New mayor fixes a pothole to affirm campaign pledge

Caldwell also touts a new city hotline that citizens can call to ask for repairs

By Gordon Y.K. Pang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 10, 2013

~~<p>Decked out in jeans and a Hawaii Fire Fighters Association T-shirt, Mayor Kirk Caldwell shoveled hot-mix asphalt into a car-alignment-killing crater on Gulick Avenue in Kalihi Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>In his second week on the job, the demonstration was Caldwell's way of showing he intends to make good on a campaign pledge that pothole repairs would be a priority in his administration.</p>
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Decked out in jeans and a Hawaii Fire Fighters Association T-shirt, Mayor Kirk Caldwell shoveled hot-mix asphalt into a car-alignment-killing crater on Gulick Avenue in Kalihi Wednesday morning.

In his second week on the job, the demonstration was Caldwell's way of showing he intends to make good on a campaign pledge that pothole repairs would be a priority in his administration. Login for more...