HOOSER: Aug. 8: What’s it all mean for Kaua‘i County residents?

HOOSER: Aug. 8: What’s it all mean for Kaua‘i County residents?

To summarize and speculate a bit, the next mayor of Kaua‘i will be either Council Chair Mel Rapozo, who received 7,580 votes in the Primary, or former Kaua‘i Mayor now Councilmember Bernard Carvalho, who got 5,720 votes. If Councilmember Felicia Cowden, who came in No. 3 with 3,176 votes, was not in the race, who would have gotten those votes? Those are the “swing votes” that could very well determine the winner on Nov. 3. That’s the first quest…