihlukanisa sabahambi ngesikhathi lapho imali yezivakashi kanye nabafikayo kwakucishe kume.
- “Kube yilungelo ukusebenzela imiphakathi nabantu beziqhingi zethu kule minyaka emithathu edlule futhi ngizokweseka ibhodi nabasebenzi ngesikhathi soguquko lokuhola i-HTA,” kusho u-De Fries.
