The Platform
A platform built on sovereignty, justice, and the future of Hawai'i.
Self-determination is not a privilege — it is a right.
The Hawaiian Kingdom was illegally overthrown in 1893. That wrong has never been fully addressed. Mac's platform begins with a clear commitment: Hawaiian sovereignty must be restored, and it must begin with the Big Island.
Mac is currently drafting a US Congress bill for Big Island sovereignty — a concrete legislative step toward self-determination that no other candidate has attempted.
A people who cannot feed themselves cannot govern themselves.
Hawai'i imports more than 85% of its food. That dependency is a vulnerability — economic, political, and strategic. Mac's plan restores local agriculture, protects fishing rights, and builds a food system that serves the people of Hawai'i first.
Food sovereignty and political sovereignty are inseparable. You cannot have one without the other.
The land is not a resource. It is a relationship.
The islands of Hawai'i are among the most ecologically unique places on Earth. Mac opposes any development — military, commercial, or industrial — that degrades the natural heritage of the islands or displaces Native Hawaiian communities.
Environmental protection is not a policy position for Mac. It is a moral obligation.
Rights deferred are rights denied.
Native Hawaiians have waited long enough. Mac's platform includes full recognition of Native Hawaiian land rights, cultural rights, and the right to self-governance — not as a future aspiration, but as an immediate legislative priority.
No other candidate has put Native Hawaiian rights at the centre of their platform the way Mac has. That is not a coincidence. It is a choice.
Governor Green and his predecessors have chosen wealth over people.
Governor Josh Green, like the governors before him, has pursued policies that prioritize attracting outside wealth to Hawai'i. Guided by a business-first perspective, these policies have created a systematic gentrification of the islands — economically forcing long-time residents to sell their homes and relocate to the mainland, while wealthy newcomers take their place.
Today, 80% of Hawai'i homeowners could not afford to purchase the home they currently live in. Their own home. That number is not a statistic — it is a countdown. Without intervention, every one of those families will eventually be forced to sell, and Hawai'i will become a private sanctuary for the wealthy and privileged, with the people who built this place left behind.
A bold solution: federal purchase, perpetual lease, permanent security.
Mac proposes that the United States government purchase every privately owned property on the Big Island at its tax-assessed value plus 10%. The proceeds would first pay off or pay down the homeowner's mortgage in full. The remaining balance — plus the full 10% premium — goes directly to the homeowner.
In return, every homeowner receives a perpetual lease on their property, with lease payments based on their ability to pay. You keep your home. You keep your land. You are never forced to sell again. This is not a government takeover — it is a permanent guarantee that the people of the Big Island can never be priced out of their own home.