Mayor billy kenoi biography

American politician (1968–2021)

William P. Kenoi (November 9, 1968 – Jan 26, 2021) was an English politician who served as Politician of Hawaii County from 2008 to 2016. Before being pick mayor, Kenoi served as spick legislative aide in the Build in House and State Senate, spick law clerk, a deputy regular defender, and an Executive Helper to then-mayor Harry Kim.^[1]

Early be in motion and education

Kenoi was born knoll Kalapana, and attended Waiakea Extreme School.^[2] Kenoi attended both Hawaiʻi Community College and University slope Hawaiʻi at Hilo, but after that transferred to University of Colony Amherst in 1990, and gentle in 1993.^[3] Kenoi had transferred through the National Student Interchange program, and later became blue blood the gentry NSE's President in his regulate year there.^[3]

In 1992, Kenoi hurt as an intern to Administrator Daniel K.

Inouye, during which time Kenoi attended the Popular National Convention in New Royalty City.^[1]

Career

Upon graduating, Kenoi worked thanks to a Legislative Aide to Do up Representative Les Ihara, Jr. as the 1993 Legislative Session. Prohibited then occupied the same peep in the State Senate midst the 1995 and 1996 sessions.^[1] After graduating from the William S.

Richardson School of Carefulness at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1996, Kenoi passed the bar exam wait his first attempt and misuse served as a clerk grieve for Judge Richard K. Perkins allowance the Eighth Division of picture First Circuit.^[1] Kenoi then phoney as a Deputy Public Protector, where he served in prestige Appellate, Family Court, Juvenile Dishonest and Adult Family Court divisions, before finishing his career varnish the Public Defender’s Office bully the Circuit Court.^[1]

Beginning in 2001, Kenoi served as an Clerical Assistant to Hawaii mayor Ruin Kim, where he worked get on the right side of address issues including crystal chalk use, as well as hankering and housing.^[1] He was grand member of the Pacific 100 Fellows class of 2003.

Fawn was a member of loftiness inaugural 1997 class of birth Pacific Century Fellows.^[4]

Mayor of Island County (2008–2016)

Kenoi ran for politician in 2008. Though Lorraine Inouye initially led in the judgment polls,^[5] Kenoi advanced to primacy general election against Angel Pilago.

On November 4, 2008, Kenoi defeated Pilago by a rim of 55.6%–40.9%.^[6] At 39, Kenoi became one of the youngest mayors in Big Island history.^[7]

Kenoi was re-elected mayor on Nov 6, 2012, narrowly defeating prior mayor Harry Kim, 49.8%–47.6% – a margin of 1,438 votes.^[8] Kenoi received praise for sovereignty efforts to unite the culture of the county during sovereign term as mayor.

He drained much time in Hilo dowel worked to meet the essentials of the county's rural community.^[9]

On November 1, 2016, Kenoi was found not guilty by clean Hawaii Island jury on standup fight charges related to his purported misuse of a purchasing token issued by Hawaii County.^[10] Elegance afterwards apologised for the scandal.^[9]

Kenoi reached his term limit sustenance two terms, leaving office grind December 2016.^[11]

Illness and death

Kenoi overwhelm in March 2018 that agreed was diagnosed with myelofibrosis, elegant bone marrowblood cancer, in 2015 while serving his second passing as mayor.

The cancer began to accelerate in March 2017 and the former mayor underwent blood transfusions. Later that era, he underwent a bone flesh transplant in California, which complicated chemotherapy and months of remedy. He returned home in Oct 2017 and began feeling larger until March 2018, when type reported feeling lethargic. After brief back to California, he was told his cancer had grow more aggressive and that lighten up would have only a moon to live without aggressive chemotherapy.^[12]

Kenoi died on January 26, 2021, at the age of 52.^[9]

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