Talk:Charles Djou

Racist Bias in Asian Names

Why is it that every Asian-American politician in Wikipedia has his name spelled out in Japanese or Chinese almost to underline his foreign origin even though these people were all born in America. You don't see Alexi Giannoulias name being spelled in Greek or Barack Hussein Obama being spelled in Arabic. Why isn't Ralph Nader or Ray Lahood or Spencer Abraham spelled in Arabic? Why is Bobby Jindal not spelled out in Hindi? When is Wikipedia going to wake up and realize how racist it is to keep spelling Asian-American politicians names in Chinese and Japanese characters? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.36.91.237 (talk) 02:05, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

1. You can't spell Chinese, Japanese kanji, or Korean hanja. Chinese characters aren't spellings.

2. CJK names are not alphabetical like European languages.

3. CJK names are given (by parents) separately from their Western names. Those are not equivalent. "Charles" has absolutely no relations to "Yongkang" EXCEPT when applied to Mr. Djou.

4. CK language users (e.g. the press) do not use Western names whenever CJK names are available. Therefore these names are notable. HkCaGu (talk) 12:50, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

POV issue

I would like to know what the issue is for putting a POV Violation on this article. Whomever has done this has not taken the liberty to actually explain what the violation is. If no explanation is given, I will be removing the tag. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.122.98.137 (talk) 00:38, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

The Achievements sections reads more like a campaign ad. In addition, there isn't anything critical about Mr. Djou at all in the article. I believe that's where there could possibly be a POV violation —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rokead (talk • contribs) 09:26, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

This entire article is not written like an encyclopedic entry. It is campaign material all the way. Needs rewritten in neutral way with out the weasel words. EagleFan (talk) 14:10, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Possible Copyright Violation

This page is nearly an exact copy of his page on the Honolulu City Council's Website: [1]. Unlike federal material, Honolulu City & County material IS copyrighted. Therefore, I am following the procedure listed at WP:CP and listing this page as a copyvio. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 00:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Copywright clarification

The author, who is me - Stanfordjf, of this piece (as well as the piece on the website) is the same author. The author, me, is a staff member of Councilmember Charles Djou's office, and has permission as a staff member to put up the same items from the website onto his "Charles Djou" page on Wikipedia. If there are questions about this, please contact the councilmembers office directly through information on his website [2] Stanfordjf (talk) 22:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

That's fine. Thank you very much for the clarification. However, Wikipedia policy requires the following course of action to confirm that the C&C website is allowing the text AND photos to be used at the Wikipedia:

1. Explain this on this article's discussion page.
2. Then either display a notice to this effect at the site of original publication or send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en at wikimedia dot org or a postal letter to the Wikimedia Foundation. These messages MUST explicitly permit use under the GFDL.

Lastly, while I think your original article was very interesting, it read very much like a campaign brochure. Articles on Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view and must be verifiable in published third-party sources (see WP:VERI; copyright issues aside, your text may not be appropriate for inclusion in Wikipedia.

Please keep up the good work! Mahalo! --青い(Aoi) (talk) 01:44, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

howcheng {chat} 19:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Clean-Up and POV

I've removed some of the material from the article for several reasons. Some of the sections I removed because they were strongly POV and I'm not sure how it can be rewritten in an NPOV fashion. If someone could rewrite them in a NPOV fashion and add them back in, it would be great. There were other sections that I removed because they contained details about measures that by themselves probably don't meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines. I'm not sure if, or how, to put them back into the article. For some of the more major ones, perhaps an "accomplishments" bullet list? If someone could give me a hand with this, I'd appreciate it. 青い(Aoi) (talk) 00:29, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

POV concerns

Opposition to increasing taxes

Councilmember Djou believes that all residents have the right to keep more of their hard-earned money and that government should live within its means. Councilmember Djou has voted against every measure that would increase taxes for residents in the City and County of Honolulu. Councilmember Djou fought tax increases ranging from the increase in the vehicle tax to the General Excise Tax surcharge on Transit, because he knows that the people of Oahu are already taxed too much.

Liquor Commission clean-up

Councilmember Djou with daughters Victoria and Alexandria

After a series of corruption scandals that tarnished the Honolulu Liquor Commission, Councilmember Djou called for wholesale reform and better oversight of the City's liquor administration system. When seven Liquor Commission inspectors were convicted of bribery charges, Councilmember Djou successfully obtained an audit of the Liquor Commission and subsequently called for the firing of the Liquor Commission Administrator and Chief Investigator in 2005. After four months, the Liquor Commission Administrator was removed, and the Chief Investigator left soon after. Today this agency is rebuilding the trust it lost with the public.

Notability concerns

Common Sense Government

Councilmember Djou has advocated for common sense in our government. When residents asked for some relief from the numerous street closures caused by the large number of parades in Waikiki, Councilmember Djou worked to pass a balanced parades bill that both allowed parades in Waikiki without overburdening the residents of the area. When he discovered that restroom facilities in City buildings were not adequate for women, Councilmember Djou passed a potty parity bill that requires larger female restrooms at specific event facilities. When it became apparent the City's website address was not user-friendly, Councilmember Djou worked with Congressman Ed Case to streamline the City Web address to www.honolulu.gov.

Upon hearing concerns from Waikiki residents about panhandling around automated teller machines, Councilmember Djou introduced and pushed for legislation to protect residents and visitors from panhandlers around ATM's. Councilmember Djou introduced and pushed a resolution asking the City to investigate the use of car "boots" to get unregistered or uninsured cars off the road. In August, 2008, Councilmember Djou introduced a measure to allow residents to pay for their property taxes by credit card, joining all other counties in Hawaii as well as major metropoltan cities on the mainland.

Ethics Reform

When Councilmember Djou entered the City Council, many elected officials had recently been convicted and sent to jail for ethics violations. Councilmember Djou wanted to see tighter ethics rules, including giving the Ethics Commission the power to impose fines on government officials. Councilmember Djou was the driving force behind passage of a Charter Amendment in 2006 that would allow civil fines to be imposed on elected government officials.

In 2008, following up on the passage of the Charter Amendment vote, Councilmember Djou introduced legislation to strengthen conflict of interest rules. After passage by a unanimous vote in the Council, Mayor Hannemann vetoed the measure.

Councilmember Djou speaking to Waikiki Rotary

Protecting the environment and advocate for alternative energy

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Councilmember Djou with leaders in photovoltaic electrical systems in Hawaii.

Councilmember Djou is a strong advocate for protection of the environment and is a vigorous proponent of reducing our dependence on imported oil and increased use of renewable resources. Djou pushed for landmark laws that provided funding for the City to purchase solar photovoltaic systems to generate electricity in City buildings and for City vehicles to use nitrogen in tires to reduce fuel costs. Councilmember Djou continues to advocate for better use of our natural resources. Reducing our need for a landfill by implementing comprehensive curbside recycling throughout Oahu has become a signature issue for Councilmember Djou.

In February 2008, to encourage the installation of photovoltaic cells in residential homes, Councilmember Djou introduced and passed legislation that waived the building fees for residents who chose to install PV systems in their home. On August 5, 2008, in response to a City Auditors report on the City's energy consumption, Councilmember Djou introduced a package of legislation to hire a energy Czar for the City and put limits on the amount of electricity the City consumes every year.

In August, 2008, Councilmember Djou introduced three measures to address energy consumption in the city. Amonsgst the package of bills and resolutions introduced, one would limit the amount of kilowattage the city consumes in a year, as well as require all City departments to procure appliances that are "Energy Star" compliant.

split vote

"Djou won the special election to fill the vacancy in Hawaii's 1st congressional district on May 22, 2010, with 39.5 percent of the vote, while candidates Ed Case and Colleen Hanabusa split the Democratic vote."

What this is trying to say, per the second citation's "Case and Hanabusa split the Democratic vote" phrasing, is that these two Democratic candidates split (most of the) votes for Democratic candidates; it's clearly incorrect to change the statement to "split the remaining vote", since their totals don't sum to the full remaining vote (there were several other minor candidates.) If the intent of "split the Democratic vote" truly isn't clear, let's try to come up with a restatement: perhaps "split the votes for Democratic candidates" would suffice! AV3000 (talk) 04:19, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Lede, campaign, and office

I've separated these now. The lede should be a short summary, not more detail than what's in the body of the article. Campaign details are separated from the actual job. I also added the CongLinks template. Hope this helps. Flatterworld (talk) 19:02, 13 September 2010 (UTC)